Shooting without hearing protection

[toby]

I do a lot of varmint hunting with a 10/22 & I don't use ear protection, just eyes. My tinnitus hasn't got any worse.

Yet.

[bender152]

OP, I got no problem with what you did. You wanted to try it and knew the risks.

I can't say I was interested in finding out how loud a gun is without ear-protection, but I ended up doing so inadvertently. I was done shooting at the Sunnyvale Range (enclosed concrete structure) and was waiting for the range to go hot so that I could grab my rifle off the bench and leave. When the range went hot, stupid me forgot to put on my earmuffs and I learned the hard way that a .308 round going off without ear-pro HURTS.

[ERdept]

Im sorry, I cannot hear you, I've lost my hearing to shooting without ear protection.

[bohoki]

there was a rattler outside my tent one time and i had my 9mm on my cot it was freakin loud and that was out in the open

i know why drill sergeants cant hear you

[Exospeed]

I made the mistake of forgetting to put on my ear pro when firing 7.62x39 in a confined space. 1 trigger pull was all I needed, ear pro was back on but the ringing lasted the whole day.

[Somkey the Hores]

WHAT?

[CK_32]

OP I hope you don't huff paint and touch hot stoves to kow they are bad for you as well...

[BigFatGuy]

Shoot without hearing protection once too many times, and you'll never have to worry about hearing protection again.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

I poured two pints of human blood on my new livingroom persian rug so that I'd know what to expect if I ever have to defend my family. Sure, it's a one in a million chance I'll ever have to shoot an intruder in my home, but I think the damage I did was worth it.

[Jimmybacon43]

I know guys who shoot 9mm pistols without hearing protection EVER. I think they're morons.... ridiculous to jeopardize your hearing that way.

[NapalmCheese]

So yeah, I hunt.
I wear ear pro while hunting ducks, dove, most anything with a shotgun. When I hunt squirrels I take ears with me but don't usually put them in unless I see a squirrel. Same thing with deer and pigs. I've forgotten to put them in a few times, it's an uncomfortable experience that I try not to replicate.

I really need to get some of those in ear electronic plugs. I mean, they're like $800 bucks or something, but hearing aids are more expensive...

I also grew up shooting without hearing protection whenever we'd go to the desert. If there was ear protection it was whatever random things we could stuff in our ears. Benefits of growing up with a dad that was in the military in the 60's I guess.

[duckman1]

I never use hearing protection with my shotgun when hunting ducks. I have a ported barrel too.

Im assuming that is louder than a pistol.

Inside though that's a different story.

You should.

[kcjr1125]

22LR and Shotguns arent that bad without ear protection. When i go rabbit hunting i never really wear it with the 22. 90% of the time with the 12g i will as well as long as i am using birdshot. havent done it with buck or slugs so theres that.

[glockman19]

As a youth and teen I played drums. I sat behind a stack of speakers and monitors. My hearing has not been damaged

Two years ago while in Mammoth Lakes I shot .22lr and .45ACP without hearing protection. I had I-phone ear buds.

My ears rang for about an hour afterwards. No permanent damage.

When I hunt I don't wear hearing protection.

[NapalmCheese]

As a youth and teen I played drums. I sat behind a stack of speakers and monitors. My hearing has not been damaged

Two years ago while in Mammoth Lakes I shot .22lr and .45ACP without hearing protection. I had I-phone ear buds.

My ears rang for about an hour afterwards. No permanent damage.

When I hunt I don't wear hearing protection.

I'm sure your audiologist looks back at all of the hearing tests he or she has been giving you that show no sign of loss and thinks you're lucky.