12-14-2021, 04:44 AM
I'm with Longbow on this one. My brother-in-law has been taking his twin sons out hunting since they were 4-5 years old. They'd sit in a small box blind watching their dad shoot pigs, deer, raccoon or anything that would come in range with his AR15 (not suppressed). The first time they went hunting I asked about hearing protection for the twins and he pulled out their POS video game headset (think 1980's Walkman headset)!!!! Not real hearing protection.... and their dad can't figure out why he is is nearly deaf at 50.
I learned a valuable lesson the hard way when I quickly honked the car horn as my pre-teen daughter as she walked in front of it. The short blast from standard horn was loud and painful enough to her hearing to make her cry. My 5 year son complains "too load" at things that don't even register to me. I have come to realize that my baseline for what is acceptable noise levels is not properly calibrated for younger better ears. Suppressors on everything.
Short of large calibers, I can see my shots with a suppressor. General opinion based on shooting 3Gun, the punishment from Brakes felt by the shooter often offsets the recoil/follow-up shot advantage of a brake. Sometimes your can't wear enough hearing protection to offset a long rapid string of shots with a brake... the flinch becomes meaningful. I quickly removed mine and decided that I did well enough without it or I'd run a suppressor.
I learned a valuable lesson the hard way when I quickly honked the car horn as my pre-teen daughter as she walked in front of it. The short blast from standard horn was loud and painful enough to her hearing to make her cry. My 5 year son complains "too load" at things that don't even register to me. I have come to realize that my baseline for what is acceptable noise levels is not properly calibrated for younger better ears. Suppressors on everything.
Short of large calibers, I can see my shots with a suppressor. General opinion based on shooting 3Gun, the punishment from Brakes felt by the shooter often offsets the recoil/follow-up shot advantage of a brake. Sometimes your can't wear enough hearing protection to offset a long rapid string of shots with a brake... the flinch becomes meaningful. I quickly removed mine and decided that I did well enough without it or I'd run a suppressor.