![]() ![]() ![]() Third many prescription glasses are not impact rated which means if the flying debris has enough force it will crack your lenses, or maybe even penetrate through the lens. Side protection protects you against debris flying towards your peripheral. Second, most eyeglasses that people wear in their daily lives do not offer side protection. Eyeglasses typically cost more than eye protection, so it’s cheaper to replace scratched eye protection than it is to replace scratched prescriptions. First, the eyeglasses may become scratched. However, this isn’t ideal for a number of reasons. Take my word for it, eye protection is an absolute must when training and practicing your shooting skills.Īs said, a shooter can simply wear their prescription glasses when shooting. Removing this mangled piece of copper from my face was like removing a fish hook from my face. This fragment of copper imbedded in my face about 2″ below my left eye. That is the shooter next to me fired his 45, the bullet impacted something, likely the steel backstop, and a fragment of the copper jacket ricocheted back at me. One day in my 20’s, at a range which is now torn down, I experienced “Splashback”. I scoffed at the idea that shooting glasses would stop a bullet. The cynic in me, when I was a younger and dumber man than I am today, only wore shooting glasses because the range made me. Why would one want to wear shooting glasses? Eye protection is an absolute must. So, let’s discuss what a shooter who wears glasses can do for eye protection. While the shooter can simply wear their prescription glasses, that isn’t an ideal option. New shooters often have questions about eye protection and shooting with their prescription eyeglasses. Approximately 64% of adults in the United States wear prescription glasses, and that statistic reflects in our training classes. ![]()
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