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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 1994665" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>Shotguns are sneaky. There is a high frequency buried in the boom. Tinker AFB used to have a nice skeet range near a tall building with what I think are called "blast flutes." In any case, these are concrete channels several feet deep running up the sides of the building. They are supposed to deflect the blast of a nearby nuke. They reflected the sound of shots from the range. Sound: BOOM! Echo: a high pitched tink-tink-tink, getting fainter the farther away the reflective concrete channel was. </p><p></p><p>Bottom line, there is a frequency in a shotgun blast that's high enough to damage your hearing a little bit with every shot.</p><p></p><p>For hunting in open areas, it's probably negligible, but I have known many older skeet shooters who have lost almost all of their hearing over the years, with no other typical hearing damage factors present except being close to hundreds of thousands of shotgun blasts with relatively low powered skeet loads. (There is an archaic device called a Cutts Compensator that makes even mild skeet loads noticably hard on everyone's ears--it's a form of muzzle brake) </p><p></p><p>Trap shooters had a theory that Jack Daniels made them immune to hearing damage. . .</p><p></p><p>My own damage is genetic, construction (diamond edged concrete saws in a closed concrete room), Learjets, guns, early damage from fever . . . Oh--and rock and roll. </p><p></p><p>The ringing can be managed by acceptance. Consider it your friend. You'll never be alone, and it'll sing you one long song.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 1994665, member: 711"] Shotguns are sneaky. There is a high frequency buried in the boom. Tinker AFB used to have a nice skeet range near a tall building with what I think are called "blast flutes." In any case, these are concrete channels several feet deep running up the sides of the building. They are supposed to deflect the blast of a nearby nuke. They reflected the sound of shots from the range. Sound: BOOM! Echo: a high pitched tink-tink-tink, getting fainter the farther away the reflective concrete channel was. Bottom line, there is a frequency in a shotgun blast that's high enough to damage your hearing a little bit with every shot. For hunting in open areas, it's probably negligible, but I have known many older skeet shooters who have lost almost all of their hearing over the years, with no other typical hearing damage factors present except being close to hundreds of thousands of shotgun blasts with relatively low powered skeet loads. (There is an archaic device called a Cutts Compensator that makes even mild skeet loads noticably hard on everyone's ears--it's a form of muzzle brake) Trap shooters had a theory that Jack Daniels made them immune to hearing damage. . . My own damage is genetic, construction (diamond edged concrete saws in a closed concrete room), Learjets, guns, early damage from fever . . . Oh--and rock and roll. The ringing can be managed by acceptance. Consider it your friend. You'll never be alone, and it'll sing you one long song. [/QUOTE]
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