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Why wear shooting glasses:
1) Since you only receive two eyes, it is very important that they be protected with a quality set of glasses while shooting. All kinds of flying debris is possible in shooting fields including ricochet shot, powder residue, and pieces of clay targets, especially on windy days. Don’ take eye care for granted; protect the only eyes you get.
2) Quality shooting glasses can actually enhance target acquisition or pick-up (visualization). Background shapes, shades, skyline, and colors often make target acquisition more difficult. Some state-of-the-art modern technologies provide target enhancement elements built into eyewear that give those who demand it a distinctive advantage. Such developments actually highlight a target while contrasting all else around it. If you want maximum target clarity and contrast, seek out glasses that offer this new technology. As you can see above:
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What features are important in frames of shooting glasses:
1) The frame should be lightweight and balanced. If the frame is too heavy it will become annoying during a normal day of shooting. Such annoyance may distract your focus on a target.
2) The new wrap frame is best because it accommodates the new wrap lenses, which enhance your added peripheral view and side protection from wind and debris.
3) The frame should accept an interchangeable lens system, which allows you to change lenses depending on conditions.
4) The frame should have an adjustable nose bridge, which will allow you to adjust the lenses to properly alien with your optical center. An adjustable bridge with offset pad arms is nice because they will prevent fogging.
5) Get a warranty for any defects or solder joints.
What features are important in lenses of shooting glasses:
1) 2.5mm thickness of polycarbonate is absolutely the best. No other combination compares in safety and optical perfection.
2) A wrap system of de-centered lenses, which provide the same quality optics all-around.
3) Different interchangeable color lens-sets will allow you to adapt to various shooting conditions.
4) Lens color should be molded in, not tinted.
5) Get lenses that provide 100% protection from UV rays.
6) Demand the newly developed lens Color-Magnification technology that speeds your eyes to the target with optics that magnify the orange target color while intensifying contrast. This will be your special advantage.
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What color lenses to use, when:
Clear: Poor lighting, indoor ranges, no contrast, and eye protection. Excellent when re-loading.
Grey: For bright days. Reduces light, transmits all colors at he same level, does not enhance orange targets.
Pale Yellow: Brightens in low light conditions.
Yellow: For overcast days or late afternoon
Medium Yellow: Maximum enhancements of orange clay targets in low light conditions.
Sunset Orange: Bright hazy conditions. Slightly darker than orange to absorb scattered blue light for contrast. Enhances visual acuity.
Orange: Excellent for orange clay targets. Dull cloudy days, dusk or dawn. Enhances the orange of the target.
Vermillion: For green backgrounds. Highlights orange, dampens green. Good for those who see orange poorly, or with red-green color deficiency.
Light Purple: Contrasts orange targets against green background or shy. Dampens green and enhances orange target against trees.
Deep Purple: A lens for very bright sunlight. Provides great contrast of orange targets against a deep blur sky. Excellent for glare reduction.
Brown: Light reducing. Good all around for shooting orange clays with green background.
Ranger Brown: High contrast for bright, glaring days with open background. A good lens for hunting and snow conditions.
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USE HEARING PROTECTION
Your ear is a delicate instrument. Tiny “hair cells” in the inner ear vibrate when sounds reach them. The hair cells relay sound to the brain through the auditory nerve. Loud or frequent noises damage these hair cells. Over time, excessive noise may cause the cells to die. Then the auditory nerve cannot pick up the sound and relay it to the brain. Very loud noises, such as jet engines and gun-fire, can damage hearing very quickly. Other noises cause damage only after you have been around them for many hours. Noise is measured in units called decibels. A noise that is 85 decibels will not hurt you in the short run; however, if you are around it for eight hours or more, you need hearing protection.
Keep in mind that conversational speech is approximately 60-65 dB, and the threshold of pain is considered to be 140 dB.
Shotgun noise is more that 150dB. This is beyond the threshold of pain which is about 120 dB to 140 db, and more than sufficient to cause sudden hearing loss with complications.
HEARING LOSS: You Can’t Fix it Later!
There are very personal consequences when someone is overexposed to high noise levels.
Here are some hard facts:
The cumulative effect of noise over several years is generally what leads to hearing loss. Very short exposure to extremely loud noise can cause permanent hearing loss. Destroyed inner ear cells cannot be replaced or repaired. The ear looses its ability to recover from temporary hear loss.
USE HEARING PROTECTION
Ear Muffs which:
Cut noise by as much as 25 decibels.
Are easy to put on and take off.
Come in specialized forms for filtering out only hazardous noises.
May be worn with earplugs for extremely high noise levels.
Ear Plugs which fit inside the ear canal:
Cut noise by as much as 30 decibels.
May be disposable or reusable.
Made from foam or plastic.
To get the best protection from your soft foam earplugs, you should
roll, pull and hold when putting them in:
1. Roll the earplug into a small, thin “snake” with your fingers. You can use one or both hands.
2. Pull the top of your ear up and back with your opposite hand to straighten out your ear canal. The rolled-up earplug should slide right in.
3. Hold the earplug in with your finger. Count aloud to 20 or 30 while waiting for the plug to expand and fill the ear canal. Your voice will sound muffled when the plug has made a good seal.
Check the fit when you’re done. Most of the foam body of the earplug should be within the ear canal. Try cupping your hands tightly over your ears. If sounds are much more muffled with your hands in place, the earplug may not be sealing properly.
Take the earplug out and try again.
And remember to use clean hands to keep from getting dirt and germs in your ears!
Ear Plugs and Ear Muffs may be used together in very high noise areas.
USE HEARING PROTECTION TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE!
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