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<blockquote data-quote="bearcat2" data-source="post: 1725264" data-attributes="member: 18832"><p>I've thought a lot about taking mine off for hunting but haven't done it. Mainly because I've never gotten a ring to protect the threads and think about it the night before opening day. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I carry earplugs in my pocket, and always use them if I have time, but a lot of times you don't have time. And those muzzle breaks are an earbreaker. The outfitter I work for has permanent hearing loss and tinnitus in one ear from the one on his STW, and then he had a client muzzleblast his good ear last year shooting a mule deer. Now he has permanent hearing loss in both ears and it is affecting his hunting.</p><p></p><p>I am getting some hearing loss, but while I always wear hearing protection when target shooting or around equipment I"ve been around equipment, guns, and chainsaws my whole life. Over time that can affect you even with hearing protection, so I can't really blame it on the muzzle brake. Although I remember shooting and elk from prone on a flat tablelike rock with it one day and my ears rang for about three hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bearcat2, post: 1725264, member: 18832"] I've thought a lot about taking mine off for hunting but haven't done it. Mainly because I've never gotten a ring to protect the threads and think about it the night before opening day. :) I carry earplugs in my pocket, and always use them if I have time, but a lot of times you don't have time. And those muzzle breaks are an earbreaker. The outfitter I work for has permanent hearing loss and tinnitus in one ear from the one on his STW, and then he had a client muzzleblast his good ear last year shooting a mule deer. Now he has permanent hearing loss in both ears and it is affecting his hunting. I am getting some hearing loss, but while I always wear hearing protection when target shooting or around equipment I"ve been around equipment, guns, and chainsaws my whole life. Over time that can affect you even with hearing protection, so I can't really blame it on the muzzle brake. Although I remember shooting and elk from prone on a flat tablelike rock with it one day and my ears rang for about three hours. [/QUOTE]
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