If you don't, why not?
If you do, did something happen to make you start wearing them, or have you just always done it?
If you do, did something happen to make you start wearing them, or have you just always done it?
Do you shoot using safety glasses?
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Never did until not too long ago. Heard the familiar sound of a tumbling pellet whiz about 6" from my face. Lesson learned.
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i've been shooting for over 36 years (Work) and safety glasses and hearing protection was mandatory. As we told the recruits in the academy....We can give you hearing aids, but we can't give you another eye. 
Even when I go hunting I am wearing some kind of eye protection. With PCP's no hearing protection (
), but I do wear eye protection.
Tony P.
Even when I go hunting I am wearing some kind of eye protection. With PCP's no hearing protection (), but I do wear eye protection.Tony P.
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No, the pellets are always flying AWAY from me, and never towards anything that would send them back. I DO wear them when using my compressor to fill my guns though.
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I was told once “The price of eyes are out of sight”. Best protect what you have. And if I’d put my eye out, I’d say be no more shooting in the house.
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Even though I own a few bb guns I rarely shoot them but when I do I will wear safety glasses. When I shoot the pellet guns I wear my prescription glasses and typically don't shoot at targets closer than 10 yards. Most of the time I shoot open sights and require the prescription lenses.
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Yes. I wear eye protection anytime I am around equipment. Even if I am not working with something that could fly apart and impact my eyes I have been saved from substances squirting into my eye on several occasions. eyesight to valuable to risk when so easily protected.
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Not safety glasses persay, but my prescription lenses are polycarbonate and generally accepted at ranges as safety wear. Admittedly they lack side protection, and they aren't as thick as true safety lenses.
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Only when shooting metal targets at relatively close range. I had an H&N Hunter come back and graze my face a couple weeks ago. Usually wearing sunglasses otherwise anyway.
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I think it's smart to. I've taken pellet and bullet frags in the face before. Lessons learned.
J~
J~
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Always with powder guns but not till recently with air guns. Had an evil ricochet and an eye full of oil back to back so it changed my opinion on that.
As my dad says you only get 2 eyes and 10 fingers. Look after them.
As my dad says you only get 2 eyes and 10 fingers. Look after them.
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Yes, been doing it for over 40 years of shooting all sorts of guns and disciplines.
To me it is not negotiable.
To me it is not negotiable.
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Most glasses I've tried interfere with my scope/eye alignment. The upper frame always seems to be in the way. Glasses are hard for to keep clean and dry during hot weather. I only wear them when someone at the range is pistol shooting steel. Lots of splatter and bounce back even at 25 yards.
In all other situations I don't use them. I never shoot anything that would cause a bounce back. A well made backstop and a small amount of intelligence takes care of that.
In all other situations I don't use them. I never shoot anything that would cause a bounce back. A well made backstop and a small amount of intelligence takes care of that.
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Not always, but I should. I had a .45 pistol blow up in my hands once. I was still wearing corrective lenses at the time, and they were reasonably shatter proof. A piece of the frame hit my right lens, took a chip out, but probably saved my eye. Got away with only a broken thumb. That reinforced the importance of eye protection for me, and I never shoot a metallic cartridge firearm or shotgun without protection. I cheat sometimes with my air rifles, but that's probably stupid, as HPA is just as dangerous as gunpowder.
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Yup, range/gun safety is range/gun safety regardless of medium. One of those rather have em and not need em, than really wishing I had em on when I needed them. Always amazed how sometimes folks don't treat PCP's with proper gun handling respect bc it's "not a firearm."
I don't shoot real golf balls any longer with pellets either. Almost put my eye out when I was 18 shooting a golf ball at 20ish yards. Stars aligned and it was a direct alignment ricochet right back at me. Luckily my head control wasn't as disciplined back then and the pellet ended up coming back and hitting me right in the temple--almost knocked me out. Lessons learned shooting stuff
I don't shoot real golf balls any longer with pellets either. Almost put my eye out when I was 18 shooting a golf ball at 20ish yards. Stars aligned and it was a direct alignment ricochet right back at me. Luckily my head control wasn't as disciplined back then and the pellet ended up coming back and hitting me right in the temple--almost knocked me out. Lessons learned shooting stuff
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