01-24-2021, 03:49 AM
Fess Wrote:That's something I have wondered about with all of the AR based pistols being sold for home defense. Not only will you lose hearing short term and thus situational awareness from the blast, but you may well permanently lose some hearing. I am not certain that the short barrel is worth it in that situation. I would like to see the numbers for a bullpup with a 20" barrel vs a standard AR with a short barrel the same distance from the user's face. I wonder how much difference there is?well at home it would have been supressed but that still brings the length to on par with a 16" barrel , when i fired withot hearing protection at the range its just a roof over a concrette slab open to all sides , and the blast was rough , in an enclosed room forget it without the supressor much better off with the handgun

