Inexpensive safety glasses?

[bender]

I've got a few Galeton pairs. They were all less than $3 each, and all are ansi rated.

http://www.galeton.com/browsecat.asp?CategoryID=19

I like the Sportster model.

 

[PakWaan]

Thanks - I've got plenty to look at now!

 

[paramedic70002]

I think it was one of the NRA rags that did an article on glasses recently. The Z87 thing is the way to go. There may even be a Z87+ or something like that. Turns out that the best for safety was also the least expensive, at about $7. Wish I could find that article...

 

[Jaenak]

I've never really understood the point behind shooting glasses. The whole idea confuses the hell out of me. Shooting a gun isn't exactly like running a wood chipper so what's the specs for then?

Serious. Insight would be helpful.

 

[MASTEROFMALICE]

A lot of firearms (I have a rimfire that seem to have a habit of it) can blow powder back into your face.

Hot ejected brass to the eyeball tends to make for the beginning of a bad day as well.

Finally there ricochet. The odds of a round coming back and putting your eye out are astronomical, but of course the safe assumption is that the one person out of a million will be YOU.

 

[jdomin]

Sam's Club Sells A Pack Of 4 For 18.00

 

[RoyG]

Grainger Industrial Supply

Grainger Industrial Supply

Do a search for Z87.

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Been using safety glasses from them for shooting, motorcycle riding and everyday wear for years.

Some of them are darn right sporty looking.

Most of them are flugly...

 

[PakWaan]

I'm buying them because the indoor range I want to try out requires them. I have a range in my backyard (I live on 10 acres out in the country) and never use them here, although I probably will now that I have them.

Glasses were never required on military ranges or the sheriff's department range when I was a deputy - of course, that was 10 years ago.


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