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<blockquote data-quote="David2012" data-source="post: 1866656" data-attributes="member: 24428"><p>You guys that like the AR's and magnum pistols for HP... have probably never shot one inside a closed room or a house w/o wearing hearing protection. As loud as they are on the open range while wearing hearing protection, they are several times louder inside a closed room where the blast pressure isn't easily vented. They make my ears ring when shooting from under a covered out-door bay.</p><p></p><p>If you have a child any where close, you will most likely cause them permanent hearing damage. Try setting off a little M-80 firecracker inside your home.. then imagine that sound doubled because you will be tripping a sonic boom with the speed of your bullets exceedng the speed of sound by 2-3x's. The speed of sound is approx. 768 MPH! 5.56 NATO rounds run +2,500 MPH! Officers training in shooting houses wear good hearing protection and it can still give them severe headaches.</p><p></p><p>I have the electronic hearing protection next to my AR.. and my family has ear protection in the safe room, but I wouldn't reach for a AR in a immediate danger situation. I would chose it if I had someone trying to get into the house and I had time to put my hearing protection on. My AR is loaded with .55 gr Hornady ballistic tip varmint loads. They virtually explode on contact with hard objects.</p><p></p><p>My 1st choice of HP is the G23 .40 with a CT laser in the mattress holster on the edge of the bed within easy reach....that gets me to the pump shotgun w/ a mounted flashlight in the corner mere feet away.... that eventually might end up being swapped for the AR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David2012, post: 1866656, member: 24428"] You guys that like the AR's and magnum pistols for HP... have probably never shot one inside a closed room or a house w/o wearing hearing protection. As loud as they are on the open range while wearing hearing protection, they are several times louder inside a closed room where the blast pressure isn't easily vented. They make my ears ring when shooting from under a covered out-door bay. If you have a child any where close, you will most likely cause them permanent hearing damage. Try setting off a little M-80 firecracker inside your home.. then imagine that sound doubled because you will be tripping a sonic boom with the speed of your bullets exceedng the speed of sound by 2-3x's. The speed of sound is approx. 768 MPH! 5.56 NATO rounds run +2,500 MPH! Officers training in shooting houses wear good hearing protection and it can still give them severe headaches. I have the electronic hearing protection next to my AR.. and my family has ear protection in the safe room, but I wouldn't reach for a AR in a immediate danger situation. I would chose it if I had someone trying to get into the house and I had time to put my hearing protection on. My AR is loaded with .55 gr Hornady ballistic tip varmint loads. They virtually explode on contact with hard objects. My 1st choice of HP is the G23 .40 with a CT laser in the mattress holster on the edge of the bed within easy reach....that gets me to the pump shotgun w/ a mounted flashlight in the corner mere feet away.... that eventually might end up being swapped for the AR. [/QUOTE]
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