PSA, ALWAYS wear your shooting glasses!

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DisgruntledPatriot

Discussion Starter · 12 d ago

Yesterday I was at the range for my birthday, just burning some 22 ammo and testing mags for my Mossberg 152, when a loud POP, burst of smoke in my face, and some stinging RIGHT beside my eye stopped me cold.

A .22 round had exploded in the chamber of my rifle and separated the rim head, leaving the casing stuck in my chamber.

I always used my prescription glasses to shoot, and my range always allows it, but they don't provide enough coverage to be real eyepro. There are marks in the glass of my right lens that were not there the hour before.

I am positive that if Ihad not been wearing my glasses I would be in the E.R. getting peices removed from my eye.

I was shooting a Glenfield marked Marlin model 60, loaded with Remington golden bullets. A quality gun with quality ammo.

And before everyone piles on with "thunder-dud", or any of the rest, I've been shooting Remington ammo all my life, and in a variety of .22's. My Marlin is a good, well taken care of rifle, and I clean my guns after every shooting trip.

I inspected the rifle after I got home, complete disassembly and cleaning. Both extractors are intact, and the striker wasn't hurt.

I recovered the casing, and I intend to frame it with a warning and hang it on the wall.

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR GLASSES .

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bonegunner

· #2 · 12 d ago

Close call !

I am happy to hear you are O.K.

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Wyomike

· #3 · 12 d ago

Happened to me with a Savage 22 mag years ago. Nothing hit my face, but my hand under the mag well got a good spanking. Don’t remember what kind of ammo it was.

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Roy Texas

· #4 · 12 d ago

Glad you didn’t get hurt. I need a full face guard, apparently, as I had a .22 spent casing land on my lip once which was not pleasant 😁

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Al Diehl

· #5 · 12 d ago

If I had a nickle...
Eye protection is sage advice.

Al

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GrayFoal2

· #6 · 12 d ago

Roy Texas said:
Glad you didn’t get hurt. I need a full face guard, apparently, as I had a .22 spent casing land on my lip once which was not pleasant 😁

Spent casings landing in your cleavage is not fun, either. I may or may not have learned that the hard way.

Glad you're okay, DisgruntledPatriot.

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Wyomike

· #7 · 12 d ago

Trying not to laugh out loud.

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AK103K

· #8 · 12 d ago

You really should wear them anytime youre at the range (or anywhere else stuff might be flying), shooting or not. I find all sorts of spent bullets, jackets, etc, on the ground when policing my brass, and get hit a couple of times a year, with all sorts of stuff, especially when shooting up close to the berms.

This came back off the berm and hit me in my glasses a couple of years back.

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UserNameTaken

· #9 · 12 d ago

I've been hit by spall a few times. I always wear wrap around glasses shooting. Prescription lenses don't help if your face is at an angle to the projectile.

LOL @GrayFoal2 - I was wearing Uggs and surfer shorts at a competition on our club range one time, yeah don't laugh my wife wasn't there to dress me OK... A case went down my boot and gave me a "hot foot!" I was hopping around on one foot, trying to keep my gun downrange, and the casing was slipping further down. Finally I was able to hand my gun to someone and get the boot off. Whew.

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44magman

· #10 · 12 d ago

Happened to me a few years ago during rapid firing with some Winchester 22lr, and a 30rd mag fed H&K 22 sbr. It sheered the shell extractor clean off, and sent all the fragments out the side real fast. Due to the design of the gun, there wasnt much chance of it coming backwards into my eyes, but had anyone been standing to my right they would have received some shrapnel to the face. I agree though that its best to wear some eye protection when shooting. Shooting suppressed blows alot of junk back into your face, especially when firing dirty ass 22lr, I wear regular sunglasses just to stop the eye sting from that.

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Ghost863

· #11 · 12 d ago

I have never had this happen but I did shoot a 44 revolver that some of the powder come back and hit me in the left side of my face. One piece in particular was enough to make my left ear bleed where it hit. I'm just glad I had my glasses on.

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Glockpride

· #12 · 12 d ago

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b5005093033/

A really nice over-the-glass option for those that wear rx glasses. Even comes in shaded and works well with muffs.

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internet troll

· #13 · 12 d ago

DisgruntledPatriot said:
Yesterday I was at the range for my birthday, just burning some 22 ammo and testing mags for my Mossberg 152, when a loud POP, burst of smoke in my face, and some stinging RIGHT beside my eye stopped me cold.

A .22 round had exploded in the chamber of my rifle and separated the rim head, leaving the casing stuck in my chamber.

I always used my prescription glasses to shoot, and my range always allows it, but they don't provide enough coverage to be real eyepro. There are marks in the glass of my right lens that were not there the hour before.

I am positive that if Ihad not been wearing my glasses I would be in the E.R. getting peices removed from my eye.

I was shooting a Glenfield marked Marlin model 60, loaded with Remington golden bullets. A quality gun with quality ammo.

And before everyone piles on with "thunder-dud", or any of the rest, I've been shooting Remington ammo all my life, and in a variety of .22's. My Marlin is a good, well taken care of rifle, and I clean my guns after every shooting trip.

I inspected the rifle after I got home, complete disassembly and cleaning. Both extractors are intact, and the striker wasn't hurt.

I recovered the casing, and I intend to frame it with a warning and hang it on the wall.

ALWAYS WEAR YOUR GLASSES .

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Wyomike

· #14 · 12 d ago

These are prescription, ANSI z87.1 approved. Bifocals, even. I call them my bifOaklies. Not tremendously expensive, no more so than any other prescription glasses. But my wife has really good insurance.

Eyewear Vision care Eye glass accessory Bag Sunglasses

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internet troll

· #15 · 12 d ago

Reminders like the OP are always helpful.

For those who wear glasses. You can get a reasonably priced pair of glasses from Zenni or Eyebuydirect. They are online eyeglass stores.

I have bought a few pairs of glasses from them including prescription safety glasses. They comply with ANSI Z87.1-2020+ impact rating standards for safety glasses. I ordered a pair two years ago for $86.

I’m not sure if these are the ones I got, but they are $35. I think they have different samples to check out. Translucent Z87.1 Safety Glasses #749923 | Zenni Optical Eyeglasses

I also like to order prescription sun glasses from them.

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John Matherson

· #16 · 12 d ago

GrayFoal2 said:
Spent casings landing in your cleavage is not fun, either. I may or may not have learned that the hard way.

Glad you're okay, DisgruntledPatriot.

I bet, have to wear collarless shirts too. After having a few get caught on my neck line smoldering, I never did that again.

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Davehb

· #17 · 12 d ago

Safety glasses are blessings.

In my younger shooting years had similar incident.
22’s make me nervous.
Years ago taking care of a chicken killing possum with rat shot with a 10/22.
I usually hand fed them cause wouldn’t always feed so had magazine out.
On The second shot I seated the round, checked to make sure it was seated properly, let the bolt close, and 💥 my face got a little from the bolt area when it partially opened, and most fingers of right hand got hit hard from what blew out magazine area.
I lost the casing over the years.
Was glad I had put glasses on.

Closest I want to get to knowing what getting shot is like. It hurt! Dug brass and powder out of my fingers off and on for a month. Fingers were numb for a over a month.
I tore the gun apart, checked everything. Nothing wrong with it. Just a bad round.

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John Galt 1

· #18 · 12 d ago

Thanks for the reminder. I've been meaning to buy some shooting glasses for a while now. Just ordered some from Amazon.

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IceFire

· #19 · 12 d ago

GrayFoal2 said:
Spent casings landing in your cleavage is not fun, either. I may or may not have learned that the hard way.

Yep, been there, done that, in Basic Training with spent casings from an M-16. Had one land on the inside of my elbow, too. Those "left-handed ejector adaptors" they put on the M-16s for us southpaws were worse than useless - they'd channel the spent casings right toward the body. Still have the scar from it.

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cook

· #20 · 11 d ago

Good reminder.
I've done some construction over the years,so its an ingrained habit,getting sawdust in your eyes really sucks.
Also working under a car,like replacing a starter,lots of little things drift down.
Looking back,the only time I've worn them while hunting was at public conservation areas during dove season,seen a few people get peppered.Never worn them when out for deer,turkey,etc..more of an individual activity,maybe I should have,but didn't.

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