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so I was in a hurry to go shooting yesterday and neglected the earpro. I had my Sig P220 and my friend had his Ruger P89. I only had 5 rounds to function text my Sig p220 and man oh man. .45 ACP is loud. I haven't shot a .357 lately, and I'm thankful for that but I had forgot just how loud the .45 really is. One shot and an Audible "OW F%^#!" on my part. We commenced to shooting around 300 rds out of his 9mm and it didn't affect me. This probably had something to do with the intitial abuse.
My question is, just how bad is repeated exposure to a smaller round, say from 22 through .380 on up to 9mm for your hearing? I will NOT attempt the .45 acp w/ out earpro again. I meabn, if I can help it. Let alone a bigger wheelgun caliber. Honestly I can't see how someone who's ever had to use a .357 or .44 in an enclosed space in self defense has avoided at least a considerable partial hearing loss.
My other question, does adrenaline, in a situation like that, reduce the effect of the muzzle report on your hearing? Meaning if you don't notice it, does it still have the damaging effect? I'm not trying to find a way out of using earpro here. That would be idiocy. Just discussing the meat and potatoes of it all. If it came to savibng my life and going a little deaf or being afraid to pull the trigger and dying a very auditorily perceptive man, I'm still firmly committed to the first decision, don't worry.
My question is, just how bad is repeated exposure to a smaller round, say from 22 through .380 on up to 9mm for your hearing? I will NOT attempt the .45 acp w/ out earpro again. I meabn, if I can help it. Let alone a bigger wheelgun caliber. Honestly I can't see how someone who's ever had to use a .357 or .44 in an enclosed space in self defense has avoided at least a considerable partial hearing loss.
My other question, does adrenaline, in a situation like that, reduce the effect of the muzzle report on your hearing? Meaning if you don't notice it, does it still have the damaging effect? I'm not trying to find a way out of using earpro here. That would be idiocy. Just discussing the meat and potatoes of it all. If it came to savibng my life and going a little deaf or being afraid to pull the trigger and dying a very auditorily perceptive man, I'm still firmly committed to the first decision, don't worry.