Figure the same for sbr/sbs?
There is a valid, proven, and accepted case for the use of a suppressor for health care and safety issues. Shooting a gun in a confined space without ear protection or a suppressor is hazardous to your health. I keep a suppressor on my night stand gun every night.. now.. trying to find a micro-vault type safe that is deep enough for my 9mm with the suppressor on it when I move into my new house with my new family to keep the gun from the 6 year old.... I wish there was a good biometric or combination wall locker that would hold my integrally suppressed 300 BLK for a bedroom gun.
That hearing loss thing is blown way out of perspective in my opinion.
I think that the awkwardness of using a can on the end of a pistol would be more concerning to me that a possibility of hearing loss.
Remember our fighting men have been engaged in house to house combat for generations without it, and many refuse to wear it now due to the downside of not hearing their adversary. Yeah some suffered hearing loss, but its not like you will go permanently deaf after a few rounds. Most HD situation don't turn into long drawn out firefights.
Would not practice live fire without it, but definitely would not use a can or put on non-electronic hearing protection in that situation.
That hearing loss thing is blown way out of perspective in my opinion.
I think that the awkwardness of using a can on the end of a pistol would be more concerning to me that a possibility of hearing loss.
Remember our fighting men have been engaged in house to house combat for generations without it, and many refuse to wear it now due to the downside of not hearing their adversary. Yeah some suffered hearing loss, but its not like you will go permanently deaf after a few rounds. Most HD situation don't turn into long drawn out firefights.
Would not practice live fire without it, but definitely would not use a can or put on non-electronic hearing protection in that situation.
It should fit in the Sentry Safe Home Defense Center
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Every round that you fire without hearing protection leads to some permanent hearing loss. I met so many senior NCO's in Iraq who were wearing hearing aides it was pretty sad. And I am talking about youngish first sergeant types who had been SF or rangers and now were stuck in signal battalions because of their hearing loss. I think that ignoring hearing loss is a bad idea myself. I have no problem operating round my house with my M&P or Glock 19 with the SWR Octane 9 HD attached.
What, you don't want to suffer hearing loss in order to defend yourself with a gun inside your own home? Doesn't sound like much of a legal problem to me. Deadly force is deadly force, if used within the law to defend yourself, then there is no trouble. What are they going to say, "We know you used a gun to defend yourself, but we don't think it was loud enough. We think it should have been louder, so you have to go to jail?" We maybe some day it may get that far...
Ditto. Nice can btw, I love mine. I think a suppressed SBR in a pistol cal makes a lot of sense in a home protection situation. When I was under 25, I couldn't give a damn about hearing loss. Then I got old enough to start to notice that all the stupid shit I have done to myself adds up over time. I'd like to keep my hearing as long as possible Do you think you're gonna hear the bad guy AFTER you pop off a round at him in your home? Think again. I have electronic ear-pro next to by bed for that reason.Every round that you fire without hearing protection leads to some permanent hearing loss. I met so many senior NCO's in Iraq who were wearing hearing aides it was pretty sad. And I am talking about youngish first sergeant types who had been SF or rangers and now were stuck in signal battalions because of their hearing loss. I think that ignoring hearing loss is a bad idea myself. I have no problem operating round my house with my M&P or Glock 19 with the SWR Octane 9 HD attached.