OK to shoot with eye glasses?

[Waitone]

I question the size of your lenses. Granny style won't provide the coverage necessary. Big lenses with lots of coverage is better.

Consider a trip to an industrial safety store or a building supply like Home Depot or Lowes where you can purchase a set of shields designed to fit over you glasses and gives you full front and side shields. Not very comfortable but effective in a pinch.

BTW, you will do just fine.

 

[Archie]

Use the glasses and .....

qualify.

Let us know how you did and when you start your NEW JOB!!!!!

I will be praying for you as well.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Well, the glasses that I have, the ones I shoot with, were first put together for me by a shooting buddy who was my opthamalogist at the time. Since I've changed doctors (Gene retired) I'm using his specification at the new doctor.

It's the same material that Gene used for his glasses when he shot. As I understand it, the reason they're not stamped with the ANSI symbol is because they're daily wear lenses, not slip-over protection.

Granted, they don't have side protection, but they have good frontal coverage.

 

[JohnBT]

My eye doctor told me that the problem with a lot of the polycarbonate prescription lenses is that they aren't quite thick enough in the center. My Vairlux progressive lenses miss meeting the standard for safety glasses by a fraction of a millimeter. Of course, a lot depends on the precise prescription, so all y'all eyeglasses wearers might want to check closely with your eye doc.

The problem with using safety glasses over my glasses is that the ones I've tried royally screw up the seal between my muffs and my head. Yes, I always wear plugs under them, but my ears ring badly enough already and I'm not willing to give up a db of protection to noise leakage.

John

 

[J Jones]

I used to shoot with my regular glasses, but then I had a .45 case bounce off the lens and leave a little "reminder" in my field of vision, necessitating a new lens.

I get safety glasses from work and use those, if they're damaged, I can always get a new lens.

 

[Mastrogiacomo]

I just got back from the gun range -- not my own because I can't get closer than 50 feet and not sure how cold it would be outside. I went to an indoor range and let loose with my Berettas. This time I used the eye glasses. According to the range master -- I'm a good shot. However, tomorrow is another issue. We'll see if I qualify for the job. We'll be doing an all day thing so it'll probably be gun safety too. My thumb is killing from loading the mags with the mag loader and the base of my right thumb is a little chewed up but overall I had a blast and feel more confident.

One thing that has me confused -- I used the Brigadier and the standard 92FS today and got the mags mixed up in my bag -- now I don't know which goes with what gun. Are the mags different between the two models or will both work regardless whether it's a Brig or Standard 92?

 

[Sunray]

Put 'em on and do the test or whatever. When I had to start with glasses I asked specifically about this. I was told ALL prescription glasses are shock resistant. Like the others have said, you'll be fine as long as your specs aren't too small.
And find another club. 50 feet or 50 yards are both too far away for most shooting games. 7 yards or 21 feet is normal for 'combat' style shooting. 25 feet for ISU/NRA handgun target shooting.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

I have glasses my work purchased for me that are full thickness glass and have side protectors. It's nice to have an emergency pair anyways.

 

[Chuck Jennings]

I always wear my prescription or my prescription sunglasses. I also always wear a baseball cap when shooting. The only brass/shells that have hit me in the head area have always bounced off the bill.

 

[bogie]

If you _need_ to wear glasses, and you go shooting _without_ glasses, I don't wanna be within your round's maximum impact distance...

Blind-as-a-bat-without-my-glasses-Bogie

 

[wanderinwalker]

I'm surprised you can shoot without your eyeglasses Mastro, honestly.

I always shoot wearing my perscription glasses. Frankly I don't worry about them getting dinged up or taking brass and whatnot up under them. I've had to adjust my Highpower shooting positions to accomodate my glasses (and skeletal structure). It's interesting, as I am the only shooter at the range who is shooting with a cant on an AR-15 (leaned either way to port or slightly to starboard, depends on position). We humans are very adaptable.

Wear 'em and don't worry. Good luck and good shooting.

 

[SteelyDan]

On a related topic, be sure to wear some glasses when disassembling magazines or anything else with springs. I ruined a pair of glasses a couple of years ago (from an AK mag spring), but it would have been a whole lot worse without the glasses.