Thread: Earpro in Advertising

I'll probably get roasted for this but fair enough your hearing may be damaged by excessive noise exposure but I sometimes think a lot of todays firearms users and public in general are either made of candy-floss or need to harden the f-ck up. The ocassional unsuppressed rifle shot while out hunting may be loud but ffs you're only firing one, maybe two shots to get your animal.
Before you jump on your keyboard and toast me: I have been shooting centrefire rifles ( .222, .223, .303, .308, 300 Win , 338win ) and shotguns for going on 45 years, operated machinery and worked in mechanical worksops my entire working life. Hearing protection was hardly mentioned or used in the early days.
I most times use hearing protection at work when required and competition shooting for the last 35 yrs. I use suppressed .223 while goat culling these days, but oterwise not.
My last hearing check two? years ago was fine. I have some hearing loss at certain frequencies but was told I have good hearing for a person of my age, whatever thats meant to mean.
So, I might be lucky, but I don't get anal about hearing protection. There's probably a few older guys on this forum that are in the same boat. Just an alternative opinion.