chetrogers
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Do you always where eye protection when shooting..the last few time i have went i have..but there are times in the past when i dont....Does anyone not where it..Or do you all where it all the time..
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S_O_Laban
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Back when I was young and had all the anwsers, I didn't, but now that I don't know as much, I always do.
blue86buick
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normally no, when shooting my 597. lately, yes, because it's sunny and i have my oakleys on. one day last week, no, until some still-burning powder hit me right by my eye. this evening, yes, except for after one reload, when i forgot to put them back on, and some still burning powder hit my eye. then i put them back on. After those two incidents, i'm going to be VERY inclined to wear safety glasses of some sort.
Andrew Wyatt
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ALWAYS. eyeballs are irreplaceable.
Absolutely, being left handed puts the stream of brass across my face, especially with crappy autoloading carbines like the keltec rifle....that thing spits hot powder in my face ever time I pull the trigger...I hate that gun.
Also, my 22 rifle will do the same thing with junk russian ammo.
Also, my 22 rifle will do the same thing with junk russian ammo.
Dionysusigma
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When I was younger, I used to shoot BB guns at almost anything (including snow banks, trees, dirt mounds, rocks, brick walls, etc.) One day, I was plugging away at a boulder when one round came back and hit me smack in the forehead, about 1/2" up above my left eyebrow. 
Fortunately, the momentum was a lot less than initial muzzle velocity, and no harm was done--but now I'm plagued by two little words: What if...? 
Wearing eye protection and being uncomfortable/ restricted/ whatever for an afternoon is much more preferable to being that way for life.
Fortunately, the momentum was a lot less than initial muzzle velocity, and no harm was done--but now I'm plagued by two little words: What if...? Wearing eye protection and being uncomfortable/ restricted/ whatever for an afternoon is much more preferable to being that way for life.
Combat-wombat
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autoloaders...yes
revolvers, manually operated arms...no
The main reason to wear eye protection is to protect your eyes against ejecting shells or hot powder that is still burning from a shell. With manually operated weapons, especially revolvers, you can control when and at what velocity shells eject. Of course, if your are shooting at something the bullet could ricochet off of, of coures you should wear eye protection.
revolvers, manually operated arms...no
The main reason to wear eye protection is to protect your eyes against ejecting shells or hot powder that is still burning from a shell. With manually operated weapons, especially revolvers, you can control when and at what velocity shells eject. Of course, if your are shooting at something the bullet could ricochet off of, of coures you should wear eye protection.
I also think that a lot of years playing paintball, and a lifetime of wearing corrective lenses make me feel very naked with unprotected eyes.
kinda like the way it feels when you dont put your seatbelt on ...just feels WRONG, ya know?
kinda like the way it feels when you dont put your seatbelt on
...just feels WRONG, ya know?stevelyn
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Always. I normally wear glasses. If I have my contacts in I'll wear my Wiley-X Sabers. I too shoot left handed and find brass flying in front of my face when shooting and I feel burning gunpowder grains when shooting my .22 with any ammo.
Cliff
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All the time, I've been hit in the face by flying brass from the person in the stall next to me,and brass from your own gun can hit the wall and bounce back to you also. Just common sense to wear eye's all the time.
Good morning everyone! This is my first post on this board.
I'm trying to work out my policy on this business of eye protection - wearing true safety glasses is complicated by the need to wear corrective glasses and/or sun glasses, it seems to me.
The danger of splashback and the way the caps blow apart means I always wear safety glasses for shooting my black powder revolver and I will when shooting my underlever on the pistol range (which is as close to modern pistol shooting as we can get here in the UK).
But should I wear them for shooting my 7.62 and 0.303 Enfields from the prone position at 100 metres and upwards? I'm not sure about that.
What do you think?
I'm trying to work out my policy on this business of eye protection - wearing true safety glasses is complicated by the need to wear corrective glasses and/or sun glasses, it seems to me.
The danger of splashback and the way the caps blow apart means I always wear safety glasses for shooting my black powder revolver and I will when shooting my underlever on the pistol range (which is as close to modern pistol shooting as we can get here in the UK).
But should I wear them for shooting my 7.62 and 0.303 Enfields from the prone position at 100 metres and upwards? I'm not sure about that.
What do you think?
cool45auto
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I keep the eye and ear protection in my shooting box on top of whatever ammo I'm going to shoot that day. I wear them all the time.
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BryanP
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All it takes ...
is one piece of ejecting brass smacking me in the middle of the forehead. I'm a believer.
I'm paranoid. I also wear them when shooting revolvers or rifles. Not so much because of brass but because you never know when something is going to go boom the bad way.
is one piece of ejecting brass smacking me in the middle of the forehead. I'm a believer.
I'm paranoid. I also wear them when shooting revolvers or rifles. Not so much because of brass but because you never know when something is going to go boom the bad way.
Waitone
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Its stupid to not wear eye protection.
I've been hit square on the lens with oil / grease, lead, soot, and brass. The lead came from the revolver in the next lane, brass was mine, oil / grease was mine.
It just ain't worth the risk.
I've been hit square on the lens with oil / grease, lead, soot, and brass. The lead came from the revolver in the next lane, brass was mine, oil / grease was mine.
It just ain't worth the risk.
keyhole
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As I tell the new members during orientation at the range, " You can find your way out of here if you're deaf, but not if you're blind"
Always have your "eyes" on.
Always have your "eyes" on.
Billy Sparks
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I always wear my eye protection. Been hit way too many times by splash back. You will be surprised how far back that stuff will come and how fast it will be moving when it gets there. Matter of fact I am sorta fanatical about eye protection. I wear them when using the weedeater, chainsaw, leafblower and I really ought to wear them when I clean guns but I am sorta lax on that one.
5ptdeerhunter
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I regret to say I only wear eye protection when I shoot with my normal glasses. But I mostly shoot with contacts. I just haven't found a good pair of glasses that fit my mishapen head and still allow me to shoot comfortably.
I also had a bad experience. I was sitting on my picnic table in my backyard while my friend was shooting my BB gun. We were shooting at army men standing in front of and on the target. He shot at one on top of the target and the BB he the back of my garage and came back straight at me. I watched as it got bigger and bigger. It appeared to be in slow motion. Luckily I closed my eyes just before it hit me smack dab in the middel of my eye.
I also had a bad experience. I was sitting on my picnic table in my backyard while my friend was shooting my BB gun. We were shooting at army men standing in front of and on the target. He shot at one on top of the target and the BB he the back of my garage and came back straight at me. I watched as it got bigger and bigger. It appeared to be in slow motion. Luckily I closed my eyes just before it hit me smack dab in the middel of my eye.
DontShootMe
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95% of the time I use my standard prescription glasses - and yes, I've had things bounce off of them more than once. I guess the only drawback was the time I caught some brass between the inside of the lens and my cheek.
I'm sure the funny dance I did was something to see.
On the rare day I'm wearing contacts, I use:
I'm sure the funny dance I did was something to see.
On the rare day I'm wearing contacts, I use:
Smoke
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Long guns: sometimes
Handguns: always
Its is rare that I shoot without at least a pair of sunglasses (maybe impact resistant, maybe not...) Dang sun down here is intense!
Handguns: always
Its is rare that I shoot without at least a pair of sunglasses (maybe impact resistant, maybe not...) Dang sun down here is intense!
bogie
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No matter what you're shooting, wear safety glasses. Or at a minimum, wear SOMETHING.
I've had primer pop, which vents a lot of gas outta the action, back into your face. Case seps are worse (and these are with rifles, dudes...). I've got a friend who blew up a para ordnance, and his safety glasses caught a frag that was headed for his pupil...
I've had primer pop, which vents a lot of gas outta the action, back into your face. Case seps are worse (and these are with rifles, dudes...). I've got a friend who blew up a para ordnance, and his safety glasses caught a frag that was headed for his pupil...
Always, I put my shooting glasses on before I even get out of the truck at the range.
I have a .22 conversion for my Ar15s that vents a small amount of gas out the charging handle hole on one of my uppers (the charging handle is worn and doesnt seal very well) and its angled right at my aiming eye. I still havent gotten around to using some RTV rubber to seal it up. I also wear safety glasses whenever I'm in my workshop, even when hand-sanding a rifle stock (and earmuffs when using any power tool).
Kharn
I have a .22 conversion for my Ar15s that vents a small amount of gas out the charging handle hole on one of my uppers (the charging handle is worn and doesnt seal very well) and its angled right at my aiming eye. I still havent gotten around to using some RTV rubber to seal it up. I also wear safety glasses whenever I'm in my workshop, even when hand-sanding a rifle stock (and earmuffs when using any power tool).
Kharn
robear
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I know for a FACT that my everyday prescription glasses have saved my eyesight at least once.. I was using a small rotary cutter on a flex-shaft and the cutting disc shattered... LARGE scratch dead center of glasses, small cut on nose.. :banghead:
It makes you think..
Still, safety glasses are the way to go.. I had a pair made up for me several years ago, but we have parted company somewhere, and they would need new lenses ground to my latest prescription anyway...
I have also used my racquetball 'glasses', but they are nearly as ugly as the old military BC's..
You've got ONE set of eyes, protection is cheap.. Wear it..
R
:banghead: It makes you think..
Still, safety glasses are the way to go.. I had a pair made up for me several years ago, but we have parted company somewhere, and they would need new lenses ground to my latest prescription anyway...
I have also used my racquetball 'glasses', but they are nearly as ugly as the old military BC's..
You've got ONE set of eyes, protection is cheap.. Wear it..
R
This is the first time I ever heard of people not wearing ear and eye protection. Our gun club requires it as most do. People who shoot matches always have to have ear and eye protection. Why wouldn't you want to protect your eyes? I have been hit many times by brass and other things. Get a pair of safey glases as soon as possible and never, ever go out and shoot without them.
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Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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Matthew 15;7,8
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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