Shooting with glasses

[Nynvolt]

I just wear my prescription glasses. As far as I know, most if not all prescription glasses are made with polycarbonate lenses now days. If you scratch them, it shouldn't be much cost/hassle to get them buffed out. Never had to, so not for sure on that but they do it for sunglasses so why not.

My only concern is my prescription glasses are small and do not fit as closely to the face as safety or shooting glasses would but I have yet to have brass or any debris hit my eyes while shooting. But to be absolutely safe you should wear eye protection designed for the job. To me my prescriptions offer adequate safety.

[evidens83]

When I first started shooting I would use the range glasses over my prescription glasses. Totally awkward for me. Now I just use my prescription glasses by themselves. Much more comfortable. Haven't encountered a problem yet.

[Turbinator]

I just wear my prescription glasses. And if hot flying brass is your concern, take up revolver shooting

If the brass comes from your neighbor's gun, sorry, can't help you there.

Goggles over the eyeglasses would work, or those polycarbonate shop glasses doubled over your prescription glasses should do the trick.

Turby

[Mute]

I use sunglasses with prescription lenses I can swap out for changing light conditions.

[Ballistic043]

do you like oakley? they will provide prescription lenses for you and the frame you purchase. it just takes time. but they have ALOT of options.. and many of the frames wrap around your face to conform, minimizing the possibility of the hot brass issue.

i currently use my contact lenses with a pair of SI 2.0 ballistic glasses. obviously i never have a problem. so many dings on my lens where it should have just hit my eye but thankfully didnt

[asgalindez]

http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/ots.html

I use these over my prescription glasses. $4.75 at safetyglassesusa.com.

[mjsweims]

I just use my regular prescription glasses.

[BroncoBob]

I just wear my prescription glasses. And if hot flying brass is your concern, take up revolver shooting

If the brass comes from your neighbor's gun, sorry, can't help you there.

Goggles over the eyeglasses would work, or those polycarbonate shop glasses doubled over your prescription glasses should do the trick.

Turby

Turby

Turby, you high tech guys crack me up..... I fixed it for you.

[Milsurp Collector]

I just recently got a pair of prescription glasses for an astigmatism. I have yet to go shooting since getting them. How do you shooters with glasses do it? Do you just wear safety glasses over your prescribed glasses?

You might want to get a pair of eyeglasses specifically for shooting http://bjonessights.com/glasses.html

Because you aiming eye is not pointed straight ahead relative to your head when you are shooting a rifle, but is actually aimed upward and inward, many standard eyeglass frames get in the way.

[Lomic]

Polycarb prescription sunglasses is what I wear as well, and additionally a hat. I've never had brass get anywhere close to hitting my glasses - it would have to fly back pretty much completely horizontally.

So yeah, just wear a hat and brass falling on your glasses shouldn't be an issue unless you like to shoot from the hip.

[Turbinator]

Turby, you high tech guys crack me up..... I fixed it for you.

Thanks

But am I really high tech? I don't have an engineering degree, and I don't do engineering at work.

Turby

[Rem1492]

I use oakleys and they are well worth it. My clear lens prescription glasses are used for night and hardly get used during shooting. I too can't do as well with contacts in.

Watch the rear are on rifles with recoil, can scratch your lens if you nudge too close.

I would try the big safety glasses thing for a few bucks, then decide to spend big $$$.

More wraparound protection the better.

I posted a thread here somewhere on my Oakleys that saved shrapnel from a X54R round out of chamber detonation.



Saved at least one eye that's for sure. My hands and face were not so lucky.