Ear Protection

[carbonrod]

amazon can suck my taint. I will never shop there again....

in what way? I have bought a fair amount of stuff there over a couple of years with no issues

 

[Suputin]

The only fly in your ointment is that your electronics muffs don't provide enough protection. They may reduce hearing loss but it is highly unlikely they are enough to prevent hearing loss. And such heating loss is slow, cumulative, and non reversible. You are going deaf with your electronic peltors or whatever, you just don't know it yet.

Very true. This effect has been studied and documented. The current hearing protection is simply not sufficient to fully protect a shooter's hearing. Until silencers are legalized we are mandated by government decree to damage our health while pursuing our sport.

 

[tacfoley]

We had a bulk buy of Peltor TAC6 here in my club. I too have substantial hearing loss from a [very] long military career, but have found that wearing these things is great! I can now hear ALL the snide remaks directed at my crappy shooting techniques, even from folks five or six benches down the line.

In any case, ear protection is compulsory on a live firing range here in yUK, and eye-protection for ANY form of BP shooting.

tac

 

[Zeer]

Sure you can go wrong. Nrr of 22 is a great way to have highly insufficient hearing protection, unless you are only shooting 22's outside with long barreled guns.

My wife and I both bought a pair of these while we where waiting on our licences ~$55. Our first gun was a .22 -- they seemed fine. We started shooting 9mm and the pop from that was enough for us to end up having to wear plugs underneath.

 

[fiddler]

I'm just under 50 years old, my hearing is absolutely f*cked from shooting. Years ago we didn't know any better, but we do now. Always keep a handful of expanding/disposable ear plugs in your pocket, gun kit, and glove compartment. Buy them from a safety supply company rather than a gun shop. Most places of employment have them free for the taking. Also invest in a really good and comfortable set of hearing protectors/muffs. Don't cheap out, get a set that feels good on your head and you wont be so prone to removing them. If you like to enjoy trap, skeet, or like to do a lot of prone shooting, they make a narrow profile muff that you can have your head down further butt stock.

Shooting such as deer hunting is hard to plan for, but in a lifetime of shooting, the vast majority of shots can be protected.