safety glasses???

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when I got new prescription glasses the other day,I asked the sales person if they were useing safety glass in them. she said no,but,they were impack, and shatter proof, so she said.
do I have safe glasses for when I'm shooting or do I need something else?

emmie
 
Buuuuuttt...having a hot round or whatever hitting those prescrips can possibly ruin them, so there goes your $150. If you can see decently without them, go for the $10 safety glasses.
 
When I had glasses they were polycarbonate, just to make them light enough to wear all day.

Probably thick enough to stop 9mm.:eek:
 
How impotant are safty glasses when shooting?

I know most hunters don't use them in the field, and I don't think that US troops use them.
 
(I used to work in a lab at Lenscrafters) Unless you specify safety glasses, they are not. They actually have impact tests and minimum thickness standards that have to be met to be considered safety glasses. I have a light precription, so I specify safety thickness made from polycarbonate. This insures my eye safety for most of the time (and safety of my lenses).
 
Whenever I purchase sunglasses I always get ANSI Z87 rated ones, and I wear them while shooting.

Also wear them whenever I need sunglasses.:cool:
 
"...How impotant(sic) are safty(sic) glasses when shooting?..." Very. All it takes is one hot case, head separation or bit of lead to hit your eye and you'll quit asking silly questions. Most ranges won't let you shoot without eye and hearing protection. You'll find that most troopies are wearing some kind of eye protection. So do a lot of hunters.
 
nfl1990 said:
How impotant are safty glasses when shooting?

I know most hunters don't use them in the field, and I don't think that US troops use them.
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I would have a glass eye right now were it not for a cheap pair of polycarbonate glasses. For real. I will never go to the range or hunt without them. Never.

I won't let my kids shoot so much as a BB gun without them either.
 
Kevin Quinlan said:
Get safety glasses to wear over them. It is cheap insurance for your eyes.
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Also cheap insurance for expensive glasses. Polycarbonate ("Lexan") is impact resistant, but it IS plastic, and if impacted by hot lead spatter it will crater the surface, ruining the lens.
 
Times They Are A Changing!

nfl1990 said:
How impotant are safty glasses when shooting?

I know most hunters don't use them in the field, and I don't think that US troops use them.
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http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1147006.php

They do now! See the link above. Starting October 1st all new recruits are supposed to be issued protective eyewear for continual wear, in training and in garrison. There are 2 frame types for different size heads and both will accommodate prescription inserts. By the middle of next year all existing units should have been issued their eyewear as well.

Futuristic
 
I wear safety glasses on every

search warrant and arrest warrant, as well as every trip to the range. I'm considered to be a little paranoid but I'd rather not need eye-replacement surgery.:eek:

Low-end safety glasses that fit over your spectacles can be had for about $10. Cheap, compared to the $10K a guide dog runs.

If you just wear the glasses, you are probably OK at 7 yards plus and paper targets. Consider side-panels (plastic thingies available at True-Value - they fit on your glasses) if you shoot steel plates closer than that.
 
I wear glasses so I generaly don't bother with safty glasses or goggles unless it is absoloutly nessisary.

Use your personal judgment if you have good strong lenses for such things you should be fine or see if the dr you go to has prescription safty glasses. Getting safty glasses worn over mine is uncomfertable and I dispise those goggles.
 
Glasses are a start. Side shields are good to have. Be aware of the danger of hot brass dropping down between your eye/face and glasses. It will happen and it will be painful. With luck it won't put a headstamp on your cornea. Shooting glasses fit tight to your face. I'd just recommend wearing a cap/hat with a brim to deflect brass off your face.

The gun club I used to enjoy has a minimum 30 yards for metal targets. The reason is lead backsplatter comes back most of the way. The range had a wooden wall on one side. You could walk down the wall and see hundreds of lead frisbees embedded in the wall.

Yea, safety glasses are necessary.
 
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high quality polycarbonate lenses are essentially bulletproof, esp if you have a high prescription. I have 675 in each eye, and i am absolutely sure that even a .45 acp will not go through it. my high-index (ultra thin) lenses are still 1/4 in thick, and if these were the cheap polys then it would be nearly 2/3rds inch thick. I have actually shot my own lenses and the bullet would not penetrate - of course the curvature may also have helped deflect it.

HOWEVER

i wear eye protection at all times because a little .22lr casing can put your eye out. also, i have heard of many people saving their vision only because they had safety glasses on - over their regular lenses. side shields save eyes.
 
Safety glasses that meet the appropriate specification are an absolute must. I've never had anything hit my Wiley XL-1 glasses yet, but I've had enough close calls (a case from my Mini-14 [which my dad was shooting on my left] pegged me in the cheekbone, various cases from the mini have hit my head and neck while shooting (they go hurtling of in random directions and bounce off stuff and come back), had cases fall in my pockets... Not wearing proper eyepro is just _begging_ for a tiny piece of burning hot metal to embed itself in your favorite eyeball.

When in doubt, don't risk it, make sure you have glasses that meet the specs.

~GnSx
 
I am a big believer in safety glasses. I cannot honestly say that they have saved my eyes (yet) while shooting, but they did once during a mishap with an electric grinder. If I were you, I would get either get a set of safety glasses in your prescription or, better yet, get contact lenses so you can wear off the shelf safety glasses.
 
The minimum for me is prescription polycarbonate lenses with sideshields, worn with a hat.

You can get sideshields to fit your Rx glasses at Tasco and they are well worth the $4 price tag.

With sideshields and a hat, you aren't going to have hot brass dropping behind your glasses, giving you a blister and ruining your day.

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