Never take your eyes off

[HighLander51]

Never take your eye protection off, never. You may forget your ears, and they will ring for a few minutes, but your eyes can't be repaired. I got fragged twice today, fortunately the full bullet went into my arm, and the frag just below my right collar bone. Bruised the **** out of me, no body pics, nobody likes old guy pics.

[Bainter1212]

Jeez. Glad you are ok

I had to lecture a friend awhile back while we were shooting steel .....he took his eyes off cause they were "uncomfortable". I guilted him into doing the right thing. Spatter can be bad when shooting steel.

[HighLander51]

Shooters recognize the need for eye protection, it's usually the spectators who don't get it. I will stop the match until they glass up or leave.

[Intimid8tor]

Yep. I had a fragment embedded in my head last year.

[shooter777]

Damn, man. I'm glad you're ok. Care to share the details of how it happened? proximity and angles and all that...

[HighLander51]

The jacket came off the steel on the bay we were shooting and I have no idea where the full bullet came from. It's not uncommon to get a frag, but a full weight bullet is another thing. It had obviously not impacted on anything.

[checkenbach]

We had a guy get a bit of spatter to the right upper lip today from steel while shooting IDPA. We thought he caught a bullet the way he jumped... Be careful.

[wxl]

I see a lot of people shooting with regular glasses or sunglasses and almost all spectators wearing regular sunglasses. They are not designed to withstand any kind of impact. I sat on a pair one time and the lens shattered into dozens of razor sharp pieces of hard plastic which would have done more damage than whatever broke it. Since then I only wear wrap around safety glasses for shooting and watching.

[NiMiK]

Wow, glad you're ok and still here to remind us the importance of safety!