This is a pic I took of myself today, after being struck by a bullet fragment. A fellow and his two sons were shooting the steel dueling tree in the range next to mine when it happened. I was just positioning myself at the line, when WHACK! I got struck in the middle of the forehead. It did not really hurt, but I could tell right away that the impact drew blood. It was a good thing that I was wearing my Oakley C-Frames with ballistic lenses.
I waited a few minutes until the blood started to dry, and went on to shoot these from my M&P40 Pro Series... I still call it a good day!
Members really need to always wear quality "stress quality" eye protection.
You only have two eyes and you really do need both for depth perception.
Eyes are not like fingers...you have 10 of those.
I will be the first to warn of the dangers. I wear eye protection for everything now a days. Heed my words, wear them, you will not be sorry if you do. I lost my left eye about 16 years ago in a fishing accident. My eye was turned inside out and pulled from my head. Not a pleasant event, but an eye catching one LOL.....
Yup. I got a very old Winchester .22 rifle in a lot of stuff. Cleaned it and magnafluxed it, no problems. Chamber diameter was so loose the 6th round split at the rim and peppered me with powder. Eyes were protected, but left some tiny holes in my forehead. As it has no value, I'm gonna weld it to something in my yard.
I probably should wear eye protection, but since I wear glasses already, it makes it irritating to place safety glasses in front of them. I realize my regular glasses offer some protection, and I suspect even in the case of the original post, would have worked since the projectile was probably incoming at a more or less straight angle to the face. Where the regular glasses fall short would be anything come in from a side angle.
I've thought about ordering some prescription safety glasses. Not just for shooting, but for other things I do that should have better eye protection.
I probably should wear eye protection, but since I wear glasses already, it makes it irritating to place safety glasses in front of them. I've thought about ordering some prescription safety glasses. Not just for shooting, but for other things I do that should have better eye protection.
Aren't polycarbonate prescription glasses available? I wear tinted safety glasses on my motorcycle, even though the shield is usually down. Pinged a lot of big bugs and pebbles with them.
I had a cartridge head separation in my own gun once, that sent a nice bit of metal back against my forehead. Wouldn't take but a little shaving to do some real damage in an eye. That's why I wear eye protection.... over my regular glasses. You will never—but never—catch me shooting any other way, by choice anyway.
That was a close one...safety first, always!:hand9:
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