danburgess
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I work as an electrician and I can tell you red wirenuts also work great as improvised earplugs. Have yet to try them out at the range though.
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"I imagine if you were a grunt you would rather have thousands of A 10 Warthogs than a hundred F22 Raptors."
Not to hijack too badly, but as an A-10 crew chief (yes they are still operational) who loves that airframe dearly, it is an abysmal air-to-air platform. We may be fighting underequipped rabbles right now, but procurement for new fighters can take upwards of 20 years- who's to say where we'll be then? And without the air supremacy that previous fighters guaranteed (or in Iraq and Afghanistan where it was basically handed to us), those A-10s would be sitting ducks, and quickly wiped out. Now the process and methods (read: shenanigans) of the actual F-22 procurement, that's another story...
Not to hijack too badly, but as an A-10 crew chief (yes they are still operational) who loves that airframe dearly, it is an abysmal air-to-air platform. We may be fighting underequipped rabbles right now, but procurement for new fighters can take upwards of 20 years- who's to say where we'll be then? And without the air supremacy that previous fighters guaranteed (or in Iraq and Afghanistan where it was basically handed to us), those A-10s would be sitting ducks, and quickly wiped out. Now the process and methods (read: shenanigans) of the actual F-22 procurement, that's another story...
LeontheProfessional
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I have a buddy that uses unspent .40s&w rounds as hearing protection business end facing toward brain. I try to tell him to use foam but he won't listen to anyone.
jimmyraythomason
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^He probably just can't hear you.
LeontheProfessional
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LOL, honestly that is very true. He works in a machine shop and runs a part time tree service. He also grew up around guns and all without ear plugs. He just recently started caring about his hearing but it is too little too late.
Don't even think about it. Be kind to your ears.
Crashbox
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For the record, I use BOTH foam ear plugs and ear muffs whilst shooting. That extra few dB of protection from adding a second set of earsight protectors makes a BIG difference to me.
EDIT: my sincere apologies for wasting bandwidth- I already mentioned this earlier. That red on my face is NOT sunburn.
EDIT: my sincere apologies for wasting bandwidth- I already mentioned this earlier. That red on my face is NOT sunburn.
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NMGonzo
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I too double up on the range, foams only on the open.
unless I am shooting the m44, then oh well ... double up again
unless I am shooting the m44, then oh well ... double up again
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