I've been noticing more and more that when I spend longer periods of time behind the scope I start to loose my vision and can't focus on the target. Last weekend I was doing ladder load tests for a new rifle and the blurred vision was getting really bad. Been figuring it's just part of aging eyes. After the last challenge with blurry vision behind the scope I was trying to figure out what might be causing the problem and think I came up with the answer.
A while back while eating at a restaurant I mentioned to my wife my vision was getting weird and distorted and blurring. She just mater of fact told me probably dry eye and need some drops. She had some in her purse so tried it. It worked. As she explained it, the surface of the eyeball is corrugated and the fluid coating the eyeball smooths the surface and evens the corrugation. Simple version but it works.
Thought back to the blurry eye incident and got to thinking about what happens behind the scope. Long periods of time intently focusing on target and not blinking. After a while of not blinking the eyeball dries out and vision blurs. Lifting the head, closing the eyes, blinking helps but comes back pretty quick. Next trip to the range going to be taking my wife's eye drops and see if it helps stay in focus and on target.
Anyone else run into this one?
A while back while eating at a restaurant I mentioned to my wife my vision was getting weird and distorted and blurring. She just mater of fact told me probably dry eye and need some drops. She had some in her purse so tried it. It worked. As she explained it, the surface of the eyeball is corrugated and the fluid coating the eyeball smooths the surface and evens the corrugation. Simple version but it works.
Thought back to the blurry eye incident and got to thinking about what happens behind the scope. Long periods of time intently focusing on target and not blinking. After a while of not blinking the eyeball dries out and vision blurs. Lifting the head, closing the eyes, blinking helps but comes back pretty quick. Next trip to the range going to be taking my wife's eye drops and see if it helps stay in focus and on target.
Anyone else run into this one?