A Real Eye-Opener

[SwampWolf]

Recently, I watched a couple episodes of "accurate rifle shooting" aired on the Outdoor channel (Shooting USA) and was astonished to notice that almost none of the competitors were wearing shooting glasses, though all were donning ear safeguards. Is this disregard for eye protection typical for today's shooters? Personally, if I had to choose, I'd rather be deaf than blind-of course I'm half-deaf already from using empty brass and cigarette filters as hearing "protection" while shooting handguns and rifles in the military police matches for four years back in the early sixties when we didn't know any better.

 

[Hoser]

Yeah. I dont get it.

I wear eye pro all the time. There is zero change of my shooting a firearm without eye pro.

At the matches that I run, it is 100% required and it is a range rule. If they are too cool to wear something, I tell them to leave.

 

[jmorris]

At the matches that I run, it is 100% required and it is a range rule.

Yep, “Eyes and ears, we are going hot!”

I even seen dudes in flip flops but they were wearing hearing and eye protection.

That said, it was TV stuff. We did a lot of goofy stuff for FN’s advertisement “shoots” but that was cold range stuff to Make the camera guys and gals happy.

 

[Nature Boy]

I know that in High Power rifle matches, NRA requires safety glasses but CMP does not.

I wear them regardless.

 

[PapaG]

I questioned Jim Scoutten on the eye protection issue particularly regarding “Mr. Flintlock” who never wore eye pro even while firing the “ most hazardous to the eyes firearm extant”.
He graciously responded that they had no control over the participants on Impossible Shots but decided I deserved a response because of the safety aspect and because I was the only person who had used the word “extant” correctly in his experience.
Miss him. Cool guy.

 

[Mountainman2]

Many years ago I was shooting skeet and on low house 8 I had pieces of the broken bird hit me in the face and had 5 pieces stuck in my glasses. I have NEVER shot with out glasses again. My eyes are worth too much to go with out.

 

[Jim Watson]

I've seen a lot of high-power shooters with these focus lens holders, not much protection.

 

[Varminterror]

NRL22 matches are supposed to require protective glasses. I’ve never seen this enforced at the local level. PRS and NRL matches have never enforced eye pro, and a near-zero number of shooters wear them.

 

[armoredman]

My glasses are polycarbonate and thick - they've stopped a few things already.

 

[Bazoo]

I wear spectacles, and because I've had a few mishaps, I am glad I do.