MTboatguy
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Okay,
A lot of us over the last year have been talking about the AR platform guns and unlike many guns that I have owned over the years, these darn things are loud and if you want really loud, build a pistol or a short barreled rifle, then they get obnoxious! A few shots and you ears will be ringing for the rest of the day!
Told my wife after shooting the pistol with the 7" barrel, I have to do something, the sound is painful! She agreed and vigorously shook her head YES! So started looking around to see what is available these days, I normally just wear foam ear plugs if anything at all.
Stumbled upon a company, I had never heard of "Howard Leight" Which is a division of HoneyWell, Looked at Big "C" and then did some more looking and found out Home Depot sells the exact model I was looking at with the other store but they had the for $17 less, $42 bucks a set, they are active technology ear muffs, you can talk to each other, plug your iphone or kindle into them and listen to music, but they cut the sound when you fire a shot, and if you shoot AR's you know you may shoot a lot of shots really quick, up to 30 rounds in seconds. If you are running machine guns and bump fire guns like I do, you can empty a 30 round mag in less than 10 seconds! That is a lot of concussion in a very short time!
Well I received them this morning, so we figured we would go out and send a few rounds downrange, we ended up shooting about a 1000 rounds today and no ill effects, no ringing ears, but pure 100% pleasure.
Bottom line, if you are looking for hearing protection, I recommend them, the ones we got are called, Impact Sport, they are active, they have a volume control, you can talk to each other while wearing them but when you start shooting, it is quiet, well worth the money and after shooting about a 1000 rounds today, both my wife and I am amazed, we can still talk to each other without yelling, which is really a blessing as you get older!
So, they get a big thumbs up from us.
eace:
http://www.howardleight.com/ear-muffs/impact-sport--2
A lot of us over the last year have been talking about the AR platform guns and unlike many guns that I have owned over the years, these darn things are loud and if you want really loud, build a pistol or a short barreled rifle, then they get obnoxious! A few shots and you ears will be ringing for the rest of the day!
Told my wife after shooting the pistol with the 7" barrel, I have to do something, the sound is painful! She agreed and vigorously shook her head YES! So started looking around to see what is available these days, I normally just wear foam ear plugs if anything at all.
Stumbled upon a company, I had never heard of "Howard Leight" Which is a division of HoneyWell, Looked at Big "C" and then did some more looking and found out Home Depot sells the exact model I was looking at with the other store but they had the for $17 less, $42 bucks a set, they are active technology ear muffs, you can talk to each other, plug your iphone or kindle into them and listen to music, but they cut the sound when you fire a shot, and if you shoot AR's you know you may shoot a lot of shots really quick, up to 30 rounds in seconds. If you are running machine guns and bump fire guns like I do, you can empty a 30 round mag in less than 10 seconds! That is a lot of concussion in a very short time!
Well I received them this morning, so we figured we would go out and send a few rounds downrange, we ended up shooting about a 1000 rounds today and no ill effects, no ringing ears, but pure 100% pleasure.
Bottom line, if you are looking for hearing protection, I recommend them, the ones we got are called, Impact Sport, they are active, they have a volume control, you can talk to each other while wearing them but when you start shooting, it is quiet, well worth the money and after shooting about a 1000 rounds today, both my wife and I am amazed, we can still talk to each other without yelling, which is really a blessing as you get older!
So, they get a big thumbs up from us.
eace:http://www.howardleight.com/ear-muffs/impact-sport--2
