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<blockquote data-quote="Hand Skills" data-source="post: 1649206" data-attributes="member: 103303"><p>Hi Jesse,</p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear of your suffering. Doubling up muffs over plugs is about the best one can do for PPE.</p><p></p><p>I have a set of the Howard Leigh Impact sports I use overtop of plugs. The headphones have microphones that amplify ambient sounds to help with communication and awareness but they don't boost loud sounds.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind not all plugs and muffs are equal. Look for SPL reduction of 29dB or better.</p><p></p><p>Industrial Foam plugs offer some of the best reduction in the ear canal.</p><p></p><p>Muzzle brakes are really loud though.</p><p></p><p>Here is a pretty good article on muzzle brakes and sound; <a href="https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/07/muzzle-brakes-sound-test/" target="_blank">https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/07/muzzle-brakes-sound-test/</a></p><p></p><p>It's important to understand the logarithmic nature of the decibel scale, because just a 6dB increase equates to DOUBLE the sound energy.</p><p></p><p>In your case, a silencer is probably worth looking into. Unfortunately they are illegal here in Canada, so I just stick with non-magnum calibers and avoid muzzle brakes at all costs. As someone who uses my ears professionally the tradeoff of 1/2 the recoil energy for 1000 times the sound energy is just not worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand Skills, post: 1649206, member: 103303"] Hi Jesse, Sorry to hear of your suffering. Doubling up muffs over plugs is about the best one can do for PPE. I have a set of the Howard Leigh Impact sports I use overtop of plugs. The headphones have microphones that amplify ambient sounds to help with communication and awareness but they don't boost loud sounds. Keep in mind not all plugs and muffs are equal. Look for SPL reduction of 29dB or better. Industrial Foam plugs offer some of the best reduction in the ear canal. Muzzle brakes are really loud though. Here is a pretty good article on muzzle brakes and sound; [URL]https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/07/muzzle-brakes-sound-test/[/URL] It's important to understand the logarithmic nature of the decibel scale, because just a 6dB increase equates to DOUBLE the sound energy. In your case, a silencer is probably worth looking into. Unfortunately they are illegal here in Canada, so I just stick with non-magnum calibers and avoid muzzle brakes at all costs. As someone who uses my ears professionally the tradeoff of 1/2 the recoil energy for 1000 times the sound energy is just not worth it. [/QUOTE]
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