"Covert" eye pro

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I’m looking to get my next pair of eyeglasses, and I thought - why not kill two birds with one stone? I need some eye pro for the range anyway. The thing is, they would need to be reasonably discreet. Are there any shooting glasses that don’t look like shooting glasses , yet still provide wrap around protection at least ansi z87.1 level? Oh…and they must take prescription lenses, not inserts.

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My company provides safety glasses for those of us with corrective lenses. My eye doctor offers safety frames and lenses. They usually come with side shields. I get a set every couple of years as a back up to the contacts I normally wear.

Check with your eye doctor and find out what they offer. I’m pretty certain the sports glasses are ANSI rated and the ones I have gotten look pretty normal.

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http://edgeeyewear.com/site_tactical/

I have a pair of the hamel, polarized - http://edgeeyewear.com/site_tactical/glasses.php?show=hamel

I think I paid $45 shipped from amazon, I wear them every day and they aren’t bad, these are on the bigger size, I might buy a smaller sized pair, something more Oakley-style since these replaced my Minutes.

Some pix I took when I got them last month:





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I am a police firearms instructor and away from work I don’t want to look like LE or a gunslinger so I’ve always tried to have a set of lo-pro Oakley Rx’s

My favorites are Oakley Splices with Root Beer Frames and Bronze Lenses, they are pretty covert - unfortunately Oakley doesn’t make them anymore - so these have become my special occasion sunglasses.

Currently for shooting away from work I have a set of Oakley Pitbull Rx’s, once again I went with Root Beer and Bronze Lenses, they don’t look noticeably tacticool.

I just got a new set of computer glasses, I kind of wish I would have checked out the Oakley Crosslink Sweeps, I think I would have liked them. I mention this because they look like they would sweep enough to be acceptable for shooting glasses and the Oakley promo video featured a golfer and a snowboarder.

They also make the Halff Jackets and Bottle Rockets in Rx available with different frame and lens colors that wouldn’t be real obvious.

FWIW

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I rock the ESS 5Bs.

http://www.esseyepro.com/5B-Series_174_category.html

http://www.esseyepro.com/remember

If you are familiar with the US Standard Issue program the ESS line is now available for the program so you can get Mil/LE discounts.

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Does Oakley sell the wayfarers style ones on the SI website now? I would get those.

sent from mah gun,using my sights

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Thanks! Do you typically order prescription lenses for those glasses from Oakley/ESS etc, or do you go to your regular doctor and say you need ANSI-spec lenses?

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I order through Oakley - everything I’ve purchased has been available through standard issue.