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I was shooting 2 different rifles the other day. one has a Leupold 3x9 the other has an old Weaver K4 on it.

I wear reading glasses on my 50 year old eyes. I see much better with my glasses with Leupold but much better Without the glasses using the Weaver.

Not a big deal but curious.

What is the difference. Power doesn't seem to be the issue.

Akin to saying one pair of glasses lets you see better,than another.

Hardly a mystery,there.

Scopes have adjustment,to accomodate "seeing"..................

Focus the ocular end of your scope for either glasses or no glasses, that's why it's threaded and has a lock ring.

Unless you use your "reading" glasses for distance vision, I would suggest you focus your scopes without the glasses. At 50, you are likely in the early stages of presbyopia, and your reading correction probably isn't that strong. Nevertheless, if you are using full frame reading glasses, you probably notice that distant objects seem a little "fuzzy" through them.

As you age (been there, done that), your "reading" correction will become progressively stronger, and you will likely reach the point where you need distance correction also. That's when you have to decide whether you will hunt and shoot with or without your prescription glasses. Almost always, going with the prescription specs is the preferred way, and that's when you're going to have to re-focus all your scopes.

By the way, it's not a bad idea to re-focus all your scopes annually anyway, just to compensate for any subtle changes in your vision that might have taken place. As Mule Deer suggests in his book Optics for the Hunter , it's best to do it at dusk when the light is poor, because your eyes will be at their widest aperature then, resulting in minimum depth of field.

Good information thanks!