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LOOKING FOR NICE MUFFS
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The most comfortable muffs (hearing-protectors) are also the quietest, and ecomonical I've ever bought, Peltor 30dB $ 18.00. They are THE ones I will have with me if I go to a range and it is crowded ( or I just turn around and go home ).
I have a pair of the electronic muffs, stereo amplified for below 85 dB giving me good hearing , and they cut the boom by -25 dB (advertised) when I'm alone in a blind , or with just one other hunter. They are of little value at a range when you have many shooters...they will not do enough for that braked .454 that is 15 ft to your left. They are OK at the range when there is no crowd.
NOW you understand my delima, and possibly my financial limitations.
WHO has a GOOD suppressing muff with applification at low dB.
I may just buy another Peltor for <$18 ! and gut the electronics out of one of mono electronic muffs and carefull try to craft my own 'custom muff' ( or have a Bubba Muff that goes in the trash).
kin ya hep me ?
Thanks to all..
I have a pair of the electronic muffs, stereo amplified for below 85 dB giving me good hearing , and they cut the boom by -25 dB (advertised) when I'm alone in a blind , or with just one other hunter. They are of little value at a range when you have many shooters...they will not do enough for that braked .454 that is 15 ft to your left. They are OK at the range when there is no crowd.
NOW you understand my delima, and possibly my financial limitations.
WHO has a GOOD suppressing muff with applification at low dB.
I may just buy another Peltor for <$18 ! and gut the electronics out of one of mono electronic muffs and carefull try to craft my own 'custom muff' ( or have a Bubba Muff that goes in the trash).
kin ya hep me ?
Thanks to all..
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I don't shoot w/o them. If I go trap shooting I can still hear the commands and I can talk to the people next to me w/o shouting. They have a dial that turns up or down the microphone & makes them easy to hear. I can shoot trap & they never interfere with my gun stock.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/2135416662/caldwell-e-max-low-profile-electronic-earmuffs-nrr-23db
At the range and in the stand.
Even the best muffs won't give you more than a 33dB reduction in sound pressure. Ultimately, there is only so much ANY muff or plug can do, because sound will strike the outside of your head and get conducted through your skull.
Anyway, if you need more than 33db reduction, (and with really loud guns, its not a bad idea), you can go with muffs OVER plugs. I'll typically do this when shooting (or near someone shooting) medium or bigger centerfire rifles.
Even medium quality muffs (27dB) over medium quality plugs (29dB) will add together to give you about 39dB sound pressure reduction, which is quite a bit more than the BEST muff or the BEST plugs, separately. See here: http://www.coopersafety.com/NoiseReduction.aspx
And remember, since the dB system is logarithmic, even a few more dB results in a significant difference in sound pressure.
So I think the "answer" to this question is to find the cheapest amplified earmuffs you can, wear them over foam plugs (any plugs) and turn up the volume.