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Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting

Originally Posted by scoped

Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting

+1 usually don't even hear it consciously.

[QUOTE=scoped;182949]Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting[/QUOTE

Everything I shoot & own is suppressed! After many years of shooting un suppressed guns my hearing has started to suffer. As they say "young, dumb & full of..." I'd rather pull the trigger than possibly put on some hearing protection & miss the opportunity of missing out on some venison. No doubt all the permanent damage was done then & now I'm very careful not to make it any worse. I'm not trying to be rude but it's ignorant to think that's its ok to damage your hearing for the sake of carrying a little extra weight in the form of a suppressor. Each to their own but have a careful think please before you do permanent damage to your hearing.

Young dumb and full of what?

I would say maybe 2-3 times in a year my ears are exposed to a gunshot without hearing protection, and its not often enough for me to worry about personally, and when im the shooter I don't tend to realize it, much like felt recoil. I do own suppressors on a few of my rifles but that comes down to personal choice and what rifle does which job.

[QUOTE=LJP;183237]

Originally Posted by scoped

Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting[/QUOTE

Everything I shoot & own is suppressed! After many years of shooting un suppressed guns my hearing has started to suffer. As they say "young, dumb & full of..." I'd rather pull the trigger than possibly put on some hearing protection & miss the opportunity of missing out on some venison. No doubt all the permanent damage was done then & now I'm very careful not to make it any worse. I'm not trying to be rude but it's ignorant to think that's its ok to damage your hearing for the sake of carrying a little extra weight in the form of a suppressor. Each to their own but have a careful think please before you do permanent damage to your hearing.

Too each his own...I take it that you always hunt alone or with hunters with suppressed rifles...it's not the weight I would have issues with, but the extra length and the balance of the rifle. The number of shots fired by the average hunter in the wild per year would be minimal IMO...of course if you are going to have a yippee or are sighting in, then by all means put the hearing protection in or on.