Quoted: I find it some what hard to believe that it is that loud. My hearing is in good shape. I sat next to a guy last spring that had a Wby. 30-378 mag with a break. The shock almost blew me off my seat, but my muffs where enough to shelter me from the noise. I have not heard your rifle, but if it is really that bad, something must be done.
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Those little mini-y's really are that loud. The diff between the mini-y and a naked AR is staggering. True, good hearing protection does make it bearable, but forget about ever shooting without hearing protection. That may not be a big deal for some, but for others, it is. Basically, the AR is a great rifle for some hunting applications, like coyote hunting. That's something that is done around here a bit, and with the AR it's that much more fun. But you cant hunt with ear plugs or muffs very well.
Even shooting the rifle outdoors, the min-y really does HURT you! The one time I shot my buddy's AR outdoors with one ear not protected, I couldn't hear corretly till the next day. It literally hurt so bad I could only get one shot off. WIth my plain end 16", I can shoot when I need to w/o protection and not be affected by it. I do always use hearing protection when I'm just fun shooting, but what about self defense. If you ever thought about using youre mini-y AR for home defense, I think you'd end doing more damage to yourself than the perp, especially indoors. I can't imagine how loud that mini-Y would be indoors. I shot my plain end 16" from indoors once, just to see how loud it would be incase I ever had to use it I didn't want to be too surprised. It was pretty loud, but it was managable. The mini-y would deafen you, and probably put you on your knees indoors.
The mini-y creates a different kind of blast than a .300 winmag or 7mm mag. I find the min-Y .223 to be more unpleasant.