the .45ACP for home-defence

[inSight-NEO]

now here's my question: does the .45ACP make more noise than a 9mm para

Given an HD situation, you probably wouldnt notice much difference. But, dont bother testing this....

Oh...try shooting a .357 Magnum (using "full house" Magnum loads). Both the .45 ACP and 9mm will seem like dog farts in comparison.

Ive shot all 3 w/o protection (not smart). The Magnum ruled the day when firing Federal 125g. JHP loads (357B). It was the only gun/round that forced me to stop early.

In terms of strictly HD caliber preference...Id choose .45 ACP any day over 9mm.

 

[IMTHDUKE]

Uh....what was that you said?

 

[Bentonville]

What do you think about using a sound suppressor?

 

[BernieD]

I keep .45 next to the bed. I don't worry about noise. I would gladly sacrifice my ability to hear to protect my family. No question.

 

[Truckin223]

Hi there. I know i'm a little off topic but not to far. I shot about 50 rounds though my new xd 45 yesterday with no hearing protection (bad idea i know). I didn't notice how loud it was. My ears have been ringing for over 24 hours and i am just barely able to hear. When will this end??

 

[stalkingbear]

It might not EVER end-you did permanent damage to your hearing. How much you'll be able to determine later.:banghead:

 

[DeepSouth]

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the current gun in our house for SD is a Ruger GP161 / 6" barrel with .357 magnum 158gr JSP ammo. great stopping power, but way too much noise, and I don't like to sacrifice my hearing just to shoot a burglar (esp. since I'm only 19, and I don't want to spend the rest of my live with hearing damage.

just wanted to comment on a few things that were said here.

That's what I'm talking about, 19 now with a join date of 12-27-02
That would make you like 12 when you joined, right?

 

[SaxonPig]

You don't hear gunshots in a gunfight. Mas Ayoob has discussed this phenomenon.

I once fired seven rounds of 45 ACP indoors and never heard a sound.

There's a medical term for blocking out the noise but I don't recall it.

Besides, if you are in a gunfight the Hell with the noise.

 

[jhco]

I don't think it louder, I've never measured the sound but it does seem to have more of a boom than a crack sound. Of course I'm judgeing this with the use of hearing protection.

 

[IMTHDUKE]

hi there. I know i'm a little off topic but not to far. I shot about 50 rounds though my new xd 45 yesterday with no hearing protection (bad idea i know). I didn't notice how loud it was. My ears have been ringing for over 24 hours and i am just barely able to hear. When will this end??

huh? What did you say?

 

[outerlimit]

I can't buy hollow-points here in Belgium, so FMJ's would be the ammo used for SD.

Then .45acp is definitely the way to go, not that I wouldn't recommend it anyways.

 

[BK]

If you have to fire a gun indoors, hearing damage is a small issue compared to the situation you have found yourself in.

 

[outerlimit]

Hearing damage is never a small issue.

 

[orionengnr]

and I don't want to spend the rest of my live with hearing damage.

As long as I spend the rest of my life alive, I will probably view the ancillary complications to be...of somewhat lesser importance.
I've had a bit over 50 years to think about this, and I have yet to change my mind.

 

[ojibweindian]

That's what I'm talking about, 19 now with a join date of 12-27-02
That would make you like 12 when you joined, right?

The OP originated back in 2003. He was 19 when the post was made, and would be close to 25 years old now.

 

[Dogbite]

Dont worry about how much noise it makes. Once you get a pistol, study it and know it up down and sideways. Get good at loading it, and unloading it, and breaking it down to clean. Get a veteran shooter to take you shooting and learn the basics. Then practice, practice, practice. When you think your doing well, practice a bunch more.

 

[shiftyer1]

I fire 3 handgun calibers .9mm, .357, and .45. The 9mm is the only one that the family objects to.

As already stated the .45 is a deeper boom. I prefer it also to 9mm

 

[Bentonville]

truckin223, I am sorry to read that you have permanently damaged your hearing. You will regret it. I shot .38s for many years before all the info. came out about plugs and NRR etc. I played in rock bands during the same time. Now I have ringing every second of my life. It keeps me awake, interferes with my hearing of conversations. There is no cure of help for it. I hope from now on you will protect with plugs AND muffs, each with a rating of 33. I use plugs when using loud tools such as my weed eater, chainsaw, etc. I want to keep what I have until I take a dirt bath.

 

[xXxplosive]

Once I was standing right next to a fella sighting in a .338 Win. Magnum rifle out doors with no ear protection. The ear closest to the rifle report went deaf for 3 days....seemed the sound / concussion caused some wax in my ear to move over the ear drum...had to have it seen by a Doc.

Couldn't imagine this in closed quarters and a couple of .45 rounds...

 

[Rockwell1]

I'm thinking , given that this thread is 6 YEARS OLD , the OP has his answer.

 

[JShirley]

Auditory exclusion.

Protect your hearing, folks. I still hear pretty well, but not nearly as well as I did. I never used hearing protection as a young man, while out with my father and brothers. Even if I hadn't used it while hunting, I would definitely have used it for sighting-in and target shooting, if I'd realized the damage that was happening.

Noise is the reason I don't like muzzle brakes on firearms.

I keep some Peltors next to my bed.

And this one's had its time.

John