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...at the range. Not amplified.
Years ago, before I joined the service, everyone called hearing protection "ear muffs", like the thing you wear in the winter to keep your ears warm.
In the Cdn service, we called them ear defenders. I still use this term.
It might be regional, or military, but what do you call those protective ear thingies where you are?
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Still call them ear muffs mostly. Dad bought me my first pair when I was 13, and starting to summerfallow. Naturally used them for shooting too, though not always with .22 rifle, though I do now. Wore them around any loud machinery...augers, lawn mower, you name it. I can still hear well at 61, so appeciate that present from 1973.
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Ear Muffs
Hearing Protection
Ear Plugs
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Ears.
As in "Got yer ears on?" or just a loud "EARS" to warn others under the roof .
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One of the silliest things I heard was when civilian ROs up here started saying, "Eyes and Ears!" Before that, it was, "Shooters ready?"
'Shooters ready?' used to mean 'Shooters ready?', but it hasn't for years now.
Eyes and ears!
Shoes!
Underwear!
Hand up on 5!
No underwear here!
Cease fire!
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When I was a kid, I remember guys using the filters from cigarettes.
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Eargensplitzenloudenboomer defenders !!!!!!!!
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Usually “plugs”. Sometimes “muffs”. Sometimes “doubled up”.
What fresh Hell is this?
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When I was a kid, I remember guys using the filters from cigarettes. I have a friend that uses 45 acp rounds.
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Personally, I like the cheap, disposable foam ones. They sell them at the safety supply store dirt cheap. I think you get 200 in a bag.
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He said plug the muff I think?
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Its all right to be white!!
Stupidity left unattended will run rampant
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The plugs I use are rated at 32 or 33 db, better than any muffs I’ve seen. Cheap and disposable. I have some e-type muffs that I wear when pistol shooting, or on top of the plugs when someone breaks out a braked AR or some such blaster, like the callow yute that showed up the other day with one of those .50 Beowulfs. What a cannon! He was getting 3” groups at 50 yards, and I was getting pounded by the earth-shattering kaboom.
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Ear muffs
Radio on in the 3M WorkTunes ear muffs when I’m mowing or weed eating
Decibullz when I’m shooting. Easier to get behind a scope with them.
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Eeh? What's this "hearing" you're speaking of?
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The plugs I use are rated at 32 or 33 db, better than any muffs I’ve seen. Cheap and disposable. I have some e-type muffs that I wear when pistol shooting, or on top of the plugs when someone breaks out a braked AR or some such blaster, like the callow yute that showed up the other day with one of those .50 Beowulfs. What a cannon! He was getting 3” groups at 50 yards, and I was getting pounded by the earth-shattering kaboom. This is a fact plugs will do a better job and if you put a set of muffs on over the top of them so much the better Mb
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