I got bifocals and I wouldn't waste my money on them again. I may be weird but:I never got used to that trying to make my eyes look down at the end of my nose or feet thing.
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I just wear granny reading glasses down on the end of my nose which doesn't work for shooting and doesn't work for flying either.
My flying has tapered off to almost nothing because I can't properly see the instruments without the reading glasses. The seat doesn't go back far enough and I'm so far back that I don't have proper authority over the rudder pedals. Wearing my grannies makes any passengers pretty uncomfortable.
In the words of Waldo Pepper, "never disconcert the masses".
Alot of people are recommending a shotgun in this thread. I have a Rem 870 Tactical Magnum that shoots those big magnum 12 ga. shells. There was a raven that was literally tearing apart my patio furniture and tearing pieces of trim off of the main house (a big raven, maybe twice the size of a crow). One Saturday morning I heard it ripping a piece of wood trim off the roof drainage gutter, rolled out of bed and grabbed the 870 and walked outside. The raven flew off of the roof and onto a fence post about 30 feet away and I carefully aimed and fired at it (with a conventional 2.5" shell with light game load). The raven flew off and gave me an indignant squawk. Not even a single feather came off of the bird.
A complete miss.
I have got to be the world's worst shot with a shotgun. I even have one of those fancy glowing shotgun sights on the end of the barrel.
I'm not sure a shotgun is all that effective without some training. I've simply never been taught how to use one and regular rifle technique does not work. Same for a pistol. I suck completely with a handgun because I've never been taught how to properly fire one. I compensate by owning very small caliber handguns that give me a chance. My .357 is almost useless in my hands unless I load .38 or .38+P in it.
