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Posted: 7/12/2010 8:03:40 AM EDT
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First off let me say that I am relatively new to the AR-15 and shooting at a range.
When I go to shoot, I wear both ear plugs and ear muffs. This cuts down the noise so that nothing bothers me in the slightest. I am the only person at my range I have ever seen do this. But maybe that answers my main question: Why do people complain about sitting next to an AR-15 with a muzzle break? Yes, its noisy, but you are at a shooting range. Shouldn't you expect that and take adequate steps to protect your ears? If not go to a .22 only range. |
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First off let me say that I am relatively new to the AR-15 and shooting at a range. When I go to shoot, I wear both ear plugs and ear muffs. This cuts down the noise so that nothing bothers me in the slightest. I am the only person at my range I have ever seen do this. But maybe that answers my main question: Why do people complain about sitting next to an AR-15 with a muzzle break? Yes, its noisy, but you are at a shooting range. Shouldn't you expect that and take adequate steps to protect your ears? If not go to a .22 only range. I think it's lame too. Gun noise is nothing to bitch about. I double up sometimes too, depending on what I'm doing. You should see the heads turn when we take the .300 WM out. Not just from the noise but from the concussion. Electronic muffs rock. |
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I always wear the foam ear plugs along with ear muffs. It really helps to reduce noise to the lowest possible level.
The people complain about the noise, but what's really bothering them is the concussion. Muzzle brakes thump your neighbors in the chest everytime you launch a round. You don't feel that from normal flash hiders and plain barrels. I was at the range and this guy was shooting his .300 Winchester Magnum with a muzzle brake, it kind of ruins your shooting concentration. |
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Yeah, let them complain about the ar... then break out something really noisy...
I use Peltor tactical 6s electronic ear muffs and they're pretty good... can hear normal conversation and the bang is blocked... battery life is pretty good too (as long as you remember to turn them off)... and they don't cost an arm and a leg either. |
| I only use ear muffs when shooting pistols. I prefer to just use plugs with rifles and shotguns because the muffs get in the way of a good cheekweld on some of my rifles. The plugs are convenient because you can partially pull them out to have a conversation and then push them in deep when shooting. |
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+1 for muffs& plugs. With 42 years of trigger time under my belt and a case of tinnitus since I left a fire & manuever range at Benning in 1978 I have a point of view on the subject. A lot of folks don't realize that hearing damage and loss is cumulative. That one "oops" here and another there, two or three times a year getting caught at the range without muffs on or plugs in, over a lifetime, will destroy your hearing. Each unshielded muzzle blast takes a little toll, you pay the bill later. I have constant ringing in both ears, all the time, that never ceases. I constantly annoy the wife to the point she stops talking to me because I give her the " NRA SALUTE"( cup hand behind ear, lean foward, and shout "HUH!?")
In noisy enviornments, I cannot distinguish conversation from background noise. Double up. Protect your ears ftom ALL loud noise, or you will pay the price. |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending.
Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/hearing-protection/safety/ecatalog/N-b2a?op=search&sst=All You can also try your local gun shop / large retailer (cabelas carries a bunch of varieties). Midway has a large selection too... Grainger aften has a large selection of stuff and it's not "marked up" for shooters. These Peltor's look nice http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1C139?Pid=search I personally perfer muffs. I have a low profile pair that is rated at 25 or 28 db reduction. They are slim enough that they don't typically inferfear with a good cheek weld; however, there are some times where I pull um off and put plugs in (I always carry a bottle of 100 plugs in my bag for other shooters / people visiting the range that may be interested in membership... as I don't want them to be there without some sort of protection). I find that I opt to take off my muffs when it's really hot (as my ears and head get all sweaty with them on). Plugs protect very well if you get them seated correctly; however, I prefer electronic muffs when there is anyone else at the range (as it's much easier to hear commands, conversations, etc...). |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. Check your messages. I may be able to help you out. |
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Quoted: I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=671923 These are the ones I and many others use. At last month's tactical match there wasn't a direction you could look in and not see a pair.
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for muffs, if you shoot long guns get the thinner type, the thick muffs could hit the stock messing up your cheek weld.
I also use the electronic muffs in the post above, there thin and priced well. Alot of the other electronic ones I could find were thick or very expensive |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=671923 These are the ones I and many others use. At last month's tactical match there wasn't a direction you could look in and not see a pair. This. My hearing loss is bad enough now that I have to wear electronic earmuffs or I can't hear a single thing anyone says. I have these and they work great and are low profile. |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=671923 These are the ones I and many others use. At last month's tactical match there wasn't a direction you could look in and not see a pair. This. My hearing loss is bad enough now that I have to wear electronic earmuffs or I can't hear a single thing anyone says. I have these and they work great and are low profile. Probably because of all those people with muzzle brakes. :P |
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I've just started getting into shooting more and have only been using ear plugs. Been interested in getting a set of over ear muffs, but don't know what to look for or where to find a good set without over-spending. Anyone have any suggestions? Any help is appreciated. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=671923 These are the ones I and many others use. At last month's tactical match there wasn't a direction you could look in and not see a pair. This. My hearing loss is bad enough now that I have to wear electronic earmuffs or I can't hear a single thing anyone says. I have these and they work great and are low profile. Probably because of all those people with muzzle brakes. :P  LOL
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On a semi-related note (but mostly just because I want to tell this story) - over the Independence Day weekend, in the forest outside of South Park, my sons and I depleted my ammunition supply frighteningly. Being an inconvenient distance from a sporting goods store, when my sons ear muffs broke because he kept fiddling with them I gave him mine and we kept shooting. No problem with the .22s, only slightly uncomfortable with the 9mm P250. I was really quite surprised that the AR wasn't painful at all (until I remembered that the worst place, sound-wise, was beside one not behind one.
But, to the point of the story, while a 6" barrel kind of tames .38 through a GP100 so it was about the same as the P250, .357 was freakin' PAINFUL! Holy sweet mother of pearl, two shots and I was done. Of course, it's possible I shot the AR after that (I don't rightly recall) so maybe it would have been horribly loud if I hadn't just further damaged my ears with a couple magnum rounds. I think one of the reasons I've always disliked .44Magnum is that I grew up shooting without hearing protection. Intellectually I know the .357 wasn't that bad, but it's been nearly 20 years since I discovered earplugs (and about the same since I shot a .44) and I don't know how to finish this story |
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