Installed Flash hider/ recoil compensater and almost blew my eardrums out?

promac said:
I double up on the ear protection when I'm using or others near me are using a firearm with a muzzle brake. I have ringing in my ears all the time from all the abuse I put my ears through as a teenager. I don't want it getting any worse.
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I have found myself doing the same thing. For some reason my tolerance for braked short barrelled carbines at indoor ranges is really low. Even with the double plugs I find them obnoxious. A Dr Matthew Parker Branch who specializes in ear/nose/throat did a study where he showed that damaging levels of noise is able to penetrate most ear protection when firing centre fire rifles. Thus the CDN criminal code forces CDN shooters to damage their hearing because it prohibits the only effective method of reducing gunshot noise to a safe level.


Brianma65 said:
I've hunted in ONT. AB,NS and NL and I've never seen a hunter wearing ear muffs. So I don't see why calling me dumb and other things are helping anything. I can only come to the conclusion that you do not hunt. I asked a simple ? Simple answers only please as apparently I have no common sense and I am dumb and soon to be deaf. LOL. Also, thanks for the replys.
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A friend of mine who hunted most of his life and never wore hearing protection suffered from quite acute hearing loss as a result. I was shocked by just how damaged his hearing is. One day we were out driving in his jeep and his brakes were shot to the point where they made a horribly loud metallic screeching sound that practically had me climbing the walls. He was totally oblivious to this sound because the upper reaches of his hearing were totally blown out.

Shooting a centrefire rifle without hearing protection is dumb.


tiriaq said:
Use a rifle without hearing protection, and hearing damage will occur. Up to the shooter to decide.
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Unfortunately the government has a hand in this as well because they have banned the only effective method of reducing the noise of a gunshot to a safe level. The government gives you no option but to damage your hearing with each shot, which likely violates the Charter of Rights & Freedoms section on security of the person. But as long as we are kept safe from fictional hollywood assassins I suppose that is a fair tradeoff. [/sarcasm]
 
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As of right now all my shooting is done behind my house , by myself , and I will be using sound protection when using my.223 . When and if I go to the range , which is out doors, I will definitely warn others. When I go hunting I may try the inline ear muffs.
 
I hunt with electronic muffs.

I wear them when I load my rifle, when i see something.
You hear everything anyway, but you don't blow your ears up.
You can even raise the volume and hear better than normal. But gunshots are muted.

I bought the msa sordins supreme x pro from srs tactical
Fully waterproof, and with those, the sound is not "cut", the boom is just "lowered". You don't miss anything.

Best ever. Just those for hunting and double with plugs at the range.
When I double at the range, I "raise" the volume, so I can still hear the conversations, but the gun shots are double plug, and it's really great.

http://www.srstactical.ca/communica...d-cover,-led-and-gel-earseals/75302*x*08.html

Hunting is not a reason to cause irreversible damage to your ears.
I have caused some damage before (like we probably all did), and I don't want to end up deaf.
 
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Kryogen said:
And btw i hunt with electronic muffs.

I wear them when. I load my rifle because i see something. And then you hear everything anyway. But you dont blow your ears up.

I bought the msa sordins supreme x pro from srs tactical

Best ever. Just those for hunting and double with plugs at the range.

http://www.srstactical.ca/communica...d-cover,-led-and-gel-earseals/75302*x*08.html
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ThatS the way to go ,lots of options with electronic earmuffs,first I've heard of them and I will be checking them out. Thanks.
 
Yup, I got myself a pair of Peltor 6-S electronic muffs and they are always worn. Fits under my Gallet helmet at work and I can actually hear better because of the microphones. It's important when shooting competition or while at the ranges to hear commands and I can even hear little insects 200 meters away in the bush.

They do take a dump when there's a lot of humidity out, though. Last september during CAFSAC, temperatures went from 20C during the day to -5C during the colder days and a lot of humidity built up in the muffs. When it happens I'll only be hearing annoying crackling sounds until I turn them off but there are better quality muffs out there that won't have this probem.
 
TheGamer### said:
I wasn't doubting your knowledge of which does what, it was more of a "since you went that route, you should've expected a louder report"

And yeah. Doubling up is the way to go.
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Sorry I over reacted, I knew a muzzle break was supposed to be louder, just not that much louder. It was the first time I heard one. I ordered a flash hider, but got a muzzle break / flash hider combo.
Anyway I'm wearing sound protection since that first shot. Would a flash hider still make that Big Bang?
 
Brianma65 said:
Sorry I over reacted, I knew a muzzle break was supposed to be louder, just not that much louder. It was the first time I heard one. I ordered a flash hider, but got a muzzle break / flash hider combo.
Anyway I'm wearing sound protection since that first shot. Would a flash hider still make that Big Bang?
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yes

Anything that redirects gas somewhere else than the front will make the noise louder to YOU, shooting.
Usually, it's just that most of the pressure leaves forward.

With anything that has side holes in it, the sound will be louder to you.
 
Brianma65 said:
One last question. Is ear protection needed for .22 LR?
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Well, there is a way to definitively test whether or not a 22lr will damage your hearing:p Best to err on the side of caution IMO, practically speaking though a couple rounds of 22lr is nothing compared to a centerfire rifle, although numbers say about 140db(had no idea it was that high). 7mm is prob over 160db, so 22lr would only be 10-15% less.
 
Brianma65 said:
One last question. Is ear protection needed for .22 LR?
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Only if you want to keep your hearing for the long term. Even most power tools make enough noise to slowly deteriorate your hearing. (Yes, even the ones you don't think are that loud) Hearing loss starts at a level below that of actual ear pain.
 
49greentiger said:
Well, there is a way to definitively test whether or not a 22lr will damage your hearing:p Best to err on the side of caution IMO, practically speaking though a couple rounds of 22lr is nothing compared to a centerfire rifle, although numbers say about 140db(had no idea it was that high). 7mm is prob over 160db, so 22lr would only be 10-15% less.
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got it . Thanks
 
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