KiltedClaymore
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from my understanding, gunfighters didnt fire their weapons all too often. they usualy made very little money (after you figure in the money spent on food, booze, loose women, and games of chance) and ammo wasnt cheap.
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yeti
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After I figure in food, booze, and loose women I don't even have anything left for games of chance, thank god I reload!
VPLthrneck
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I've always thought people sucked up to much of Hollywood's version of gunfighters.
I'd guess that the old timers in the 1800's weren't to concerned about hearing loss from shooting guns because they probably weren't firing off hundreds of rounds a day.
I can't remember what Louis L'Amour book it's in, but he makes a statement that for every one known "gunfighter" there was a dozen who were twice as good with a pistol and were unknown. Now with the library that he had, I'm sure that L'Amour knew what he was writing about.
If you look into history books and journals you'll find quite a few of them had "regular" jobs. Sheriffs, bartenders, dealers in saloons, scouts for the Army, buffalo hunters, etc. They didn't make their living off of shooting people, and the ones that did usually found the fast way to getting themselves hung or shot.
I'd guess that the old timers in the 1800's weren't to concerned about hearing loss from shooting guns because they probably weren't firing off hundreds of rounds a day.
I can't remember what Louis L'Amour book it's in, but he makes a statement that for every one known "gunfighter" there was a dozen who were twice as good with a pistol and were unknown. Now with the library that he had, I'm sure that L'Amour knew what he was writing about.
KiltedClaymore
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a regular jodb doesnt mean they made a decent wage. lotta jobs, then and now, paid pittifuly poor wages. and i never said they made livings of kiling people.
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Just a couple of random comments....
A buddy of mine who was a Navy SEAL in the early 1970's said they trained with no hearing protection also. Same reason...you wouldn't have it in the field.
I stupidly left off my ear muffs in a closed indoor rifle range. One round from my AR left my ears ringing for two weeks. Probably lost some hearing from that idiotic mistake.
Best non-war experience I had was working the pits at Camp Perry last year. The Viale range, something like 180 shooters in prone rapid fire. 10 shots in 1 minute. Thats 1800 rounds downrange. This is the closest to a full out fire fight I have every been to. WOW is all I have to say.
A buddy of mine who was a Navy SEAL in the early 1970's said they trained with no hearing protection also. Same reason...you wouldn't have it in the field.
I stupidly left off my ear muffs in a closed indoor rifle range. One round from my AR left my ears ringing for two weeks. Probably lost some hearing from that idiotic mistake.
Best non-war experience I had was working the pits at Camp Perry last year. The Viale range, something like 180 shooters in prone rapid fire. 10 shots in 1 minute. Thats 1800 rounds downrange. This is the closest to a full out fire fight I have every been to. WOW is all I have to say.
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FWIW I did run a quick test with a pair of empty .38 cases in the sound booth. (Wanted to do live rounds but I work in SoCal and "anti-gun" is a way of life.)
I didn't calculate NRR because it's time consuming and a giant PITA. I just used pink noise at 120 dB/1000 hertz, which gives decent information. When I tested a pair of 32 NRR muffs a few years back I got an average of 22 dB reduction based upon real ear measurements. Custom plugs came out at 19 dB reduction. .38 cases were good for 8 dB when rims were moistened and inserted as deeply as possible.
Better than nothing but not nearly as good as just about anything else. (Fingers in ears are good for 16 dB reduction...)
HTH!
I didn't calculate NRR because it's time consuming and a giant PITA. I just used pink noise at 120 dB/1000 hertz, which gives decent information. When I tested a pair of 32 NRR muffs a few years back I got an average of 22 dB reduction based upon real ear measurements. Custom plugs came out at 19 dB reduction. .38 cases were good for 8 dB when rims were moistened and inserted as deeply as possible.
Better than nothing but not nearly as good as just about anything else. (Fingers in ears are good for 16 dB reduction...)
HTH!
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