Who actually wears eye protection?

As an Ocularist (someone who makes...artificial eyes...), the only time I shoot without eye protection is when I'm hunting (& sometimes, even then).

I do a LOT more shooting then I do hunting, but my tagline is this:

"It's all fun & games until someone loses an eye...then, it's business."

Sam

Anybody who's got as much sense as God gave geese.

Almost always, regardless of the platform I'm shooting. Never had a problem with fogging or anything else. Heck, even while hunting, there are plenty of manufacturers of "safety glasses" (approved by whatever... OSHA?) that have those color enhancing or light enhancing lenses. Oakley makes some, I'm sure there are more that are less expensive. So not only could they save your eyes, but they could improve your performance in the field, competitive or hunting or otherwise.

My prescription eyeglasses require bottle deposit every time I'm fitted with new ones, and they have truly saved my eyesight more than once.

Always, always, always use eye protection! Too many instances of shell casings, lead, powder residue, dirt, and ricochets happening for me not to wear eye protection.

Well at least the majority of us seem to be wearing eye protection of some sort. I had lazik surgery 11 yrs ago and was able to finally stop wearing glasses every waking hour. When I turn wood, use power saw of any sort, cast my lead, and shoot my guns I do put on safety glasses. I like my eyes and as I love to see, I want to protect them. As we shoot some steel, on occasion the plate shoots back. Not so much with my cast lead, but with any jacketed or plated bullet it seems a much higher probability.. 30 ft min, usually closer to 40, but it does spit back. Plus some of the purchased loads shot thru my suppressor dusts our faces with powder. Don't want in my eyes....... Put them on guys

Eyes and ears. Always.

Everyday.............my prescription glasses are safety rated for work..........before however, I would occasionally remove them when shooting, but shooting lefty, it always spooked me as the eject ports are literally just inches from my left eye...

I need to wear glasses all the time.I was glad I had them on when an apparent newbie showered me with brass from an auto at our rural range.No safety officers there.We're expected to police each other.Which I proceeded to do diplomatically.

Always when shooting, and always when handling primers.

My grandfather lost an eye in a reloading accident seating a primer. That sort of thing sticks with you.

Had a crappy Jiminez 9mm fire out of battery - back of the cartridge blew out, copped a face full of hot gas and brass fragments. Literally wiped a brass fragment off my eye lens.

Seatbelts for your eyes. You don't need them until you need them.

Every time, no exceptions. How many eyes can You do without?

Even cheap Rem. .22 ammo has gas blowbacks.
Imagine in a chamber with 30,000 psi, when a brass case cracks, or sends burned carbon into your face.

Another vote for eye protection. I even wear it when cleaning my guns. I once caught a little drop of spray from a can of brake cleaner in the eye; that smarts. As mentioned upthread, you only get one set, make em last.

I've actually had brass from my SR-40 pop me in the head a few times, so the eye protection is automatic for me. I just pull the glasses slightly off the brow, which helps greatly with fogging problems.

I've seen shooters shoot high caliber guns without hearing protection and I just shake my head, I guess they enjoy being deaf.

Polycarbonate prescription lenses on over-sized frames for all iron-sight shooting, slim-line safety glasses with most scopes because the prescription glasses don't mesh well with the way that I use scopes.

-And, of course, ear protection - at least 30 decibels worth - whenever near any shooting.

I started in ROTC and keeps it up.

Usually. I rarely have them off at the range, although there have been times they ended up on the bench. While on the subject of PPE, I usually just wear earplugs into the range, but keep earmuffs in my rangebag in the event I need to double up.

I work in sheetmetal fabrication, and they're not real strict, so I use my own discretion. I'm pretty good about wearing them when the situation calls for them.

There are a great deal of anti-fog wipes out there. Macks is a commonly available one in just about any GS.

Trust me, wear safety glasses. Always. With everything shooty.

Over rated. If you lose an eye you still have another.

I'm 72, almost 73.

Maybe I'm dumber than a goose, but I doubt it.

I wear my perscription glasses, generally shoot alone anymore. Never had anything strike my body, anywhere.

You only need eye protection to cover the eyes you rely on for seeing.

Jeepergeo said:

You only need eye protection to cover the eyes you rely on for seeing.

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Is that like only brushing the teeth you want to keep?

Wiping sweaty 'eyebrow steam' from glasses in summer humidity is an extremely small hang-up if the safety glasses help keep us from going blind.

You take time to allow the barrel to cool off also gives you lots of time to wipe off or put on newer glasses.
Unless a squad of ISIS psychos attacks your neighborhood, you always have time.

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