dad pigs
Sorry I wanted to say ear plugs I need to turn off auto type.Dad pigs?
I'm not sure what they are but they sound cool
I feel for you! I do have some tinnitus and would rather not increase it because music is a huge part of my life. I'm about to purchase a keyboard to do some ambient music....perhaps even ambient music that would incorporate an aspect of tinnitus issues...of course, I'm sure not everyone's tinnitus is on the same pitch.
Anyway, thank you for telling your part of the topic.
An interesting academic inquiry to me would be how loud a particular firearm is to the shooter. I have seen plenty of before and after decimeter readings regarding the use of suppressors but never any large scale measurement of typical firearms with typical loads.
For instance, Kim don’t use hearing protection while hunting. I have never gotten ringing ears from taking a shot on game with any long gun or rimfire. However the second I fire any handgun without ears in, I immediately get some discomfort and mild ringing in my ears. This indicates to me I just lost a bit of hearing no matter how little it was. AR carbine is real loud but the rifle is not as bad. I have really limited experience shooting without hearing protection. These are about all I have as examples.
I'd shoot indoors to stop a threat at risk of deafness though.
Took one time shooting this without hearing protection and I was done.
Had a battery of M109's ripple fire about 50 ft from my tent on an FTX one night. I'm pretty sure my tinnitus got worse that night. the suckiest part was it was about midnight, and I had just got to sleep.
Glad they weren't M110's!
Hearing loss is acceptable if I had no other choices. I know sign language. Definitely wouldn’t give up the best personal defense calibers.
Could I make due with .22 mag, absolutely.
I’m totally calling them dad pigs from now on.Sorry I wanted to say ear plugs I need to turn off auto type.
I have come to a place where it bothers me that some people don't SEEM to fully comprehend what they are saying. There is SO much more to life than "being able to shoot a larger caliber" [if has become an issue with you]. To me, hearing and playing music is FAR more valuable than "shooting 9mm or .223 firearms", yet the LGS guy would "rather go deaf". I'm not sure if it is a variant of the "...from my cold dead hands" motif, but it's how I see it.
Do you have a copy of Dark Side of the Moon ? Go put it on your stero, now unplug one of the speakers and go sit in your bathroom and listen to the album. Welcome to life in my world.
The only time hearing loss is acceptable is when it's your ears or your life.
ETA the reason I specify Dark Side of the Moon is because the last time I tried to listen to it on my stereo I put the disc in, pushed play and sat there and watched my equalizer move for 5 minutes. So I knew the disc was playing I just couldn't hear it