Eye protection

[Mag_Rat]

Who does and does not use eye protection here?

I see a lot of people without eye protection at the range .I always forget them but I do use them....What about you?

[VeryCoolCat]

Who does and does not use eye protection here?

I see a lot of guy without eye protection at the range .I always forget them but I do use them....What about you?

I use them when I can. Because I wear glasses... most protection won't fit over my glasses so I bought some prescription sunglasses which I use as my shooting glasses.

Shooting protection can save your life. I've heard stories of items that have actually KNOCKED the protection off peoples faces and that if they weren't wear em. They would have been killed as it would have penetrated through their eye.

I mean sure... getting an eyepatch would really give you a "coolness" factor wherever you go and might even get ya the ladies, but the loss of debt perception and taking a driving/vision test every year to maintain your drivers liscence would suck.

Grammaton has a story of not using good shooting protection.

[Kruzr]

I have no problem with people who enter our range without hearing protection. Going deaf isn't an immediate process and I won't have to clean up any mess or make any emergency phone calls.

If I see any shooter without eye protection in the range, he or she will get yelled at immediately........the same amount of time it takes to lose an eye.

If I see them without eye protection again in the same visit, they get invited to come out of the range to read the rules.

If you've never been hit in the glasses by flying brass, you either aren't shooting a semi-auto or haven't been shooting long.

[ocabj]

I wear prescription glasses. I don't wear secondary eye protection. I'm putting some faith in the polycarbonate lenses if there is a catastrophic failure when I am discharging a firearm.

But standard prescription eyeglasses are more than enough for typical blowback.

[Black Majik]

I used to wear wire frame Oakleys (A-wire). Even that didn't offer enough protection. I had a piece of gunpowder/debris get in my eye even with those sunglasses.

Now I only wear the M-frames which protect more of my eyes and face. Good eyewear is a must.

[Matt C]

I wear prescription glasses. I don't wear secondary eye protection. I'm putting some faith in the polycarbonate lenses if there is a catastrophic failure when I am discharging a firearm.

But standard prescription eyeglasses are more than enough for typical blowback.

Same here. I got some lead spatter while shooting .44 magnums from a lever action last time at the range, cut my ear up. Not wearing eye protection is a really bad idea, but polycarbonate lenses are probably better than most of those plastic glasses for eye protection.

[Franksremote]

I've always got one pair of Oakleys or another on anyways so basically covered, but change to M-Frames when I remember for the extra protection.

[Aluisious]

Not wearing eye protection is great. It keeps opthomologists employed.

[rips31]

i wear the oakley si m-frames or si half jacket xlj's when i'm at the indoor range. sometimes i'll wear coloured lenses on the above, or oakley square wires outdoors.

i always wear eye protection...i've had an ejected casing slip between my m-frames. ugh...it wasn't pleasant. i've had several times where the casing bounces off the lens.

[M. Sage]

I wear prescription glasses. I don't wear secondary eye protection. I'm putting some faith in the polycarbonate lenses if there is a catastrophic failure when I am discharging a firearm.

But standard prescription eyeglasses are more than enough for typical blowback.

Same here. I'm honestly in more danger of having a problem at work, and put my faith in my prescription glasses there, too.

[montan]

Always wear eye protection. No reason why not.

Ear protection is optional for some people :-). I've seen a guy taking off his ear protection while somebody is shooting and I immediately told him to put it back. He replied. "I want to lose my hearing for a few days so that I don't have to hear my wife nag tonight".

I told my wife and she said "NOT FUNNY!"

[Jicko]

I've 2 sets of Oakley's M-frame.... and 4 different lens for indoor, outdoor, sunny and cloudy.... and to match my outfit....

One should always wear shades.... they just look cool....

[MadMex]

[ViPER395]

I will admit that I have NEVER used eye protection. I really want to, but I usually forget a pair of them at home (I have lots of pairs of industrial safetly glasses)

I've never had a problem, but it's not to say I won't.

I sometimes wear my sunglasses while shooting, I don't know if that would help or hurt more.

[24_minutes_to_1000]

I wear Wiley X G-Line shooting glasses. I like them because they most closely resemble a regular pair of sunglasses. I don't like Oakleys because they remind me of Oakley Razors, which are an abomination and some of the tackiest eyewear ever conceived. I think they do look good with a mullet, though.

The Wiley X sunglasses have removable lenses. I wear the dark lenses for outdoor shooting, the clear lenses for indoor. The dark lenses get darker in bright light, and lighter in low level lighting, so maybe you don't even need the clear lenses.

+1 on this entire post. Wiley-X glasses are simply great.