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I shot my 300 WSM three times without ear protection while hunting. Seems odd to me the muzzle blast never registered with me, never heard it. I know that can’t be good. Why don’t we hear it? Why doesn’t it ring my ears like it would at the shooting range? I know better than to think I am actually unharmed.
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Reloder28: I've noticed exactly the same thing but never really gave it much thought. Maybe a smart person has the answer. It may not be an accurate analogy, but in police work, a handgun fired in a life-threatening situation does not seem nearly as loud as it would on the range.
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Shoot form prone. Shoot from prone while on rock. Shoot a braked rifle. I've shot critters and never noticed. Other times I have really noticed...............
Longer bbls seem to be easier on the ears. I'll never have a braked hunting rifle again.
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively...
Having said that, MAGA.
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It's called auditory exclusion.
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Rifle with a brake, will break your eardrums!
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But isn't the hearing damage still being done even with auditory exclusion? Is exclusion a "brain trick" rather than actually keeping sound damage to a minimum?
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But isn't the hearing damage still being done even with auditory exclusion? Is exclusion a "brain trick" rather than actually keeping sound damage to a minimum? Auditory exclusion happens because your brain is saying that something more important is happening than your hearing. I.e.- it is focusing. It is absolutely just as damaging as ever. Whether you hear the gunshot or not, your ears have physically dealt with the impulse. A single gun shot without earpro causes permanent hearing damage- braked, unbraked, doesn't matter.
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But isn't the hearing damage still being done even with auditory exclusion? Is exclusion a "brain trick" rather than actually keeping sound damage to a minimum? Yes.
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But isn't the hearing damage still being done even with auditory exclusion? Is exclusion a "brain trick" rather than actually keeping sound damage to a minimum? Zackly what I meant. Going to make certain it does not happen again.
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What? Can't hear you.
Too much 1970s MC range time and hunting without hearing protection since.
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