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Posted: 11/4/2009 8:17:05 PM EDT
Im getting this gun and currently I use ear plugs that are rated at 33 db.   They do a good job with the AR but I think the 500 with its compensator end is going to much louder.  I've been looking into "ear muff" protectors but they typically only reduce sound up to 26-30 db.  So technically the ear plugs are a fraction of the price and do a better job of deadening the sound, right?

Or am I missing something with the muffs because the cover more of the ear it reduce the felt concussion or something??

Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:22:00 PM EDT
[#1]
Use both plugs and muffs.
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:24:19 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Use both plugs and muffs.


+1


This is what I had to do with a compensated 44 mag.    It would ring my ears if I only used one or the other.
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:24:35 PM EDT
[#3]
Some of the damaging sounds/vibration are carried through bones in and behind your ears. Muffs are significantly better than plugs when firing overpowered cannons.
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:25:54 PM EDT
[#4]
Plugs and Muffs.  I shoot an IPSC racegun indoors every once in awhile.  With the Comp, most people think I'm shooting a Mosin
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:35:12 PM EDT
[#5]
Hmmm, Both my .44 mountain fun and 10MM are pushing the liimits of plugs + muffs indoors.  Maybe I'm a pussy.  Not sure how much louder that monster is but not sure I would even fire it indoors.
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:37:05 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Hmmm, Both my .44 mountain fun and 10MM are pushing the liimits of plugs + muffs indoors.  Maybe I'm a pussy.  Not sure how much louder that monster is but not sure I would even fire it indoors.


Nevery tried my 44 mag indoors.     I know an AR with a brake will piss off people though
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:39:30 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Use both plugs and muffs.



This

Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:39:54 PM EDT
[#8]
If you use plugs, make sure you use them CORRECTLY.



If you use earmuffs, make sure you PUSH the muffs in so that they form a vacuum seal with your head.
Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:40:59 PM EDT
[#9]
Get a can for it.

Link Posted: 11/4/2009 8:59:54 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Hmmm, Both my .44 mountain fun and 10MM are pushing the liimits of plugs + muffs indoors.  Maybe I'm a pussy.  Not sure how much louder that monster is but not sure I would even fire it indoors.


Nevery tried my 44 mag indoors.     I know an AR with a brake will piss off people though


Both the .44 and the 10mm put out a pumpkin sized flash and heat you can feel.  The blast is something else.  Difference is the AR puts the blast  a lot further from your head.

Link Posted: 11/4/2009 9:00:28 PM EDT
[#11]




Quoted:

Use both plugs and muffs.




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