So I'm in the back yard shooting my 10.5 AR (pistol currently). I've got about a 45 yard "range" so I removed one ear plug while I walked around, got more ammo, and changed targets. Reload, ready to shoot, bang . . .really really really big bang . . . ouch, forgot the ear plug.
Now I've been shooting for quite a few years and in those years I've on occasion fired a 16" and a 20" AR without hearing protection (I know, not the smartest thing). Very loud, not hearing safe by any means, a little ringing in the ears but not what I would consider pain. Shooting one round out of the 10.5" barrel with only one ear plug . . . produced actual pain.
Here's when I started thinking (finally). I prop this up beside my nightstand as my go to weapon for things that go bump in the night . . . not any more. If one round created that much pain in my one unplugged ear, I couldn't imagine firing multiple rounds indoors. I've got a suppressor in the holding pattern and I'm sure after I get that put on it'll be just fine . . .until then I guess it's going to be a 9mm.
Semi serious question. I know some of you have 10.5 or shorter SBR's/pistols that you routinely carry with you in backpacks or whatever. I know when it comes to a life or death situation we'll all do what we have to do, but have you considered the blast and disability you'll be giving to yourself should you ever have to use it. Even if the disability is short term, now you're in a firefight and can hear absolutely nothing . . . except ringing of course. I had never thought about it quite like that until my idiot moment . . .because I had never fired a weapon without hearing protection that produced that much noise, pressure, and pain. (<Or maybe I'm just too sensitive . . haha). Anyway, it's no longer beside the bed . . . until the can gets approved.
Now I've been shooting for quite a few years and in those years I've on occasion fired a 16" and a 20" AR without hearing protection (I know, not the smartest thing). Very loud, not hearing safe by any means, a little ringing in the ears but not what I would consider pain. Shooting one round out of the 10.5" barrel with only one ear plug . . . produced actual pain.
Here's when I started thinking (finally). I prop this up beside my nightstand as my go to weapon for things that go bump in the night . . . not any more. If one round created that much pain in my one unplugged ear, I couldn't imagine firing multiple rounds indoors. I've got a suppressor in the holding pattern and I'm sure after I get that put on it'll be just fine . . .until then I guess it's going to be a 9mm.
Semi serious question. I know some of you have 10.5 or shorter SBR's/pistols that you routinely carry with you in backpacks or whatever. I know when it comes to a life or death situation we'll all do what we have to do, but have you considered the blast and disability you'll be giving to yourself should you ever have to use it. Even if the disability is short term, now you're in a firefight and can hear absolutely nothing . . . except ringing of course. I had never thought about it quite like that until my idiot moment . . .because I had never fired a weapon without hearing protection that produced that much noise, pressure, and pain. (<Or maybe I'm just too sensitive . . haha). Anyway, it's no longer beside the bed . . . until the can gets approved.
