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10-29-2010, 02:32 PM
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reduced sound 357 Mag?
someone said you could purchase ammo that did not have the same loudness as regular ammo...something like FBI ammo...anybody know anything about that?
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10-29-2010, 04:11 PM
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Watch out for that someone; they probably lie about other things, too.
All centerfire pistol ammo is loud enough to require ear protection when practicing. Ear damage is cumulative and permanent.
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10-29-2010, 05:15 PM
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I was wondering if I could prevent damage should the gun be needed at night in the house...rare event...but if you could limit the amount of noise or damage to your ears that would be a good thing. I will not be putting hearing protection on when someone enters the house.
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10-29-2010, 05:42 PM
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Even a .22 fired indoors is loud enough to cause hearing damage from an unsilenced firearm. The question becomes -- which do I value more? My hearing or my life? For me, there's no decision to be made. Maybe I won't hear my grandkids as well, but I'll still be around to play with them.
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10-29-2010, 06:02 PM
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There is another way to deal with this. I keep a pair of electronic ear muffs laying next to my 357 Mag. Given time to put them on and turn up volume, they will provide two advantages: 1) I will hear much better than with my already degraded ears and 2) I will not even hear that 357 mag when it goes off.
These electronic ear muffs have already been nice to have a few times, when I heard noises I could not identify and which were less loud than someone busting down a door. I was able to identify sounds and verify that I was correct. Nice to be able to do that!!
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10-29-2010, 06:25 PM
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Why not use a sub-sonic .38 spl load?
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10-30-2010, 02:39 AM
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That person may have been confused and was referring to ammunition with reduced muzzle flash. Ammunition made for serious purposes often has flash retardant added to the powder. Lots of .357 ammunition is so loaded. It doesn't help with the noise, though.
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10-31-2010, 08:08 PM
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Didn't Boris and Natasha steal the formula?
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10-31-2010, 09:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redlevel
Didn't Boris and Natasha steal the formula?
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That's it! Load it with "Hush -a b00m!" 
http://www.freehearingtest.com/hia_gunfirenoise.shtml
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Last edited by OKFC05; 10-31-2010 at 09:21 PM.
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