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September 2nd, 2018, 09:43 PM #41Grand Member
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Re: Would you lose hearing shooting indoors without hearing protection?
Same here. I also ensure ear muffs are at least 26 or more NPR. I double up using headphones and earplugs while shooting on range, sometimes a suppressor on top of that. I avoid and advise other to think twice about buying a short barreled (snub nose) .357 mag revolver for self defense. It's not only too loud in .357 mag for the shooter's unprotected ears but also a hearing danger to everyone else in the vicinity. The same deal with those short barreled shotguns.
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September 2nd, 2018, 11:38 PM #42
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September 3rd, 2018, 09:36 AM #43
Re: Would you lose hearing shooting indoors without hearing protection?
About 30 years ago I shot a Remington 700 chambered in 308 from about six feet inside a 2nd-floor window, I was standing close to the wall on my left, to this day my left ear hasn't stopped ringing.
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September 3rd, 2018, 11:12 AM #44
Re: Would you lose hearing shooting indoors without hearing protection?
I'm not saying any of y'all are wrong, just that I'm damn lucky:
At the qualification range with my M-16, late 80's. Anyone who's been to the range in the military can tell you that everything is done by the numbers - do what you're told, when you're told, no more, no less. One of the numbers used to be to put in your earplugs.
Pertinent note: Army qualifications at the time were two 20-round timed strings of 20 pop-up targets. Once time starts, it starts. A perfect score does not allow for any misses.
On the day in question I'm in the farthest hole from the tower and, unbeknown to me at the time, the speaker system was cutting out to my end of the line on occasion.
TOWER: "With one magazine of 20 rounds, Lock and Load."
ME: Lock and Load
TOWER: "Rotate your selector switch from Safe to Semi."
ME: Click
TOWER: "Firers, watch your lanes."
ME: "$#!%"
First target popped up. First shot was like a smack in the head from a hammer, followed by the well-known peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Second shot was more like a punch to the head, and the peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee dropped in frequency and sound overall became duller.
After that my head and ears were numb, and I carried on. The peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee went away in 2 or 3 days and the rest of my hearing returned to normal the next day.
My last hearing test showed a 60% loss at 6,000Hz in my left ear (I'm a righty), but otherwise normal. I can still hear a mouse cross a hardwood floor.
Oh, yeah - I shot 40 for 40.Last edited by Sgt.K; September 3rd, 2018 at 03:57 PM. Reason: left right
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September 3rd, 2018, 03:53 PM #45
Re: Would you lose hearing shooting indoors without hearing protection?
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