I'm checking out Amazon looking for some muffs for my two older sons (6yrs and 9 yrs). We'll be shooting rimfires outdoors so I don't expect alot of noise on this trip but I would like something that will last them a long time and protect them well.
hearing protection for kids?
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oneounceload
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Any good quality over the ear muffs will work nicely. As they grow and you add centerfire, double up with foam plugs and muffs
Sam1911
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I find that ear plugs don't work well for younger kids. The shape of their ear canals usually just works them right back out.
Pletor, Radians, "Field & Stream" brand, Remington, and other companies all make youth sizes of hearing protection that will fit your kids' heads a lot better and provide much better noise reduction than adult-sized muffs.
Sometimes they even come packaged with youth-sized safety glasses -- which are another MUST.
It is not a good feeling to turn around and see your young child standing on the firing line with his too-big muffs half off and his adult-sized glasses slipping down off his nose -- while you're banging away with a firearm a few feet from his/her head.
Pletor, Radians, "Field & Stream" brand, Remington, and other companies all make youth sizes of hearing protection that will fit your kids' heads a lot better and provide much better noise reduction than adult-sized muffs.
Sometimes they even come packaged with youth-sized safety glasses -- which are another MUST.
It is not a good feeling to turn around and see your young child standing on the firing line with his too-big muffs half off and his adult-sized glasses slipping down off his nose -- while you're banging away with a firearm a few feet from his/her head.
fallout mike
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My six year old uses the remington youth sized muffs and youth sized glasses. They work great.
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