Is your HD rifle suppressed or is ear protection the plan or both? Poll.

[Alpha-17]

AR pistol, unsuppressed, as bed side gun. Multiple 9mm pistols near by as well. Don't really plan on using ear pro. If it comes to it, I doubt I'd even notice the shooting; didn't in the Army, don't while hunting. If I'm going to take time to put some bit of gear on, it's not going to be muffs, but a damn plate carrier.

[mig1nc]

AR pistol, unsuppressed, as bed side gun. Multiple 9mm pistols near by as well. Don't really plan on using ear pro. If it comes to it, I doubt I'd even notice the shooting; didn't in the Army, don't while hunting. If I'm going to take time to put some bit of gear on, it's not going to be muffs, but a damn plate carrier.

This is why I keep getting hearing aid ads in my mailbox.


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[SteyrAUG]

That's my thought. A can is still about as loud indoors as shooting a 9mm pistol in my experience. Who knows for sure? Unless someone has had to shoot it out with an M4 in his house, we're all just speculating was the best answer is.

I've been in enough indoor ranges and shoot houses to have a fair idea. It's what made me stop thinking shotguns were a good idea.

[Ron3]

That's my thought. A can is still about as loud indoors as shooting a 9mm pistol in my experience. Who knows for sure? Unless someone has had to shoot it out with an M4 in his house, we're all just speculating was the best answer is.

And if the assailant shoots, or my wife shoots, the can on my rifle won't protect my ears from that.

[Ron3]

AR pistol, unsuppressed, as bed side gun. Multiple 9mm pistols near by as well. Don't really plan on using ear pro. If it comes to it, I doubt I'd even notice the shooting; didn't in the Army, don't while hunting. If I'm going to take time to put some bit of gear on, it's not going to be muffs, but a damn plate carrier.

Now that's a good point. One or two seconds for ear pro or 5 seconds to throw on armor? If I had the time I'd want the armor then the ear pro.

[1168]

That's my thought. A can is still about as loud indoors as shooting a 9mm pistol in my experience. Who knows for sure? Unless someone has had to shoot it out with an M4 in his house, we're all just speculating was the best answer is.

I have enough experience with this to avoid an unsuppressed rifle, particularly a SBR, indoors like the plague. A unsuppressed Mk18 sucks to shoot inside a structure even with ears on.

Even a pistol is very loud. I once shot a 1911 out of a Toyota with no earpro, and I initially thought my radio coincidentally died, because the chatter went silent for a moment. Or so it seemed.

Ron3, I’m not really concerned that an attacker won’t have a sound suppressor. 5.56 reliably suppresses enemy weapons down to ambient levels, and if I’m unsuccessful at that, then the bullets coming my way represent a much greater hazard than their muzzle report. That’s kinda the point of being armed in the first place.

[Ron3]

I'm thinking with suppressor is the way to go.

And yea, if I have a couple extra seconds after grabbing it I should be grabbing staged armor before staged ear & eye pro.

[markm]

And if the assailant shoots, or my wife shoots, the can on my rifle won't protect my ears from that.

The one thing that SWAT guys, I think, said (that is a valid suppressor reason) was that they could tell if it was threat gun fire verses their suppressed gun fire if they were clearing different areas.

If I ran a can, my son would still hear it and think someone was shooting at least a pistol in the house. It's just not at all like Zero Dark Thirty portrayed it.

[MadAngler1]

My SBR has a suppressor on it. If I have time, I will use my electronic ear pro.

[tangolima]

Where I live, 0% can. Can't have it. That helps narrow it down.

-TL

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