Hearing protection.

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hksw said:
...The eye being of relative soft tissue and construction, your proof?
No proof offered nor claimed. Just repeating an anecdote that I think I heard here. And if you go back, you can see that I said it was "very rare". Every range I've been to has required hearing protection when the line is hot, but eye protection always. Personally, regardless of range rules, I always wear my eye protection. Wear yours, or not.
 
You should get actual shooting earmuffs, and not just generic ones from a hardware store. Power tool hearing protection is meant to protect against constant noise. Unless you're shooting a minigun, you're going to be dealing with impulsive noise, which is a whole different animal.

Power tool earmuffs are better than nothing, but you should probably take about 5 or 10 decibals off the rating.
 
I always use muffs, and sometimes plugs with the muffs. Always use eye protection, I can't count how many times hot burning powder flew back and hit my glasses, and a few errant .22 shell casings also.
 
How often do you throw out your muffs and get new ones? I had bought some new one's last week and was comparing the flexible bits that mold to your face to some silencio muffs I had bought a long time ago. (1 pair was 15 years old, and 2 were 9). They had absolutely nothing in them . . . .I hadn't noticed it until I got the new ones. I know with the new electronic muffs I bought they have "hygiene kits" for replacing these bits but on the other muffs they appear to be permanently attached so I'm thinking you just chuck them??
 
My error. When I read, "...but would still be enough to do eye damage." I was thinking it read ,'...but would not be enough to do eye damage.'
 
Home Depot sells low profile NRR 19 ear muffs that would be called "Shotgunners" in a gun shop. Stack these with foam plugs of an NRR of 30 and you've got an effective NRR 44 of protection. All this can be had in the big box home repair stores.

You can pick up the safety glasses at the same time. Over The Glasses (OTG) models should be there also.
 
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