Shooting Glasses

At a recent registered shoot, my wraparounds fogged up so much, I had to remove the blinders between rounds.

I hope to try the blinders clipped to the cap brim.
The nicest (only?) ones are about sixty bucks a pair, but they have great reviews and should last forever.

twiki said:
Not being a wrap-around design, they offer better ventilation and don’t fog up as easily, even when wearing blinders.
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I think I’m not allowed to link the website, but you can find these at a company called ‘brimshades’.
I’m not sure if they’re the only manufacturer of this product or if there’s a comparable alternative.
 
There must be different philosophies between SC / Trap / Skeet. At SC, if I whine about ported barrels, squad talking while I shoot, or noisy carts, I get told to learn to focus - get better hearing pro and just suck it up. Decades ago, I shot a bit of trap - like one round round every couple weeks - and I don't ever remember anyone with blinders. Can't speak to skeet because I've never shot a round with a squad. Just use the skeet field for SC training. Are blinders enough to block out the distractions?
 
I mostly shoot trap and just starting to shoot sporting clays.
Anyways I was at a a local event and was very surprised about people talking to other squad members and others while the shooter was in the cage. (or box not sure the correct term)
Even had someone come up on a side by side to ask who was ordering lunch and what they wanted.
I was waiting for shooter to turn around and hush everyone or give'm the evil eye 👁 LOL
 
Some shooters do get annoyed when people distract them at sporting clays and to be fair, if you don't know the people your shooting with then you should be respectful. Roaring up to the station on an ATV when someone is shooting is pretty rude and disrespectful. It's when your out with like minded shooters and everyone is on the same page that the trash talk starts to fly but it's easy for some to go overboard too.
 
Blinders are not a great idea for Sporting Clays, especially for pre-mounted shooters. You eliminate your peripheral vision, seriously compromising your ability to acquire and track the clay. I have never seen any of the top guns using them.
 
Rob! said:
There must be different philosophies between SC / Trap / Skeet. At SC, if I whine about ported barrels, squad talking while I shoot, or noisy carts, I get told to learn to focus - get better hearing pro and just suck it up. Decades ago, I shot a bit of trap - like one round round every couple weeks - and I don't ever remember anyone with blinders. Can't speak to skeet because I've never shot a round with a squad. Just use the skeet field for SC training. Are blinders enough to block out the distractions?
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Yes they reduce the amount of activity going on in your peripheral vision and most importantly cut out sun glare coming in on your glasses from behind and to the sides.
 
Falconflyer said:
Lots of trap guys using blinders around here, but you have to remember that trap guys don't tolerate distractions or uncalled for noise, it's a serious game with no tom foolery allowed! :rolleyes:. I don't know anyone using blinders for sporting clays where the trash talking and wisecracks are common.
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Lets not forget that aside from "distractions" which good shooters are oblivious too anyways when focused the biggest reason for cutting out chatter on a trap field is traps are voice/noise activated these days. I haven't seen a club with an actual "puller" in years. People chatting and engaging in tom-foolery on the line cost clubs alot of $ in targets being thrown randomly.
Shooting an autoloader I have to time my closing the action to conicide with another shooters gun firing or their call because if I let the action slam shut between shooters the noise of the action sets off the voice release and sends a target out.
 
That's a good point Spank and a good example was yesterday when I was coaching at a charity trap event. New shooters don't realize that when they are talking in between shots that the trap machine is throwing targets randomly downrange while the next shooter is trying to shoot. I make it part of my briefing prior to commencing the shoot but newbies don't always remember.
 
Falconflyer said:
That's a good point Spank and a good example was yesterday when I was coaching at a charity trap event. New shooters don't realize that when they are talking in between shots that the trap machine is throwing targets randomly downrange while the next shooter is trying to shoot. I make it part of my briefing prior to commencing the shoot but newbies don't always remember.
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If I'm present when new members are out I either a) stop the squad to remind them or b) failing they take note after that flip the switch to the push button release and pull the targets myself. A squad that cannot contain themselves chatting which happens when new groups of friends are about can throw a case of targets away during one round. At $30+ a case nowadays that is causing a big loss to a club.
 
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