Shooting indoors...Will it blind and deafen you???

[Holgersen]

Beating a dead horse

I'll take my wack.

Hearing damage yes. Blindness no.

I'm sure the muzzle flash is dependent on the caliber, type of ammo and type of firearm. I'm sure the muzzle flash from a .357 mag out of a snubbie is going to be more than a sub-sonic .22 out of a rifle.

Learned my lesson with the hearing protection. I've been deaf for half a day before because I didn't put my ear plugs in well enough.

Live and learn. Unfortunatly some lessons have permanent consequences. My hearing tests are proof of that.

 

[Lookn4Brass]

My experience is that a .38 spl gun shot from a snubnose in a 10X10 room is pretty bad, and a bit dis-orienting. A .45 in a large room ain't great either, if you have sensitive ears like mine. No, it wouldn't stop me from finishing a gunfight, though. As for using an AR-15 or M4 indoors, I think that's pretty dumb. I would hate to even try that. The sonic blast would screw somebody up pretty bad, I think. I remember trying shooting a cylinder full of .44 Magnums in a S&W with 8" barrel outdoors without earplugs,and getting physically ill for a whole day, when I was about 15 yrs. old. I'm very thankful that most of the time I used hearing protection as a kid, 'cause I used to shoot more ammo in one year than most folks do in a lifetime: .22LR, 9mm, .45acp, and 20 gauge shotgun shells, constantly.