how safe are Shooting glasses?

[ronin677]

hehe gum shield sorted

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[BrightCandle]

As I said earlier, I don't rate the goggles/glasses and separate lower mesh option. There's a built in gap which just strikes me as asking for trouble if it's not fitted perfectly.

Full face or glasses for me, no in between.

There is no gap in mine, I have custom cut my lower mesh mask to fit perfectly underneith my goggles. If the BB had not struck the mask it would have struck my nose and been on a similar trajectory. The force of the BB moved my goggles and forced its way in through the rubber, thankfully most of the energy was lost in the process. I am however considering permenantly attacking the goggles and the mask together for ease of use and in the process I will also completely seal the area above my nose sealing it not just by the rubber of the goggles but also with the mesh mask and the seal to the goggles above it.

My lower mesh mask is not at fault here, it stopped a much worse impact directly on my nose and turned it into an indirect one deflecting a lot of the energy. What it does show however is that the goggles need to be on tighter and fully sealing the lower mask would increase the defence in an otherwise very weak area of every eye solution.