sohcgt2
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OR... you could just wear hearing protection during your recreational shooting and hunting and not worry about it in a HD or SD situation... it is repeated exposure to such noises that causes the long term damage. Seeing as most of us are unlikely to be in such a situation anyway, much less many of them, I dont expect to be taking a time out to put on my muffs before protecting myself...
Some hearing loss weighed against injury or death, I'll pass on the use of hearing protection just this one time. All those rock concerts I went to as a teen and my recent Audiology exam has all ranges at 5 dbs.
I will suggest to all that you try to avoid holding the muzzle near your ear when you fire indoors. Firing from this position makes sighting difficult and may be more likely to cause hearing damage.
Once again, in case you didn't quite get it yet, you can dial 911 and put the phone down. Assuming you want to just live through the home invasion without playing Superman, a smart action would be to hunker down in your safe room, gun pointed at the door, and not roaming around your house like you're invincible. You're not. I cringe every time I hear someone talk about performing a sweep of their house, and the person always say it nonchalantly like they have the advantage over the criminal. You don't.
I encourage you to browse my Youtube channel below and listen to some real home invasions where armed homeowners called 911 before shooting. If you want to make sure you look like Superman in front of your wife in kids, then we are on different wavelengths...good luck.
This bears repeating. Dial and hang up or dial and don't speak from a land line (no cell phones) and emergency services will be dispatched.
If you do have to shoot an intruder on more than one occasion you may want to consider finding another place to live/work/visit.