What is the largest caliber firearm you've ever heard without hearing protection for any reason?
Speaking in terms of handguns, it was a 6 inch Taurus in .357
for long guns, it was an AR in .308 with a 16 inch barrel. Both of them were accidents. Both of them hurt.
>>29913712
12 gauge pump. Had to put down a coyote that was attacking my 6 month old puppy.
Handgun: .45 ACP, although 7.62 tokarev is worse to hear without earpro
Rifle: uhhh, either 7.62x54, 8mm Mauser, or .30-06, I can't really remember what's the loudest
In general, it sucks but it won't make your ears bleed and you won't have permanent ringing in your ears like some of the pussies on here like to claim.
>>29913826
Yeah, I've heard quite a few gunshots in my life without hearing protection and I only have a slight ringing in my ears that I can only notice when I'm in total silence.
On top of it, I actually have very sensitive hearing.
Twelve gauge, and it was EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for 3 days. Not deafening, but really frustrating. Can definitely say I had a little hearing loss after that though.
>>29913712
my load
M1 Garand at my local range, he was ~5 lanes down (outdoor range)
I had he opposite side of my earpro off when he shot, was loud as shit but no eeeeeeeeeee, which is nice
>>29913712
I once ND'd with my mosin inside a walk-in closet... with the door shut...
You have not even begun to know the EEEEE-ing
>>29913933
have you posted this before?
seems very familiar.
>>29913712
.45acp and .50bmg
76mm M42A1 HE
I'm deaf in my right ear and have really shit hearing in my left.
On the plus side, I can shoot without hearing protection all I want now
.22lr
Im not stupid
I ND'd a .357 Magnum revolver about six inches from my face because I didn't understand double action and thought it had jammed. My earpro was not in.
Moist nugget. Went camping innadesert with redneck friends.
>lol earpro for pussies
I was young and naive
Unloaded my .357 blackhawk without earpro. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE until the next day. Everyones voices sounded deeper when i came around. Live and Learn.
.30 carbine ruger blackhawk
>>29913954
He has. I remember it.
Number 4 birdshot in a 12 gauge without earpro wasn't too bad.
30-06 Sprg without earpro was a fucking nightmare.
>sharp pain in right canal
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
-30 minutes later-
>eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Shot my cetme .308 without hearing protection (my dumb ass forgot i took them off). My ears rang for a solid hour after that.
Used to bird hunt without ear protection. Duck and dive mainly. It wasn't too bad. The worst was shooting my uncle's 30-06 in a shooting house with no ear pro. EEEEEE for at least a couple hours, then got a headache and really sleepy.
I don't HAVE to sleep with a fan on but it does help. The only time I really notice it is when it's dead silent or when I'm pretty dehydrated.
>>29913954
>>29914205
Yup, I have
>be 13
>hanging out with sister (A), sister's friend (H), and a friend of sister's friend (C)
>H suggests getting some weed, nothing out of the ordinary since this is usually what we do hanging out
>resounding yes all around
>"alright, we'll have to go in the city to get it though"
>figure we'll head to someone's house or apartment
>pull up to the northside projects
>"this shouldn't take long"
>H goes in the apartment leaves the door open
>C, A and myself post up outside because the place is so damn small
>everything going well, H inside on the couch rolling a blunt, outside we just make small talk
>from the same apartment strolls a 6' melanin enriched gentleman and his ratty white female companion
>proceeds to remove a pistol of unknown caliber (I assume 9mm) from his trousers
>fires one shot directly into the air, laughs, then leaves the complex
>sister and I exchange looks of NOPE
>not 3 minutes later, a pair of negro fellows walk past and ask if we heard anything
>"must've been fireworks" says C
>after they leave tell C to get my sister and I the fuck out of there
Jackson, MS - never again
Pistol - 9mm, but .22 seemed louder for some reason. Pulled my concealed and shot and missed at a random dog that came and fucked with my dog when we were walking.
Rifle: 8mm. I was not a smart teen and thought it would be a cool idea to test the idea of "firing 8mm with a stahlhelm actually hurts your ears more because echoes and shit"
>>29914053
I see we have the same asshole buddies. We were out at Sand Mountain and those fuckers had a whole box of whatever is slightly smaller than an M80, and were casually tossing them under people's chairs. Pissed me off a little bit.
>>29913712
ever heard?
.50bmg, about 100 yards behind firing line, not that bad.
ever shot?
S&W 29-2 in .44 mag
goddamn I can still hea-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
45 acp and 50 bmg from an M2. Plus 40mm, AT4s, and multiple demolitions. Some people suck at yelling fire in the hole.
Handed my jerkoff buddy a G19 with ten rounds of NATO 9mm, he spins around and mag dumps it about two feet from my head. Preddy fuggin loud. He no longer gets invited camping.
Same dude has a 1912 S&W .38 that's out of time, has off center primer strikes. He still shoots it. click bang click click bang bang bang click bang. I tell him he's going to lose some fingers, he says naaaaw.
>>29913712
>handgat
.38 special from a 4 inch barrel
ears went eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEE for like a minute and then it was fine
>long gat
7.62 Russian out of a moist nugget
EEEEEEEEEs were had
desu tho I usually don't bother with earpro on .22 rifles anymore
>>29913712
>Hunting durr
>see durr but they slip behind trees
>waiting eyes down the scope as buddies start to give up
>durr walks into view and as I pull the trigger I see my buddies head 18 inches to the left of my 7mm STW's muzzle break
>celebrate while buddy rolls in the grass for five minutes
>>29915213
are 40mms loud? It all the videos it sounds like a little "pop" sound.
2 quick shots from a Ruger Super Redhawk 454 Casull. Instant mute the reeeeeeeeeeee came about 30 minutes later.
stupid is as stupid does
I own a .308 and my dad owns a 30-06 and we target shoot in conjunction all the time with out hearing protection.
>said .308
>>29913712
For regular type firearms, I'd say the M2. I've fired a half dozen MICLIC's though, and that is some loud shit from the hatch.
.338lm, didnt realize my earpro wasnt on until after i pulled the trigger
>>29913712
.410 in an enclosed space. Took about 2 days for me ears to normalize
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>>29913712
3.5 inch caliber cannon at Colonial Williamsburg
>>29913712
20mm Vulcan on an f15.
Second is probably approx 30 m4's firing simultaneously on a range with steel walls and ceiling, cause my dumbass forgot to put earpro in after loading mags for the next round of fire.
Yay tinnitus
12 gauge
At range for the first time ever, wanted to hear what it sounded like without hearing protection
Castle Bravo. Not technically a firearm I know but damn was it loud.
>>29913712
45-70
50 BMG. Ouch.
Bonus round, SMAW. Not a "firearm" per say, but hey, 10% disability through the VA for tinnitus... well I still hate the ringing
>>29913712
20 gauge and a Brazilian mouser .30-06
>>29913712
54r, oww
>>29915552
wait actually on second thought, .270 win., jesus that was insane.
.50bmg for caliber. Other than that eargesplitten loudenboomer
120mm Rheinmetall smoothbore. Though the worst was when you'd have 155mm artillery firing nearby on an overcast day and the sound would echo off the clouds so that all of sudden you'd have this enormous BOOM! come out of nowhere and rattle your skull.
>>29915581
There's always some dick behind you muttering "short round".
.500 magnum
I still got the EEEEEE from it, and that was like, 7 years ago
Learned my lesson though
Pappy's Model 19 .357, 4 or 5 inch barrel.
It wasn't unpleasant, because everything just immediately went quiet. Didn't hurt. Couldn't hear all day.
I grew up in kentucky and was shooting all sorts of pistols and rifles without hearing protection. No eeeeeeeeeeEEEEE ever in my life. I don't have permanent ringing in my ears. Am I /k/ommando operator?
>>29914325
Please post greentext
>>29915302
wow.
>>29915327
home defense?
>>29915704
please
trade ears with me.
We used to shoot deer out of the truck with a .300 win mag. That was loud as fuck. Never really knew about permanent hearing damage. Now me and my brother both have tinnitus
>>29916499
We hunted dove and quail with 12 gauges all the time and never used hearing protection. Even target shooting we wouldn't use it. Fuck we were dumb
12 gauge left me with Eeeee for a fee minutes and fucked with the fluid in my ear so badly I got dizzy and threw up
>>29913712
I spent about 6 hours listening to a platoon fire off GPMGs and LMGs on a range without any hearing protection from maybe 30 meters away. I like to blame that experience whenever people ask me why I didn't hear something.
>>29913712
Main gun on an M1 Abrams in 29 palms, my little orange foamies fell out when i was running. It was about 30 meter to my right. Probably did'nt help I was in a concrete building
A SMAW the ear rape is real.
>at indoor range
>using yugo m24/47
>have ear pro on cause indoors and 8mm Mauser is scary enough
>load up 5 198gr FMJs
>by shot 2 I realize I needed better ear pro
>by shot 4 I'm already at eeeeeeeeeeeeee status
>by shot 5 I realize why spinal tap always carried amps that went to 11: because when you're already at 10 and need to go louder, that gives it that extra little bit
This was almost a month ago and I still wake up the ringing 1-2x a week
>>29913712
>>29913997
this
/thread
A .50 cal out of an M82
the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE was real
>Handgun
9mm. I was camping with friends and while we were hiking around a bit one of my friends thought it would be fun to pull out his pistol and shoot into some berm while we weren't expecting him to. Sure enough we were all pissed as hell with him because none of us had earpro on and it was loud. He's a massive faggot and isn't really in my circle of friends anymore because he was constantly "that guy" in everything we did.
The largest handgun caliber that I've shot without earpro is .22lr through my Ruger Mk II when hunting grouse.
>Rifle
.22lr, I've never shot my CZ 452 Ultra Lux with earpro because it has a 28" barrel and with cheap bulk ammo it's quieter than my .177 air gun.
50 Beowulf after I forgot to reinsert my earpro after checking my target. Muffled muted effect for about3 minutes then EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for a few hours.
>>29913712
30mm from an Apache, or an M2.
>>29913997
CCI CB .22 Short
get on my level
.50 cal M2
I wasn't giving enough of a fuck. Lance Coolie too cool for school
You know, this makes me wonder- how did soldiers from past wars get by?
WW1, WW1, Vietnam/Korea, etc... if one shot like this is enough for some minor permanent tinnitus or hearing loss, shouldn't these guys by logic be fully deaf already? Yet that's not the case...what gives?
>>29917713
How bad
A 155 mm howitzer. I'm the RTO and need my ears open for the radio. It's common practice at this point and I'm pretty sure I have tinnitus and I'm not even 21 yet
>>29919968
Order an electronic earpro and some batteries for the love of fuck.
>>29918420
You have to hear it consistently for long periods of time before anything becomes permanent. Like a long sucession of machinegun fire. That will leave permanent damage. A shot every now and then a good distance away; it hurts but you'll be alright.
>>29918420
Uhhh, what are you talking about? Nearly all the WW2 generation were almost deaf. My grandfather could never hear anything.
>>29919991
it only takes 120 db to cause instant damage. guns can be from 150 db and up. a .300 Winchester magnum is 190 db(although at the muzzle). decibel levels are logarithmic, so a magnum at the muzzle is 10 million times louder than what is required for permanent instant damage. of course no one has magnums fired off an inch from their ear, but it shows how easy it is to cause permanent hearing loss.
>>29913712
A 12 Gauge, I don't know what shotgun specifically but it was a pump action.
1994, I was two years old. Uncle came home drunk and played with his shotguns. Fired a shot through the ceiling of our apartment (and there was a floor above us, though it was vacant at the time.)
He had his shotguns placed in the care of my other uncle and I still have tinnitus. It comes and goes throughout the day.
The loudest firearm wound be a glock 19 for me. that short barrel really makes a difference. my AR and 12 gauge are quieter.
All these posts are making me think about if I ever had to shoot without ear protection. Does anybody have electronic earbuds? Do they work well? It seems like they'd be nice to just have on ya for emergencies.
>>29921666
Just get a ksg 12 suppressed.....so quiet it was weird.
>>29918420
They had hearing problems from the wars they were in yet they weren't bunch of giant pussies like our generation.
Also the old folks didn't listen to mega bass based music all day everyday pumping those sound waves directly to their eardrums with headphones and worse yet earplug headphones.
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>>29913891
>tfw numerous ear infections as a kid
>blew out both eardrums from internal pressure half a dozen times
>recently had to get timpanoplasty to repair my eardrums
>constant ringing that's audible over just about any moderate volume music/tv shows
Tinnitus kinda sucks.
I don't put in plugs when hunting so .270 weatherby multiple times. But my hearing is fucked from running grinders and hearing dragsters fire up in garages.
>>29921734
I actually sorta had the same.
When I was really young, I had shit tons of ear infections and I think they had to perforate my eardrums or something to drain fluid numerous times.
That might actually be what MY (slight) tinnitus is from, as opposed to guns, since I actually remember the ringing in silence from when I was way young too, before I was exposed to a gun.
>>29913712
5.56x45. A tleast twice during promask fire I knocked one out while masking up.
>>29913712
probably mauser m48
.324 I think is the caliber of 7.92x57
M2 .50 a few times for quite a while
>>29921775
That'd do it, yeah. Sufficient damage to your eardrums and middle ear can give you tinnitus, just as if you'd spent hours at rock concerts.
Combine that with a hefty dose of visual snow and people wonder why I sometimes space out.
>>29913712
12 gauge
No, really. At family reunions we all get our guns out after we eat and shoot at trash in the woods. Get called a pussy if you wear ear protection.
>>29922536
What's the snow from?
I've got TONS of eye floaters. But every time I've been to the doctor and they've checked thoroughly, they say there's nothing wrong.
So if I focus on it, I get to live in a winter wonderland.
>>29922551
that shit's dumb
I'd tell my family to fuck off if they called my cool earpro a pussy thing.
but really, am I the only one who kinda thinks it looks cool at times? It's just like bulky headphones!
>>29913712
Source on the gif?
>>29922579
No idea. Tried to find it myself to no avail.
Very likely just from one of the 500,000 Vietnam war movies.
>.44 mag, target loads so not too bad
>.50 bmg with a chainsaw helmet with one of the muffs dangling loose, EEEEEEEEEEE for days.
>>29922552
Dunno, had it since I can remember. I get a few noticeable floaters from time to time, but all I have to do is find a light colored flat surface to stare at and it goes fucking fluorescent.
Same with patterns of strong colors such as blue and orange, or red and green; they just start flashing at me like crazy.
>>29913712
I shot a .300wm without earpro. Thank god it was a bolt action and outdoors.
Also .45acp and 12 gauge
>>29913712
5" 54 on the USS Biddle DLG 34 (later CG 34)' it was loud (duh) and my ears rang for a while. But still have above average hearing according to the VA.
>>29913712
The loudest hand cannon I heard was the S&W 500. My uncle bought it for my grandpa for bear slay'n and he had no idea how to use it. They live up at my parents "farm", and one of the chickens was being attacked by a coyote. Shot that fuckers head clean off. Didn't have time to use earpro, though.
The loudest rifle was my Marlin 30-30, all the time actually. I still have perfect hearing though.
>>29913712
>>>
.25 cal powder actuated nail gun in the boiler room in this person's basement.
not really a firearm, but the safety is kinda fucked on ours, so if we pull the safety back a little and depress the trigger, it will fire into the air.
About 10 feet away from a .44 magnum. It was an ND (Not Me). And a 30-06, I had to scare off a bull moose.
>>29913712
Reproduction Civil War canon.
>>29923328
why was teddy roosevelt harassing you?
9 critical duty out of a shield
Actually didnt even hurt my ears
>>29922551
well if you have your ear pro in then you shouldnt be able to hear them. as a smart man once said
>hearing doesnt come back you know. it degrades over time. - M. Shake
my REEEEEE rating from best to worst
100 rds. 20g
100 rds. 12g
50 rds. .30-06
1 or 2 9mm 4" barrel
3 or 4 5.56 14.5" (horrible)
and the winner is....
1 round of .380 from a subcompact right next to my car innawoods so the sound reflected right back into my ears and left me with REEEEEEEEEEE for ~2 months afterwards
Still can't hear well out of that ear because of that bastard
>>29923366
I was trying g to get with his girlfriend.
3 shots from a 4" Colt Python. Boy, .357 can be loud...
.308 Win from my L1A1 (Standard barrel)
> I forgot my headset folded around my neck
> Round in chamber and safety off. It's time waste... fuck it because I'm macho! Of course I'm!
> The last thing I heard : Dude, you're an idiot !
Walled stand, 10 rounds in mag - what could happen wrong?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
For next three days
At 4 ? Howitzers what ever the Fuck they pop out and 5 ton mounted 50 Cal.
>>29918420
My grandpappy can't hear shit cause of the Howitzer
>>29915271
Asshole.
Gun that was within arm's reach?
BB
There are videos of arabs and niggers shooting ZSU-23 without earpro or anything
How come they are fine and not crying like you guys (and probably me too if I shot a gun without earpro)
.50 bmg out of m2 browing from about 100 yards while in service
That shits still loud as fuck even though you get no EEEEE you still get the urge to cover your ears
When i shot the thing myself i'd resort to real ear protection and not the small ear plugs
Just a .22LR to kill a ground hog
12 gauge out of a 28" barrel
Wasn't that loud actually
>>29923858
well
28 inch barrel
of course it isn't that bad
.308 indoors. Quieter than I thought it'd be. Sounds a lot different without the reverb, too. Still got a very faint ringing in the ears for a few seconds, but I was still able to hear normal speech over it no problem.
Carl Gustav round went off literally right next to my ear at fort campell. Never got it checked out but I still think I lost about 25% of the hearing in my right ear that day.
.300 win-mag...it was really fucking loud. Ears rang for a few days.
>>29913997
.50 bmg because some of us actually used guns for combat.
>>29925112
in a rifle or in a mounted gun?
>>29925130
Both. The rifle felt louder and i was 20meters away. I felt it in my head more than in my ears(if that makes sense). Loudest non rifle was outgoing 105 howitzer and incoming 60mm? incoming mortar that landed withing 20 meters.
>>29925209
yeah, I know what you mean by the head feeling.
If it had a muzzle brake, the concussive effect can really throw you off.
Even standing by someone shooting a .357 wheelgat can make me feel funny.
>>29913734
12 gauge. You don't really notice it when you're aiming at something and you're outdoors.
>>29925209
my Marine roommate was the only person I ever saw put a car radio to "MAX" with the windows up so "he could hear it." It's stupid that you have to be around howitzers without protection.
>>29923707
Can't tell if troll or blithering fucking idiot?
>>29913712
Eeeehhhhhh
Caliber might not be connected in terms of report
I've been next to a tank (on the other side of a compound wall) and laughed and giggled about it
But the SMAW shot by the assault man (next to me) fucked my world up for two weeks (the assault man also didn't have ear pro in and promptly vomited and cried after said SMAW shot)
Springfield 1903 30.06
Drunk at a NYE party when I was 17, guy let me fire it in the air. It was rad, scary, loud. There was like 100 people watching me.
>>29913712
I don't actually use ear protection,but 270 is probably the largest caliber iv'e heard.
What is it with you Americans and ear protection,guns arent that fucking loud.
Been shooting for 4 years now and never once have I used ear protection,it just doesnt bother me 2bh
>>29925787
Lmao have fun being half deaf in a couple years
>>29925787
Fuckin retardaboo
>>29913712
12 gauge with 00 buck out of an 18.5 inch barrel.
No Eeeeee except for about a second or two; enough to know I dun goofed and re-seated my HP.
>>29913734
Did you save the pup????????
.22 mag for rifles
357 mag for handguns.
Both were the same buddy of mine. No range ettiquite at all. He makes fun of me all the time for wearing ear pro. Have no idea how he does it. Refuses to believe that he will get hearing damage even though i have to yell everything at him the whole drive back from the range.
Only time he ever wore it btw was after he shot my svt40. I told him it was loud but i guess he thought it was just like a 308 not knowing about muzzle breaks and all.
105mm howitzer at charge 7 from my seat on the trails. 8 rounds, shit was rough. Also, m72 launcher, believe it or not that was worse, made my ears feel like they were bleeding. I still hear EEEEEEEE when I'm in a really quiet room #ArtilleryLifeStyle
>>29925787
Enjoy being literally deaf.
.444 Marlin.
>>29927782
>m72 launcher
so you fought the law and the law won?
155 mm and 105 mm Howitzer
Many, many times.
Hearing is fine and I am 50.
Young pups are just sissys.
105mm howitzer. Sucked the fucking air from my lungs
>>29928055
underrated
.454 Casull.
>think Dad fired six shots
>he only shot five
>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
a big burst of .50bmg on crew served range. it went hot before i got my ear pro in.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HEARING PROTECTION ACT
>>29913826
>>29913891
Second. cunts on here overstate the hearing damage
>>29928340
THE SMEARING PROJECTION TRACK?
Magdumped an AR. Can still hear the EEE.
>>29928340
THE EARRING SELECTION ACT?
.40 S&W from my brother's XD.
Shot a mag outside. Didn't notice any pain or ringing.
I've never shot a 30 cal. 5.56 is pretty loud, mostly notice the pressure wave in an indoor range.
>>29915581
Fuck the sound echoes off the clouds?
Is it odd that I've never used hearing protection? Everything from a .22LR to .300 Win Mag hunting rifle, plus 120 mm when I was in the Army, never wore any form of hearing protection and dont have really any hearing loss.
>>29917287
I'm sorry but if my ears start ringing with ear protection on, I'm done for the day.
If you know something is wrong,d o something about it.
>>29928478
>>29925787
Do some people just have less sensitive ears or something? I don't wear hearing protection ever and have been shooting regularly (once every other week) for ~15 years and here just as well as I ever have. I also dont get any ringing in my ears after a shot, indoors or outdoors.
>>29913712
25mm
kinda regret that one a bit
>>29928340
THE CLEARING INFECTION TRACT?
>>29913992
You're still causing damage and your remaining hearing will get worse
>>29913712
.303 British from my No. 1.
It was outdoors on a mate's property so wasn't too bad really. Only had shitty earplugs with me at the time and one of the cunts fell out.
>>29928710
I kinda love euro shooters and I don't know why.
Assuming euro because of the rifle and terminology used.
30-06
>At private range with dad shooting shit
>i'm loading a mag of .308 for his M1A
>he doesn't see I have muff's off
>I don't see him shoulder
>he lets off a round from the Garand
>i scream like a bitch
PTR91
Forgot to put my ears on and quickly remembered after the first shot. Ears were ringing for a little bit, but no big deal. Shooting my AK74 with just earplugs was worse IMO.
Scout squad M1A whilst hunting...
Nothing but eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
For about 15-20 minutes.
Handgonne. Was being shot at like the good serf I was.
>>29913712
25mm bushmaster from 20 feet behind the vehicle because my ear pro fell out.
Also a Leopard 2 firing a 120 from a couple hundred meters. that concussion tho
>>29928474
Atmospherics are insane on a cloudy day for tanks and arty. First time I heard a tank fire it was on the other side of a hill like 300m away and the concussion rocked my Coyote on it's suspension enough to notice. Never going to forget that.
>>29913712
.308/ .303 brit. maybe 12 gauge, whichever is louder
I don't wear hearing protection while hunting and I use a 30-06
>>29913712
8mm Mauser K98k. Yes I suffered some permenant hearing damage.
>>29913712
>2014
>FFG 60
>gunnery exercises near indonesia
>top side safety 12 feet from mk75 (3inch/62cal)
>gun fires ten rounds then stops
>lift ear muffs and take out foamie to reinsert for a better fit
>gun fires another 10 shots
>1 good shot without any hearing pro
>mfw
>>29928816
when we go to a secret range, my dad always forgets to put his muffs on and I always forget to check if he does or not.
As a result, he's heard everything from .30-06 to .32 acp and his hearing's better than mine.
>>29928340
WHAT?
>>29913712
45-70
>>29930237
Me too anon. Friend shot with muzzle right next to ear too. Eeeeeeee. I don't shoot with him anymore...
>>29916111
Not quite. We sometimes get copperheads on my family's ranch so I keep a snake charmer on me when I work there. Found a nest of them in a barn and immediately reacted without thinking to get ear pro first. Won't make that mistake again.
>>29913712
MK-19.
>>29913896
>>29913734
>>29916542
>>29922551
>>29927683
Is the 12 gauge thing a meme?
My friends and I have been hunting and target shooting with 12 gauges our entire lives and I have never heard someone complain about EEEEEE.
>>29913712
Romanian Draco Pistol.
For about three years now, I've had mild tinnitus in the right ear.
>>29913896
I never wear hearing protection when shooting my 12 gauge.. Shotguns are not that loud.
My AR is like twice as loud
>>29932360
I think it might be because in my experience, shotguns have much deeper booms to them as opposed to high cracks.
>>29932393
Yeah, it's low pressure. I'm pretty sure a .22 has something like three times the chamber pressure of a 12 gauge. something to do with the looser fit of shot/a slug compared to a tight bullet being pushed through a rifled barrel
>>29932450
Shotguns really are master race.
Was there ever any doubt.
>>29913712
shot our mk19 (40mm grenade machine gun) from inside a fighting position w/o earpro because gunfights don't stop for you to put that shit in.
Loudest though was a minigun. you dont hear individual rounds like in video games, its just one long painful noise.
>>29913712
M777 155mm Howitzer.
MAC High, Chg 4.
That hurts.
>>29932312
It has to be. The only time I wear ear pro when shooting 12ga is when I'm hungover. Otherwise there's no reason to.
>>29913826
>>29928349
You don't get hearing damage instantly Faggot, it's collective from longer periods of extreme noise. 5 gunshots will not permanently damage your ears, but 100 or 200 will.
I have mild tinnitus from listening to loud music, which doesn't happen overnight. My buddy and I forgot ear pro once, so I took a chance and used old gross ear plugs on the ground after I cleaned then with water. He used little paper balls that did nothing.
We shoot maybe 150 rounds of 7.62x39 and 40 .270's. My ears are fine, he tells me "dude. My fucking ears hurt and I can't hear anything very well." Complained about ringing for days after.
>>29913712
.308. some piece of shit starts shooting in a cold covered range.
>>29932990
hearing damage isnt usually instant dumb ass. it happens from repeated damage.
30.06 out of my springfield while hunting.
>>29913712
mg3 live fire drill, we put 3 x 100 round belts down range for cover. I had to keep prepping the belts and handing them over, I was dumb enough to forget ears and while we were rolling i didnt have the time.
had the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE constantly for 3 hours afterwards.
Still have it sometimes, its difficult to sleep and that shit gives me headaches.
>>29913712
>M2 .50
Well actually if were going by "caliber"...
>Mk19
The m2 was louder but does a really good job of directing the sound away from the shooter IMO. Firing an M4 without earpro is worse. Funny how those things work.
>>29933554
Yeah no shit. I've shot at least 20k in shells in the past 5 years. My ears are fine. I worry more about listening to my music too loud.
16" ar15 indoors. My hearing was a little fuzzy afterwards.
>>29928738
Mate is auslang
>>29933696
"Muh"
I used to shoot squirrels all the time with a 12 gauge, was before I was into guns enough to really know you should be wearing earpro.
Never really noticed the bangs or thought about it back then.
Also a few weeks ago I was at the range and took my muffs off because my ears were killing me and some guy started blasting a USC .45. Hurt like a bitch
.22 when I was little
I shot a mosin Nagant inside a concrete cabin one time, I couldn't hear for a day
>>29934105
It's not as bad behind the M4/M16, though. Being in the buddy coach position has some nasty buffeting.
>>29920308
>190db
fuck off that would kill you
Handgun: 45 ACP
Rifle: 8mm Mauser
>>29934651
since when
kidding, I don't know shit about decibels. Haven't done my research in years.
Sound is very powerful, however, so I have no reason to doubt this.
A .44 deagle at the range.
I pulled my ear plugs out jsut to hear it in its full glory.
It actually had a really nice lasting bass to it, like the sweet aftertaste of a shot of Johnny Walker black label, or luxury multi ply toilet paper.
Compared to the tinny slightly higher pitched reports of 9mms or AR15s. The sounds from these guns can be described as similar to Johnny Walker red label, with its shitty smokey aftertaste and watery texture, or the extra cheap nearly smooth toiletpaper you see in fast food restaurants
>>29935087
I have a ritual; every time I buy a new gun I have to hear its report in its entirety, without any form of earpro. Fortunately I only have 3 guns.
>>29935120
I've tried to implement that ritual, but I'm a pussy.
>>29913712
5.56
Moist Nuggets and K98's from 3 ft away during a WW2 HRS skirmish in Lowell. Hard to imagine Ukrainian Insurgents doing this for months.
.338 win mag.
shitty ass foam plugs came loose. couldn't hear much out of my left ear for the rest of the day.
>>29916942
Loudest weapon in the USMC aresenal. Or maybe just the 0351s are talking out their ass. But fuck i was 40m away from one. The eeeeeeeeeeee was real
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>>29923374
Oops, wrong post
>>29923370
See
>>29935458
>>29925787
WHAT?
>>29915704
You probably just can't hear well enough anymore to perceive ringing.
>>29928055
Much kek
>>29928515
Iv'e even heard artillery fire from only a few feet away at reenactments and shit without ear protection and it never bothered me.
>>29926218
>>29927665
>>29928012
>>29935546
You are all very funny,but it's really not that bad.
If your focusing on your target and pull the trigger,you barely hear a thing,all you feel is recoil.
Once I put 20 rounds of 7 62x39 with a brake downrange without earpro on a cold winter day. The first shot I didn't even hear; I just felt pressure in my ears. Each shot started to hurt after 5. By 10 or 15 I was sick of it. When I went to bed that night I dreamed that my left eardrum was melting on my pillow. I heard the last shot for about 2 weeks. The ringing lasted a couple months. They say hearing damage is permenant so I must just be used to it or it will go when I'm 70 rather than 80 due to accumulated damage. Idk.
>>29913712
.303 brit. Clearing a malfunction that my brother caused. Didn't think it was gonna go off. But it did. No super serious damage.
>>29937499
Yes because blank arty charges made to be heard by an audience compare whatsoever to real artillery.
88mm AT gun.
went to one of those MG/arty shoot events.
I had earpro off since we were on a ceasefire, and I didn't hear the "fire in the hole"
I was like 30 feet away from it, but still.
major EEEEEE
>>29942186
not 30 feet, 30 yards.
god I'm retarded. I need coffee.
![Carl-Gustaf-Lituanie-firing[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/l0Dubri.jpg "Carl-Gustaf-Lituanie-firing[1].jpg")
>>29924511
feel ya man.
>inna army
>excercise with the platoon
>fireteam leader, so I didnt double up on ear protection, I used my own really good plugs, so I could hear the guys.
>crawl up to firesupport squad to talk to SL
>earpro is loose as fuck, I dont notice
>CONTACT ARMOR!
>they whip out 2 carl gustavs one on each side of me, closest is like 2m
>fug
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
got tested after conscription and I still had 9/9 hearing. it was just REEEEing for a good week or something.
>>29937499
>you barely hear a thing,all you feel is recoil
so you're deaf already. congratulations
>>29942197
i thought most launchers were more of a fwoosh than a boom
still probably loud as fuck though
>>29942201
Kek
>>29942201
Not exactly senpai.
I have ears like a fucking hawk or whatever,i'd hear a pin drop from a mile away.
Anyway,how the fuck would you know if you've been shooting your whole life with ear protection?
>>29913734
IS PUPPER OKAY?!
120MM mortar blew my ear drums, was dicking around and thought it was a mission for the 60MM.
I got to go shoot actual guns with my older sister and her boyfriend that has a family that owns land and a few of my nephews.
I got to try out the 308 M14 which was extremely fun to shoot with standard nato rounds and got to shoot my first shotgun which didn't hurt at all and other fun guns.
The moment I got to shoot the 22lr S&W revolver it was okay but not as fun as the henry lever action 22lr but anyway.
When I had one round left in the S&W revolver I decided to fire it without ear pros.
>what can go wrong?
>............
>damn...............
Hurt my ears bad and never tried to do it again since then
