In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> >> I think a lot of us are guilty of thinking that our bodies and parts
> >> thereof are indestructible when we're young(ish). I used to be laughed at
> >> by family and friends (25 years ago) when we went to the shooting
> >> range; if there was no proper hearing-protection available to beg, borrow
> >> or steal from the club "pros", I'd just stuff my ears with wads of cotton
> >> wool, which I always took with me. My aforementioned family/friends all
> >> said I was being a "wuss".
> >
> > Heh! When we sign the liability card when coming in to the range office
> > for targets and paying the fee, a pair of disposable foam earplugs is
> > always issued by them. ;-)
>
>
>
> I find those plug in ear protectors next to useless. I prefer to use
> proper hearing protection, the ear muff style.

I do during the winter, but they are too hot during the summer.
I don't use the foam issued earplugs. I have a decent pair of good ear
plugs I bought at Cabela's. Rubber earplugs that have three sort of
baffles. They do a really good job but one of these days I want to
spring for a pair of the electronic ones that allow you to hear
normally, but block all sound above a certain decibel level. ;-)


>
> One day last year I got to the (indoor) range and realized I had
> forgotten my ear protection so I used the ear plugs that I always carry
> in my case. they weren't bad with the .22, but the 9mm left my ears
> ringing.

And you probably have permanent hearing damage from that one session
too. :-(
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