This is why you always wear safety glasses

[Griffen]

On a recent range trip, I felt something hit my jeans pant leg and the material moved. Then I notice an unusual “artifact” on my target. After a bit of looking around I found this: a 9mm lead bullet core from a stall or two down from me on the ground behind my feet and a copper jacket lodged in my target entering from the rear. It is from a ricochet of the other lane. A real eye opener. Please remember the potential of this sport we all enjoy; safety first!

 

[MikeInOr]

I had a friend that liked shooting a steel shooting tree at 10 yards with powder coated lead. The lead would spray everywhere after hitting the steel. When I got lead sprayed in my face I told him he needed to put the tree out farther or I wouldn't shoot with him any more.

I use my shop glasses when I am shooting. They are prescription but with bigger lenses to cover more of my face. It makes it easy to always ensure I always have eye protection on, I can't see anything without them. Prescription safety glasses are cheap online if you request your prescription from the eye doctor when you get them checked.

 

[starling]

things happen. Never hurts to be extra safe around firearms. Most people are pretty lax about it. Youtube sillyness cdertainly doesnt help. People always need to remember how many new shooters have gotten into firearms. Many of those grew up with airsoft and have safety practices that show it.

Something I did with my kids the first time they ever shot an actual firearm (Cricket rifles) was have them shoot their first round with no hearing protection. Then preached to them that firearms are NOT toys nor are they airguns or anything like people see in Movies. It works... they are very safety minded. They are still kids though of course so I watch them like a hawk.

Careful when shooting steel plates. I was shooting a friends 5.7 PS90 once (semi auto) and had the bullet jacket (which seperated) come back and slice my shin open. Maybe 15-20 yards from the target. Nothing major (taped it and kept shooting) but that could easily come back into someones eyes if they are not wearing protective glasses. There more than one reason ranges have emergency first aid stations. I always wear glasses and hearing protection. Better safe than sorry.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Yikes!
Had plenty of steel BBs bounce straight back at me as a kid- learned to wear eyes all the time pretty quick.

 

[Pat Riot]

Thanks for the reminder @Griffen

 

[Riomouse911]

I’ve posted this before, bit it’s perfect to show how important wearing glasses is when shooting.

This is the moment a CCI Maxi Mag cartridge case head failed when my son was shooting my Henry .22 WMR. Burning powder bits sprayed back and peppered his face, arms and the shooting bench. He was wearing glasses, so the peepers were fine.



Ears and eyes, every time!

Stay safe.

 

[Guy48065]

... Prescription safety glasses are cheap online if you request your prescription from the eye doctor when you get them checked.

Actually I didn't know this.
I quickly checked Amazon & Googled it... But I've gotten some lousy glasses from the local optometrist in the past so I'm not sure I trust dealing with someone I can't see (pun intended).

Recommendations? I'm interested in some wrap-around Rx glasses for work... I'm assuming they're more of a challenge to get right.

 

[Ethan Verity]

My M&P Shield 45 would sometimes eject brass straight back into my face, smacking off my forehead hard enough to draw blood... that's where I learned the importance of safety glasses. Lol

That gun chucked brass almost as far as the bullets. One time, the case mouth of a spent shell embedded right in the wood support beam of the lane divider.. seeing that big-ol 45 shell stuck in the wall was pretty funny!

 

[Griffen]

I have found that companies will not make some prescriptions in a wrap around style due to distortion in the lenses. This may depend upon the strength of your prescription. The only way to know is to have your optometrist check your prescription with the maker of the lense to see if they will grind it. Good luck.

 

[aaaaa]

I wear my Rx glasses, but since they are not rated as safety glasses I put a pair of these over them:

 

[Throwbackguy]

NOT intended to be a specific endorsement. But...
I'm amazed that even among my co-workers who wear glasses always, they've never thought about mail-order prescription glasses (Zenni, etc.). For my daily grind, I've gotten splashproof glasses; and for the range, I have ANSI-rated safety glasses in my Rx. I've tried the 'goggles over glasses' in one form or another; but another layer makes for potential fogging issues. Don't get me wrong: They're not a complete substitution for 'better' glasses (ie, Glasses that were actually checked by an optician somewhere on THIS side of the ocean!), but for specific activities... Just the ticket.

 

[King Medallion]

If I don't get hit at least 2x by slag at a CAS match, it's a miracle. I wear my safety wraparounds from work. Never been hit by the eye, but have had a drop of blood drawn on my cheek and neck a few time.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Years ago I had a 45ACP case bounce of the side of the shooting lane I was in and wedge itself between the lowed edge of the prescription shooting glasses I was wearing and my cheek. OUCH ! Look for those little spaces where something can slip through.

 

[RA40]

Not just shooting, I wear safety glasses for most any activity. I was changing a light bulb in a recessed can and while unscrewing it, the glass shattered from the base. If not for the glasses it could have been serious. I'm glad that LED's have an acrylic like "bulb" instead of glass.

 

[.308 Norma]

Not just shooting, I wear safety glasses for most any activity.

Yeppers, and my safety glasses are prescription bifocals with just a little correction in the lower part of the lenses. So essentially, one of the "activities" I wear my safety glasses for is reading.
As I've said before in other posts, since laser cataract surgery a few years back, I haven't needed prescription glasses for anything except close up, like reading. However, I hate having to reach for a pair of reading glasses every time I want to read something, and I hate having to reach for a pair of safety glasses every time I want to shoot a gun or use a power tool (I'm also into woodworking), or run the lawn or field mower, or do anything else where it's prudent to be wearing safety glasses. That's the reason(s) why I had a pair of safety glasses with prescription lenses built that I wear all of the time - except while I'm in bed asleep of course. I got used to wearing safety glasses almost all of the time anyway 50 years ago - I was an electrician by trade, most of the places I worked required safety glasses, and only a fool would do electrical work without some kind of eye protection anyway.

 

[aaaaa]

I got used to wearing safety glasses almost all of the time anyway 50 years ago - I was an electrician by trade, most of the places I worked required them, and only a fool would do electrical work without some kind of eye protection anyway.

Reminds me once I almost got poked in the eye with a copper lead that I had stripped while putting wiring in my attic. And that was while wearing my Rx glasses, so the goggles would have been better.

 

[Riomouse911]

My M&P Shield 45 would sometimes eject brass straight back into my face, smacking off my forehead hard enough to draw blood... that's where I learned the importance of safety glasses. Lol

That gun chucked brass almost as far as the bullets. One time, the case mouth of a spent shell embedded right in the wood support beam of the lane divider.. seeing that big-ol 45 shell stuck in the wall was pretty funny!

With ejections so vigorous, I wonder if M&P should mean Mini 14-like Projectiles?

J/K, but my Mini’s launch cases like they’re kicking field goals. When shooting on a range with them it’s necessary for anyone within 20 feet of my right to have glasses on for the same reasons your M&P has.

Stay safe.