Safety Glasses Poll

[hammerklavier]

Amazing! 1/3 of the respondents of this post don't ALWAYS wear glasses.

The poll is flawed, many wear prescription glasses, but not safety glasses.

 

[Boba Fett]

I only wear them if I'm required to. I do sometimes wear sunglasses, but not if I'm using a scope. Granted, none of my guns eject to the rear, and I'm screened off from other shooters so none of their casings can come my way, and none of my guns are polymer so a "kaboom" that throws shrapnel is exceedingly unlikely. Worst I've ever gotten is a bit of gas from my Saiga 12, and I shoot lefty.

I urge you to reconsider your "only if required" stance. The thing about firearms is they are unpredictable. Bullets ricochet, firearms explode, hot brass bounces off of things; the list is endless.

Perfect example of the unpredictable sort of circumstances was a friend's Ruger revolver. We were at the range one day shooting his 44mag revolver having a great time. After several cylinders worth of shooting, we both wince at with several hot stinging "bites" right after a shot. We weren't sure what was happening, but whenever the revolver was shot, the shooter and whoever was standing back and to the right would get several hot pin pricks in the face.

We didn't know what was causing it at the time (both of us were fairly new shooters then) but it was obvious something was wrong with the gun. We sent it to Ruger and they said that the cylinder wasn't lining up with the barrel perfectly and when the round was fired it would impact the edge of the barrel just a little bit and shave off part of the bullet. Thus sending those hot shards back at our faces.

Thank God we both had a safety mindset and were wearing our glasses. As bad as it stung getting hit in the face by hot, sharp pieces of copper and lead, I know they wouldn't have done my eyes any good.

 

[Mike OTDP]

I wear glasses anyway, but my shooting glasses are Knoblocks with a shooting lens.

 

[medmo]

Always. Safety First. Anyone who doesn't should reconsider.

 

[JDGray]

Since my glasses are prescription, my shooting day is usually pretty bad without them

 

[JEB]

i dont own a pair of "safety glasses" but i almost always wear a pair of sunglasses

 

[Sediment]

Impact sunglasses outdoors, regular safety indoors. Hard part is finding indoor glasses that don't fog up horribly.

 

[paintballdude902]

ballistic oakleys

 

[leadcounsel]

I can think of few things more important than my eyesight, and my eyes are incredibly easy to protect from normal injuries. I wear some sort of clear or tinted eyeprotection when shooting, using powertools, driving, walking through the woods, etc. All it takes is an instant to cause serious irreversible eye damage. I've been struck in the eyes by hot metal particles from pistol shooting; had branches catch me in the face while hiking in the woods; and had glass particles from windshields hit me in the face during car accidents. Good glasses are cheap and easy to use.

 

[H1500308]

All the time, everytime. My livelihood depends upon me maintaining my eyesight.

 

[lakerfan5858]

I voted all the time,Because with out them i can't see the target very well,and it makes me feel much safer