Thread: Short barrels and decebels

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes.

In theory I should be totally deaf by now considering my work history and play history and "things that will make you deaf", yet my hearing is not too bad.

I have no wish to make my hearing worse tho.

From what I've heard it'll just go, as in you'll take one shot and never hear properly again. Just like you can lift with your back for 20 years then one day it'll just shit its self and thats that.

Originally Posted by Toby

From what I've heard it'll just go, as in you'll take one shot and never hear properly again. Just like you can lift with your back for 20 years then one day it'll just shit its self and thats that.

I have been lead to believe you have "hairs" in your ears, every time these hairs are subjected to excessive noise they "fall over" then they right themselves. If you work construction or another loud trade your probally familar with the radio being too loud in the morning as you had temporary hearing loss during the day and turned your radio up on the drive home. Eventually the little "hairs" in your ears just stop righting themselves and that is permanant hearing loss. Im sure a large enough blast would be enough to do them in all at once.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes.

In theory I should be totally deaf by now considering my work history and play history and "things that will make you deaf", yet my hearing is not too bad.

I have no wish to make my hearing worse tho.

Yeah my hearing f&*ked and ears ring all the time and my missus hates it, the one thing that really makes her mad is when I say "what did you say"
The legacy of owning a POS Sako Poo70 with a short barrel in my teens, had more bark than the neighbours dog and more boot than the neighbor.

Anyone got a 75 or 85 action lying around gathering dust?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Anyone got a 75 or 85 action lying around gathering dust?

75 long and short with misc 6.5 barrels attached, also stocks etc, chuck that tomato stake

Originally Posted by gimp

75 long and short with misc 6.5 barrels attached, also stocks etc, chuck that tomato stake

What sort of dollars would you be looking to get for one?

A 10 inch barrel wont hold up much of a tomato plant so looks like I am stuck with using it to kill stuff.

I wish.

They're sort of compete + good rifles so probably would want more than you're looking to spend for a donor action

My new toy , a Rem model 7 in 308, has a 16 inch barrel. Putting the suppressor on takes the length back to 20 inch.
Given that the suppressor is not rifled, I assume that it doesn't have any effect on the ballistics of the projectile, so even with suppressor on, it should still shoot as a 16 inch barrel .
Or have I got it all wrong (as usual)

Yep Tim that's about it tho the suppressor can give the bullet a wee "boost" in the order of 30fps