Eye protection

[Dantrom]

What is your favorite eye protection during matches?

I’m looking my for something new, I’m currently just using cheap safety glass from Amazon but they have been fogging up on me ever since this summer. My sunglasses do not fog but I see better through clear lenses.

Any thought?

 

[Fig]

I HATE wearing eye protection when shooting a scoped rifle, and I wear glasses. I keep my glasses on when shooting pistols and shotguns no problem. If an RSO requires them when shooting a rifle I let them slip down my nose and look over them. I'll only wear them when walking around and not shooting.

I have bought every anti-fog and anti-fog wipe on Amazon, and they're all crap. A few drops of dish liquid in a small squeeze bottle of water (just like divers do in their masks) works better than anything I've tried, and I've tried them all. I tiny dab of toothpaste works too.

Paying a bunch for safety glasses (as long as they are ANSI Z87.1(+)) gets you nothing IMO. However, the cheap ones probably aren't high impact rated, and therefore aren't real protection. Look for ANSI Z87 point one or plus. That means it will actually protect your eyes and not just keep the RSO off you.

There is little in life I hate more than the diseased sort of personality who is concerned for your safety enough to command you to adhere to their own definitions of what is safe and unsafe even when it doesn't effect them at all. Usually these people are by far the dumbest among us, and cling to whatever the official safety protocols say without an single original thought or question in their heads. The are the same people likely to kill themselves without someone telling them not to. These are the people who will require you to wear a dyna-breaker safety harness when changing a light bulb because some lawyer and safety-Nazi believes there is a possibility you could get hurt. They could care less about your actual safety. In truth they hate you, and hate that anyone would not be as terrified of life and any pointy or explody things as they are. Rather they assuage their small minds by holding the "safety high-ground" by always choosing the most ridiculous and offensive safety protocols possible. For these types of people the only thing that makes them happy is making you unhappy, causing you problems, and complicating your life. Without ignoring them and and trusting your own experience and your own definition of "safety" nothing would ever get done, and no battle would ever be won. Why do you think it is always some suppy POG that is in charge of safety? These are the people who would never take a calculated risk, and they hate anyone who would. Life isn't safe retard. You are wasting yours. Go fuck yourself.

 

[bbyars]

Why spend $X (how much your scope cost) to look through it with $5 safety glasses?

 

[Dantrom]

Club rules…

 

[roostercogburn98]

Cheap throw away 3m safety glasses are my go to. Buy em in a 5 pack and leave a pair everywhere

 

[bbyars]

I use the Oakleys with the MII or alpha frame, Snap in a Clear or Shadded lens for all other shooting sports. Be ready to buy some extra rubber, it deteriorates into boogers if you sweat alot.

 

[Baron23]

I’m currently just using cheap safety glass from Amazon

Why spend $X (how much your scope cost) to look through it with $5 safety glasses?

I'm with bbyars....we agonize and argue about scope image quality and then look thru it via shitty plastic glasses. Makes no sense to me.

And I absolutely wear glasses...club range rules or not. Eye injuries and vision loss do happen in firearm incidents...and not just to other people. And I think the risk of a case head separation, and gas/debris in your face, goes up if you are a reloader.

I use Randolph Rangers. These are actual shooting glasses and I started with them when I shot tournament skeet. I personally prefer a very light lemon for scope rifles...touch of yellow increases contrast. The ones I like have an adjustable nose piece to move the lenses to the correct height on your face. Also, real shooting glasses stand off of the face which pretty much eliminates fogging.

I've shot skeet with these glasses Maryland/Delaware, Georgia, San Antonio Tx, etc...humid places and they don't fog up.

They are not cheap but they are worth it, IMO. And, lenses are easily field changeable and if you scratch a lens they are easily replaced.

I'd suggest these if a person was looking for good quality glasses

Randolph Ranger Edge - LM Lenses - Pro Shooting Glasses & Lenses

RANGER EDGE Co-Designed by the shooting industry’s top opticians, the Edge combines a sleek design with professional optical performance. Lifetime solder joint warranty Reduced distance between lenses Adjustable nose bridge and arms for a custom fit Interchangeable NexPC lenses...

lmlenses.com

 

[TNSleeper99]

I’m also recently interested in this because the company I work for has alloyed up $500 for a pair of prescription/ or non prescription “safety glasses”. I hate shooting precision rifle with eye pro, but I assumed it’s because I’ve never had a pair of quality specs. I think I would prefer clear lenses because colored lenses may change the effectiveness of scope lens coatings. I currently shoot in corrective contacts, which has its own drawbacks for sure.

 

[Vivacious Stallion]

I have used a set of Gatorz Blastshield frames with a few different lenses (mirrored polarized, light and dark vermillion) for the last couple years now. I use them for all my shooting and matches. I've been happy with the lens quality and when I have them on they aren't noticeable in a bad way. I've also never had fogging issues with them in any conditions.

 

[Polaris]

Having an astigmatism it’s either contacts with with ess crossbows or just recently “decot” prescription trivex lenses with readers on the bottom. Getting older has its challenges. I do have a pair of Rudy project polycarbonate prescriptions, but they have quite a curved to them, which can distort images. I’m hoping the “decot” which are higher quality and a flatter lens will be good. Contacts are the best because they follow your vision, but if they’re not stable, they shift anyway I agree it’s probably better to shoot without glasses optically but I favor protecting my eyes.

 

[KOL V9]

Do you wear prescription glasses?

I have prescription safety glasses, which I wear with a hat while shooting (found out not wearing the hat, I had four shells push down my glasses and burned around the eyes).

I have also used a grinder when fixing car stuff and know what it can do, so my preference would be goggles, where they are strapped to your head. There are removable side shields one can use with regular glasses for light duty stuff, but I only have one set of eyes and a mother that used to remove peoples eyes (surgical nurse to an ophthalmologist), for a living. I don't hear the end of it.

 

[Dantrom]

I do not wear prescription glasses or contacts.

 

[qec238]

My favorite are sold by Duluth Trading. I need reading glasses so I use their safety glasses with cheaters. Optically very clear and $23/pair. Wrap around style

 

[Matches Malone]

I wear Oakley’s with snap in clears. Flak jackets 2s or old m frames. If I have to.

I have a pair of Milwaukee ones with a gasket I tried. They scratch way too easy, and aren’t as clear to look through.

I also don’t like to look through a scope through another lens.

If on my personal time with my own rules I just wear one of my millions of sunglasses and just put them on my head when I get behind the glass.

 

[waveslayer]

Oakley shooting glasses, the Tombstones. I have 3 lenses to switch out depending on the conditions

 

[mark5pt56]

Spend the money and go with a good brand, keep bug spray and sunscreen off the lens and they will last a long time. I wish I kept them as a reminder and prop to show folks the importance of good glasses-a ricochet from a jacketed .357 caught my Oakleys on the left lense, jacket poked through slightly and the impact moved the glasses nearly off my head. That was probably 3 decades ago, my first lesson also on how dangerous steel is that has pock marks in it-keep rifle and pistol steel separate. Anyhow-doubt any cheap glasses would've faired as well.

 

[jabonra]

Do you wear prescription glasses?

I have prescription safety glasses, which I wear with a hat while shooting (found out not wearing the hat, I had four shells push down my glasses and burned around the eyes).

I have also used a grinder when fixing car stuff and know what it can do, so my preference would be goggles, where they are strapped to your head. There are removable side shields one can use with regular glasses for light duty stuff, but I only have one set of eyes and a mother that used to remove peoples eyes (surgical nurse to an ophthalmologist), for a living. I don't hear the end of it.

What do you like or recommend for prescription? The decot mentioned above are intriguing in a fudd-chic sort of way

 

[DownhillFromHere]

I wore Decot glasses for skeet for decades. Yes, they are flat or nearly so and sit high on the bridge of the nose - because they're oriented to shotgun sports, where wide peripheral vision is especially important.

Upside to Decot is those thin temples don't dig into ears under muffs. Downside is the flat lenses leave a wide gap on the periphery that can allow pellets or fragments to "get in" from the side. Bud Decot died years ago; I met him at one of the NSSA World championships... always thought highly of the company.

I like my Rudy Project Rydon wraparounds for pistol and rifle. Downside is the wide thick temple can get uncomfortable under muffs, even with squishy gel ear cups.
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One of the guys I used to shoot skeet with had a little clear plastic cube with a shot pellet in it hung from his shell pouch. He kept it there because people would ask about it - or because it was handy to show newbies. The story was that he was shooting his low-8 target, which appears three feet off the ground from 20 yards away and passes the shooter 15 feet high and several feet to the shooter's left. When he fired, he felt a wasp sting just above the bridge of his nose. A pellet had rimmed around the passing target and hit him hard enough to embed in his skin - he had to pop it out like a lead zit. I've heard pellets ping off metal over 40 yards behind a field's center stake.

I had nearly the identical thing happen at a pistol match. Piece of bullet jacket came back off a plate rack and penetrate the side of my nose deep enough to require forceps to dig out the flat 2mm-wide copper fragment. I was loading mags 20 yards behind the shooter when it happened.

I'm more sanguine about rifle... but a buddy of mine got hit hard enough in his chest by a jacket chunk that it drew blood - the steel was 125 yards away.

I understand why many range owners and MDs require eye protection. It isn't "forcing safety" on the shooter, it's covering the owner's ass from liability suits.

 

[Matches Malone]

I understand why many range owners and MDs require eye protection. It isn't "forcing safety" on the shooter, it's covering the owner's ass from liability suits.

It’s the same thing.
Giving a reason of liability doesn’t change forcing safety into consensual agreement. Nobody was saying anything one way or another anyways.

Also this is primarily a long range group. While the OP didn’t specify the competition….the chances of getting a jacket fragment into the eye is probably on lesser side compared to other disciplines and range uses.

 

[Baron23]

I wore Decot glasses for skeet for decades. Yes, they are flat or nearly so and sit high on the bridge of the nose - because they're oriented to shotgun sports, where wide peripheral vision is especially important.

Upside to Decot is those thin temples don't dig into ears under muffs. Downside is the flat lenses leave a wide gap on the periphery that can allow pellets or fragments to "get in" from the side. Bud Decot died years ago; I met him at one of the NSSA World championships... always thought highly of the company.

I like my Rudy Project Rydon wraparounds for pistol and rifle. Downside is the wide thick temple can get uncomfortable under muffs, even with squishy gel ear cups.
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One of the guys I used to shoot skeet with had a little clear plastic cube with a shot pellet in it hung from his shell pouch. He kept it there because people would ask about it - or because it was handy to show newbies. The story was that he was shooting his low-8 target, which appears three feet off the ground from 20 yards away and passes the shooter 15 feet high and several feet to the shooter's left. When he fired, he felt a wasp sting just above the bridge of his nose. A pellet had rimmed around the passing target and hit him hard enough to embed in his skin - he had to pop it out like a lead zit. I've heard pellets ping off metal over 40 yards behind a field's center stake.

I had nearly the identical thing happen at a pistol match. Piece of bullet jacket came back off a plate rack and penetrate the side of my nose deep enough to require forceps to dig out the flat 2mm-wide copper fragment. I was loading mags 20 yards behind the shooter when it happened.

I'm more sanguine about rifle... but a buddy of mine got hit hard enough in his chest by a jacket chunk that it drew blood - the steel was 125 yards away.

I understand why many range owners and MDs require eye protection. It isn't "forcing safety" on the shooter, it's covering the owner's ass from liability suits.

My first set were Decots. Then I went to Rangers and have stayed there.

And I’ve been hit in the lip by a ricochet off of my own H2 at a shoot. That was wild.