Prescription shooting glasses (real ones that meet some kind of recognised spec. Not cycling stuff)

[Sharpie]

i use mine for stalking as well

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Unfortunately I also wear deaf aids (complex ear surgery on both sides) which work pretty well for stalking and cut out the crack from shooting a stalking rifle, a few times, very well. At least my ones do. Can also turn them up to max. volume and have "bionic ears" which, even with my impediment seem to give me better hearing than many of the guides with whom I have been out. Or even normal people. Several of them seem to be quite deaf (goes with the job, or just that they never took the problem seriously when young and invincible, and it has caught up with them over the years)

The Peltor muffs can also do the same (turned up to the max.) but are definitely for range use and clay shooting only. Get in the way for field use unless e.g. sitting in a seat or on a peg, when they have their uses.

 

[Alantoo]

Thank you Alan. That was my initial thought. Unfortunately being self employed I don't get issued with these things. When in the workshop I just put on proper EN things over the top of my 'specs and call it good.

Yes, a pain being self employed. Always envied those people in DEFRA being issued with a new pair of Le Chameau Mouflon Plus boots every couple of months.

I have always had to pay for both my own and my assistants PPE. But I am happy to say because I always invested in the best and most comfortable for all day wear for us, we didn’t record any accidents / injuries through failure to wear. No point your glasses on the bench when a spark from your workmates angle grinder is coming towards your eye.

But I don’t buy any ordinary prescription glasses. I always just use my varifocal prescription safety specs for everything. Work and domestic/ social outings. Computer I can get away with reading glasses.

Irony is that having preserved my hearing through 50 odd years of blacksmithing It was damaged in a split second by one shot when helping out at a DSC1 range session. Hence changing from passive to active ear defenders thereafter.

Alan

 

[Alantoo]

A digression, but yes I wear Peltor SpotTac/TacticalSport muffs and they are good. Time to replace the coverings and fancy upgrading to gel ones, so any links to where to get them would also be welcome (I am lazy and am sure I could do a search, but hey ho).

Earshot communication seem to have a comprehensive listing. They have been consistently good on price with the Peltor EEP and LEP electronic ear plugs. They also ordered some Peltor foam tips in for me as special, so I am sure they will do or get the muffs refresh kits for you.

Alan

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[Oxon Stuart]

I use a pair of military issued Revision Sawfly glasses with a prescription insert. I was luckly as I was given an unissued pair by a friend who recently left the army. I picked up the prescription insert online for about £20 and had my local optician fit prescription lenses. I use mine for both rifle and shotgun shooting.

They meet all the necessary standards, and I find them comfortable enough to wear all day when necessary. They came with three changable lens; clear, yellow, and grey.

I though using a prescription insert would be a bit of a faff, but for me it’s been fine. You perhaps don’t get the full field of view that you would if you had a single set of prescription lenses in front of your eyes, but not so much that I notice or are hindered by. Like you my prescription is complicated by my astigmatism and it changes roughly every two years. By using the insert I can keep the same glasses and just have new lenses fitted to the insert as & when required.

You can sometimes find the Revision Sawfly glasses on military surplus sites or you can buy them new online. They also do other models of glasses, plus goggles, etc. Revision Military | Ballistic & Laser Protective Eyewear

 

[Sharpie]

Re: standards. I have now found some goggles marketed towards military people. Which take lens inserts. £120 and come with three sets of visor, clear, grey and amber. They aren't exactly what I am looking for, but they do claim compliance with various specifications. Which are:

MIL-PRF-32432(GL) Ballistic Standards. ANSI Z87.1-2010 High Velocity and Mass Impact Standards, and EN 166 B Resistance to High-Speed Particles, and US Federal OSHA 1910.133(b)(1)(i) Standards.

So there do appear to be some standards that may be relevant. A quick google of EN 166 turned up EN.166 Standard which has various levels.

S for safety glasses. 22mm steel ball dropped from 1.3m (18 km/h)
F for safety glasses. 8mm steel ball fired at 182 km/h
B for safety goggles. 6mm steel ball fired at 432 km/h

So EN 166 class B sounds like the sort of thing that I would ideally like, but not necessarily in a full-on set of military goggles. There is obviously a clear distinction between the lower levels S and F, compared with class B

Put it this way, Class B should stop an 0.86 gram (13.3 grains) 6mm steel ball at 432 km/h, (394 fps). Which is 4.6 fpe. About the same as a decent air pistol could shoot a pellet out. I wouldn't like to try doing that at some of the stuff that I have looked at. So, perhaps, an air pistol (pokey one) test of stuff might sort out the wheat from the chaff.

 

[Utectok]

In what way did you find the ones with the inserts "garbage" please ?

Ohh you can see the frame lens holder when you mount the gun in the ones I tried very distracting

 

[Sharpie]

Earshot communication seem to have a comprehensive listing. They have been consistently good on price with the Peltor EEP and LEP electronic ear plugs. They also ordered some Peltor foam tips in for me as special, so I am sure they will do or get the muffs refresh kits for you.

Alan

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Thanks for that. Standard refresh kit £6. Gel kit £35 but out of stock. Plus VAT and postage of course (hint, there is no such thing as free postage excepting the weirdness that is Amazon Prime). So it's going to be the same again.