Originally Posted by BuckeyeSpecial
I always have used hearing protection when I shoot my .222 and any other firearm.

BUT, if your hearing is all gone by now, you can opt out, I guess...what's the difference?


Exactly, if all some dude hears is that ringing in his ears from tinnitus, I guess a lil'ol .222 getting uncorked 2 ft away is no big deal. grin

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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.."- Teddy Roosevelt