Shooting ear protection recommendations

penguin

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

charliemeyer007

I use both when I shoot full tilt rounds threw my model 53 S&W Jet. Plugs only are fine with cast bullet loads.

If I'm coaching someone I tend to use muffs - easy on and off so we can talk. Plugs get all nasty putting them in and out with firearm handling hands.

Don't forget so eye protection too. I often wear a thin leather glove when shooting pistols of recoil with sharp checkered grips - hard to do good work with the distraction of a bleeding hand.

nmyers

I prefer electronic ear muffs for all but the LOUDEST guns, when I have to add custom molded silicone plugs.

If coaching, it's best to give the electronic ear muffs to the student.

Neal

penguin

Muffs

spirits

Good fitting ear plugs like the ones used when weed eating and mowing the grass plus good muffs just in case you remove muffs at the range and there is still shooting going on.

Hawk Carse

Ear protection has to be comfortable enough to wear all the time at the range and quiet enough to do some good.
NRR in the 20s just don't cut it.
As said, the student gets the electronics, and if you really care about your hearing, muffs over plugs.

11b6r

Hearing Protection devices have a number- the NRR- Noise Reduction Rating. The higher the number, the better. Muffs can run about 20-24. Ear plugs have varying numbers, about the highest is the foam plug. When they are PROPERLY inserted, can run as high as about 32-33. If you wear BOTH plugs and muffs, you cannot just add the numbers (They are a logarithm, and you can't add logs) A 23 muff and a 32 plug would give you about 41 dB reduction. Nothing is total, since you get some sound by bone conduction.


I wear electronic muffs when shooting anything. When I shoot noisy high powered rifles, I wear both. Also wear muffs with mower, leaf blowers, chainsaw, or using any power tool for more than 1 minute.

notnow

I just had an MRI done today. They gave me plugs and muffs. I'd have to say the muffs were better than any of mine that were designed for shooting. The tech said they were $4.00. MRI's make serious racket. I should have asked more about them.

He Dog

I use electronic muffs over custom plugs from my audiologist. Can't get foam plugs in the narrow left ear channel.

nononsense

First and foremost, you cannot correct your hearing after it's been damaged. It can be enhanced after some minimal damage but you never get back what you have lost. Every shot you take without protecting your hearing results in damage whether you perceive it or not. Always wear some protection.

Because I shoot with increased frequency, I wear custom fitted plugs and add muffs if it's going to be a long session. But there are kits you can use to make similar plugs at home if you want. Basic muffs are excellent however, during competitions, I wear the electronic muffs in order to hear commands while on the range.

Best.