henschman
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I will wear a hat and sunglasses/shooting glasses when I'm at the range, but I usually take the glasses off to shoot, at least with a rifle.
With glasses, you end up looking through the top part of the lens, which for me is usually the part that touches your forehead and gets all grimy from sweat. Also, I've had the rim of the glasses interfere with sight picture. Not to mention that shooting glasses frequently get scratches in them, and so do not provide as clear a picture as I get without them. I also do not like sunglasses for shooting because the tint makes the front sight appear dimmer, which makes it harder to focus my eye on it while keeping it on target.
I know I could get some nicer glasses that don't scratch easily, have a wider field of view, stay off the forehead, and are not tinted; but I also believe in practicing with the rifle in the same way that I would use it if I actually have to take care of business with it. In a serious life or death situation, I would probably not put on my safety glasses. Plus if you don't have glasses, there is nothing for brass to get stuck in!
With glasses, you end up looking through the top part of the lens, which for me is usually the part that touches your forehead and gets all grimy from sweat. Also, I've had the rim of the glasses interfere with sight picture. Not to mention that shooting glasses frequently get scratches in them, and so do not provide as clear a picture as I get without them. I also do not like sunglasses for shooting because the tint makes the front sight appear dimmer, which makes it harder to focus my eye on it while keeping it on target.
I know I could get some nicer glasses that don't scratch easily, have a wider field of view, stay off the forehead, and are not tinted; but I also believe in practicing with the rifle in the same way that I would use it if I actually have to take care of business with it. In a serious life or death situation, I would probably not put on my safety glasses. Plus if you don't have glasses, there is nothing for brass to get stuck in!