I got shot AKA wear your durn eye protection.
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Feanaro
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I'm not a regular. Last monday(I was the only person there with a revolver) was my first match and I couldn't shoot tonight. Some of the staff will let you borrow a holster, some won't. I got the one that won't tonight, so no shoot until I can get a decent holster.
SDC
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I've also been "shot" twice; once was at a bowling-pin match, when a 230-gr RNL came off of a pin and caught me just above the belly button, and once was during a sporting clays shoot, when a group of us were sprayed with some #4 shot from a skeet field (what this guys was doing shooting #4s on a skeet field is beyond me), and one pellet hit me on the cheek just below the rim of my glasses. An inch higher, and if I hadn't have been wearing glasses, I would've lost that eye.
qajaq59
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That would be funny if it wasn't sooooo true.
Cheeseybacon
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I also wear perscription glasses and thus tended to not wear other eye protection on top of it because of the discomfort. While I would occasionally get a peice of brass flying back at me from my 1911, it was never often enough to convince me to wear additional eye protection. Strangely enough I have found that the biggest eyeball offender are .22 semi-autos. It seems that almost every time I shoot one, regardless of the make or model, I reliably get a little fleck of something in my eye nearly every single time. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is that causes it, it's extremely annoying.
I got a large enough chunk in my eye once that I decided I needed to do something about it. Seeing that I didn't have any sun glasses at the time either, I picked up a pair of the largest aviator frames I could find, then had prescription sunglasses made out of them. They don't exactly provide the kind of side protection that dedicated safety glasses would, but the lenses are still big enough that at least all head on projectiles are blocked, which means I still have to be careful who I to the left of at the range. They do look really cool however, and I can use them outside of the range as well. Not too bad of a compromise I suppose.
I got a large enough chunk in my eye once that I decided I needed to do something about it. Seeing that I didn't have any sun glasses at the time either, I picked up a pair of the largest aviator frames I could find, then had prescription sunglasses made out of them. They don't exactly provide the kind of side protection that dedicated safety glasses would, but the lenses are still big enough that at least all head on projectiles are blocked, which means I still have to be careful who I to the left of at the range. They do look really cool however, and I can use them outside of the range as well. Not too bad of a compromise I suppose.
jamz
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Ive been hit a few times, including three times in very quick succession. It was at a steel plate match a couple years ago, and I was about 5 feet behind and 10-15 feet to the right of the shooter, who was shooting at 7 yards or so.
I felt a "smack" on the leg, and noted that I had been hit. "Huh" I though. "That doesn't happen much!" Then, "smack!" on my upper thigh. "Wow, I should really leave this area!" I thought. As I was turning away, "smack!" right on my cheek, just below my safety glasses!
Pretty much ran away at that point.
I felt a "smack" on the leg, and noted that I had been hit. "Huh" I though. "That doesn't happen much!" Then, "smack!" on my upper thigh. "Wow, I should really leave this area!" I thought. As I was turning away, "smack!" right on my cheek, just below my safety glasses!
Pretty much ran away at that point.
rev214
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i wear Fitovers over my regular glasses during target shooting, but they aren't as clear like prescription shooting glasses would be...
fspitzdorf
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Had a 22 LR richochet off of a piece of waterlogged frozen wood which hit me in the stomach when i was 17. From my own rifle, no less... Bullet embedded under the skin against the muscle, not very deep as i was pretty scrawny but it sure burned... removed it with a pair of tweezers and learned a valuable lesson and a ruined t-shirt...
I love the .45ACP round, but all three of my close calls on ricochets come from this cartridge.
One time I hit an indoor range target frame on an attempted head shot and whizzed one back right over my own head. Sounded like an angry bumblebee.
One time plinking on an informal range on NFS property, a round apparently hit a buried rock and bounced back, putting a nasty dent in the rear quarter panel of my nearby Jeep.
Another informal shoot with targets propped against a log, I had a round apparently bounce off of other embedded lead and bounced back, whacking me in the shin hard enough to leave a welt.
I always wear my safety glasses.
One time I hit an indoor range target frame on an attempted head shot and whizzed one back right over my own head. Sounded like an angry bumblebee.
One time plinking on an informal range on NFS property, a round apparently hit a buried rock and bounced back, putting a nasty dent in the rear quarter panel of my nearby Jeep.
Another informal shoot with targets propped against a log, I had a round apparently bounce off of other embedded lead and bounced back, whacking me in the shin hard enough to leave a welt.
I always wear my safety glasses.
eastwood44mag
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A week ago last Friday, I was shooting at an indoor range, wearing safety glasses.
Piece of .40 S&W brass bounced off the wall, landed inside my glasses, burning my face something fierce.
There's a scar there now, fairly noticeable. Don't think it will heal. Not real happy, but beats the snot out of losing an eye every time one smacks you in the glasses.
Piece of .40 S&W brass bounced off the wall, landed inside my glasses, burning my face something fierce.
There's a scar there now, fairly noticeable. Don't think it will heal. Not real happy, but beats the snot out of losing an eye every time one smacks you in the glasses.
My closest call was from an empty that ejected straight back. The rim made a half-moon cut into my safety glasses. Felt pretty good about wearing my safety glasses that day.
BTW, one other time when it's advisable to wear safety glasses is while cleaning. I've gotten Gunscrubber in my eye once or twice, and back when I was wearing hard contacts I had a small spring bounce off a contact lens. It hit hard enough to hurt even with the contact in place...
BTW, one other time when it's advisable to wear safety glasses is while cleaning. I've gotten Gunscrubber in my eye once or twice, and back when I was wearing hard contacts I had a small spring bounce off a contact lens. It hit hard enough to hurt even with the contact in place...
qajaq59
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This topic just might make a good sticky?
There are a lot of experience shooters talking here and every one of them has given an valid example of why we should wear safety glasses on, or even near, the firing line. Hopefully the message is clear?
Wear the darn glasses.
There are a lot of experience shooters talking here and every one of them has given an valid example of why we should wear safety glasses on, or even near, the firing line. Hopefully the message is clear?
Wear the darn glasses.
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