Earplug for Indoor Shooting

Earplugs don't cover the Mastoid Bone,
that's why muffs are required to protect your hearing.
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I recently paid out $ 1,700.00 for hearing aids due to damage from shooting.
Do yourself a favour & protect your hearing. Losing it is NOT fun.
 
Houten said:
Thank you, I did not know that.
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Yes, and its not to be taken lightly. One of our range officials was not aware of that either for a certain period of time in his younger days. Today, he suffers from fairly severe tinitis, and his hearing just gets worst and worst.
 
I've always been a fan of Peltor ear protectors for light industrial use - I'm sure they have something in their product line applicable for range use. Having recently gotten back into shooting, I'll be looking for a set too; anyone have any recommendations for those fancy electronic ones? (I'm sure Peltor offers them too)
 
For indoor use, I double up with a pair of Surefire EP3 earplugs and a pair of electronic earmuffs. Very comfy, cuts down the noise dramatically, and I can still have conversations with people if needed.

Outdoors I just wear either set depending on what I'm shooting that day (plugs if I'm shooting rifles for better cheek placement on the stock)
 
Bonjour43ma said:
For indoor use, I double up with a pair of Surefire EP3 earplugs and a pair of electronic earmuffs. Very comfy, cuts down the noise dramatically, and I can still have conversations with people if needed.

Outdoors I just wear either set depending on what I'm shooting that day (plugs if I'm shooting rifles for better cheek placement on the stock)
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And you have the nice option to shut everyone up by turning the electronics off.
 
colinjw said:
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I recently paid out $ 1,700.00 for hearing aids due to damage from shooting.
Do yourself a favour & protect your hearing. Losing it is NOT fun.
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That's what mine cost. Each.

Check out SRS Tactical, top right corner of page. That's where I bought my Peltors. Excellent service.

Best plugs I've ever used are the custom moulded silicone plugs.
 
I have the custom ear plugs and they still give me a headache if I shoot indoors.I use both the plugs and muffs now a days.My biggest problem with hearing is recruitment that is worse then not hearing.
 
Do any Canadian retailers carry Howard Leight, specifically the Impact Sport? I'm a noob and decided to start out cheap with a bunch of disposable Peltor plugs paired the passive Peltor Shotgunner cups, which should suffice for now since I'm only interested in rimfire plinking at the present. However I would like to eventually upgrade to active, slim profile, electronic cups, I just don't dig the dual volume controls on the Peltor line.
 
I thought sonic defender plugs were OK for indoor range -- definitely not the case if anything substantial is being fired next to you...
 
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