On 6/12/2010 7:32 PM, Omelet wrote:
> In ng.com>,
> Dave > 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. ;-)
>
>
For some reason those rubber plugs seem like they just must be better
than the foam ones but the foam ones perform substantially better.


>>
>> 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. :-(