Qestion regarding ballistic glasses

airman3p031 · 09-24-2009, 04:01 PM

We have been fighting back and forth about this. Are BCGs ballistic? I am not sure so Im saying no but he wants to play airsoft in them. Can someone let me know? I also dont think they are safe since theres no side protection.

PhillyMobster · 09-24-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by airman3p031

We have been fighting back and forth about this. Are BCGs ballistic? I am not sure so Im saying no but he wants to play airsoft in them. Can someone let me know? I also dont think they are safe since theres no side protection.

I don't know why you would voluntarily want to wear those when in the states, but no they are not ballistic. They may be thick as coke bottles, but like you pointed out, there is no side protection. I got my rear chewed by my plt sgt for trying to wear them on a foot patrol as a joke. He didn't take kindly to my humor.

Kap · 09-24-2009, 07:34 PM

They are not ballistic, neither are M40 and M42 gas masks...

dave81 · 09-24-2009, 07:40 PM

No, I always thought they were until I asked my Army optometrist. They're tough enough to withstand rough and tumble activities like PT, but they don't offer ballistic protection.

airman3p031 · 09-24-2009, 08:21 PM

Lol that's what I thought too.I also have no idea why he wants to wear them. Kap ya know if the hard cover for our promasks are ballistic?

dave81 · 09-24-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by airman3p031

Kap ya know if the hard cover for our promasks are ballistic?

Hard cover?

airman3p031 · 09-25-2009, 01:18 AM

Yeah our pro masks have a hard lense that hooks over the promask lense

parker · 09-25-2009, 11:11 AM

Why don't you use the proper nomenclature?

airman3p031 · 09-25-2009, 12:14 PM

Sorry chief didnt know I had to be pushing out propper names and stuff for airsofters.The MCU-2/P has a soft visor and comes with a tinted hard plastic visor we have the M-50 now. I wanted to know if the hard visor that comes with the MCU-2/P is ballistic or just hard plastic.

Virus · 09-25-2009, 12:53 PM

For the most part, ballistic rated items have the rating printed/molded on the lens itself...Besides that, try checking the TM of said item if there is one?

Ohtar · 09-25-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by airman3p031

Sorry chief didnt know I had to be pushing out propper names and stuff for airsofters.The MCU-2/P has a soft visor and comes with a tinted hard plastic visor we have the M-50 now. I wanted to know if the hard visor that comes with the MCU-2/P is ballistic or just hard plastic.

It's polycarbonate - yup it's ballistic.

airman3p031 · 09-25-2009, 02:33 PM

Sweet thanks. I don't plan on useing it for airsoft just always wondered if it was lol.

Kap · 09-25-2009, 02:38 PM

I wouldn't trust what a foreigner has said but whatever. I may take the 2P shield I have later and shoot at it and see what happens.

parker · 09-25-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by airman3p031

Sorry chief didnt know I had to be pushing out propper names and stuff for airsofters.The MCU-2/P has a soft visor and comes with a tinted hard plastic visor we have the M-50 now. I wanted to know if the hard visor that comes with the MCU-2/P is ballistic or just hard plastic.

You don't have to hoss, but if you want more responses let people know what mask you are exactly talking about. I know what it comes with, I have one and I have seen them been used in airsoft games before.

airman3p031 · 09-25-2009, 03:16 PM

I just wondered if it would do anything more then protect the soft rubber visor. Or if it was ballistic or not. I know one of my old ones was scratched all to hell.

09-24-2009, 04:01 PM	#1
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	Qestion regarding ballistic glasses We have been fighting back and forth about this. Are BCGs ballistic? I am not sure so Im saying no but he wants to play airsoft in them. Can someone let me know? I also dont think they are safe since theres no side protection.

09-24-2009, 07:34 PM	#3
Kap Ginga Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eating 21 rainbows and pooping butterflies ಠ_ಠ Age: 4 Posts: 7,323	They are not ballistic, neither are M40 and M42 gas masks...

09-24-2009, 07:40 PM	#4
dave81 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ETS'ed. Posts: 2,196	No, I always thought they were until I asked my Army optometrist. They're tough enough to withstand rough and tumble activities like PT, but they don't offer ballistic protection.

09-24-2009, 08:21 PM	#5
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	Lol that's what I thought too.I also have no idea why he wants to wear them. Kap ya know if the hard cover for our promasks are ballistic?

09-25-2009, 01:18 AM	#7
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	Yeah our pro masks have a hard lense that hooks over the promask lense

09-25-2009, 11:11 AM	#8
parker Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Minnesota Age: 25 Posts: 154	Why don't you use the proper nomenclature?

09-25-2009, 12:14 PM	#9
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	Sorry chief didnt know I had to be pushing out propper names and stuff for airsofters.The MCU-2/P has a soft visor and comes with a tinted hard plastic visor we have the M-50 now. I wanted to know if the hard visor that comes with the MCU-2/P is ballistic or just hard plastic.

09-25-2009, 12:53 PM	#10
Virus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Am I a man? Negative, I am a meat popsicle. ϟ☭ϟ Age: 24 Posts: 1,469	For the most part, ballistic rated items have the rating printed/molded on the lens itself...Besides that, try checking the TM of said item if there is one?

09-25-2009, 02:33 PM	#12
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	Sweet thanks. I don't plan on useing it for airsoft just always wondered if it was lol.

09-25-2009, 02:38 PM	#13
Kap Ginga Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eating 21 rainbows and pooping butterflies ಠ_ಠ Age: 4 Posts: 7,323	I wouldn't trust what a foreigner has said but whatever. I may take the 2P shield I have later and shoot at it and see what happens.

09-25-2009, 03:16 PM	#15
airman3p031 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On an AF base someplace in the US Posts: 651	I just wondered if it would do anything more then protect the soft rubber visor. Or if it was ballistic or not. I know one of my old ones was scratched all to hell.