Hearing Protection in a HD scenario

[Revhendo]

You practice everything else to do with you HD weapon. Why not practice slapping on a pair of muffs? You do dry fire drills, magazine reloads, room sweeps, and whatnot. Right? Hell, we had gas mask drills in the army.

The only reason I say this is that I enjoy tinnitus on a permanent basis. Yep, used to be a time my ears would ring for a day or two after firing up a blown Hemi, or an uncorked 454. One day it didn't go away. It's 24/7, day and night. Can't stop it, can't make it quiet down.

Just something to think about.....

[ilikerugers]

Load up with ammo that's under the speed of sound. A heavy and slow .45 Colt or something in .38 Special would do it. I don't think you'd want to touch off a hot .357 mag screaming along at 1700 fps indoors.

[thenodnarb]

Handguns are noisy but bearable indoors. Carbine with a muzzle brake is a different story

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