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WCGW touching the barrel of a gun at a shooting range

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 22 '22

Where’s her ear protection?!

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u/thefonz2311 Nov 07 '22

She’s dumb what do you want

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

It'll ruin her outfit I think that's the case Given her hair is all clipped up and the shades she think she looks like hot shit or somethin

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u/atomicfarts420 Sep 23 '22

Don't need it anymore if you've done this enough time without it.

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u/Pika_Fox Sep 23 '22

If youre stupid enough times, your ears get their own built in noise dampeners!

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u/shuzkaakra Sep 23 '22

I'm no gun expert, but I don't think holstering a gun in your shirt is particularly safe. Am I wrong?

It just seems like an accidental misfire and you can blow your head off, or a boob off or any other body part.

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u/hambonejamboree_ Sep 23 '22

Over her eyes.

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u/SnooBunnies8468 Sep 23 '22

For two shots..? Not a big deal, now if she was going to shoot more then yes I'd wear protection. Hunters usually never wear any either

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u/verybadassery Sep 23 '22

Too cool for that business. My dad shot guns all his life with no ear protection. At 76 he can’t hear a damn thing. Ridiculous that we know these things and people still don’t take precautions.

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u/Peaceful_Phoenix90 Sep 23 '22

You don't have ear protection irl. Practice without it

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

Look mom! No condom!

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u/sycamotree Sep 23 '22

First time I went to a firing range, I made the mistake of sliding my ear protection back to hear my brother explain something to me, as a guy 3 stalls away fired.

Never doing that again lmao

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u/actionbooth Sep 23 '22

I have beige colored foamies, they are pretty invisible cause I wear them pretty deep. She could be wearing those.

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u/R1CHQK Sep 23 '22

Probably the beats she has in her ears. This woman does not belong at a shooting range. I wonder how well placed those shots were 🤔

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u/justMeTee Sep 23 '22

Clashed with her outfit.

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u/Pkrudeboy Sep 23 '22

Damn you tinnitus, you’re a cruel mistress!

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u/UGECK Sep 23 '22

That’s what I was thinking. Thoroughly unimpressed.

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u/Gustomaximus Sep 23 '22

Its ok, seems the type who only speaks and never listens.

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u/jbl0ggs Sep 23 '22

Not her fault, she's few rounds short of a full clip.

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u/Protagorum Sep 23 '22

Small calibers aren’t as loud

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u/Demonweed Sep 23 '22

Isn't a derringer ear protection enough?

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

Short barrels are louder

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u/WiseConfidence8818 Sep 23 '22

Earplugs. Military use them all the time. Good ones not the recent allow hearing easily until loud noise is present.

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u/reallynotanyonehere Sep 23 '22

There's no such thing as ear protection that looks cool.

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u/MemeFortressTwo Sep 23 '22

Stupud short barrel, and what I assume is probably a .38 special = Permanent EEEEEEEEEEEE

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u/Rightintheend Sep 23 '22

I need to hear what tits like that

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u/augustprep Sep 23 '22

It's a .22 I have the same Derringer.

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u/stoneoldbean Sep 23 '22

Didn't you hear the shot? This is for instagram!

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u/Barbados_slim12 Sep 23 '22

She pointed a loaded gun at her chin. I don't think her judgment is all there. That being said it's a pretty small gun and she's outside. I'm guessing it shoots .22 based on the size(maybe 38 acp?) which is a relatively quiet round. Maybe her hearing is so fucked from regularly doing this she only hears bubble wrap when shooting

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u/Mexguit Sep 23 '22

In her bosom

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

That’s just part of one of the “do they have any safety rules in place” pie.

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u/Mr_mad_space Sep 23 '22

Unless your shooting a large gun or in large quantities you don’t really need ear protection.

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u/CyberneticPanda Sep 23 '22

I wondered that too, but I guess it's less necessary (but not unnecessary) at an outdoor range.

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u/tinymonesters Sep 23 '22

Whores are air production? What?

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u/Constant_Emphasis_22 Sep 23 '22

At home with her bra

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u/piyabati Sep 23 '22

Everyone's criticizing the individual, but I'm wondering about the gun range here. Apparently they DGAF about any kind of safety protocol whatsoever.

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u/thefriendlycouple Sep 23 '22

She has cotton in her head

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u/youngskywalker1991 Sep 23 '22

I think what she need is tit protection

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u/BingoBongoBang Sep 23 '22

Badasses don’t need ear protection

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u/MichaelEmouse Sep 23 '22

After a while, hearing loss becomes its own free ear protection.

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u/scientifictamale Sep 23 '22

MAWP!MAWP!MAWP!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I'd ask her, but I think all she can hear is "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

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u/LurkersGoneLurk Sep 23 '22

I shot a .44 magnum without ear protection. Outside. I thought someone hit me in the head with a bat.

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u/GeneralDisorder Sep 23 '22

I fired a few dozen rounds out of my .44 without ear-pro a couple times. Dumb! Would not recommend. In fact I'd recommend against it.

I also went to the range one day and when I got there I opened up my ammo can and realized "shit! No muffs. What about my backup plugs? Fuck! No plugs either! Fuck it. I'm gonna shoot something". Fired 30 rounds out of my SKS. By the time the magazine was empty I didn't want to shoot anymore.

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u/ipodplayer777 Sep 23 '22

I’ve shot .357 mag without ear pro. Indoor range only had foamies and they weren’t fitting right so I didn’t bother pushing them into my ear. I now own my own ear pro. Shit hurt

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u/Prankishmanx21 Sep 23 '22

The worst one for me was when I was about 15. I spent the better part of the day shooting my .22. My ears were ringing for the next 2 or 3 days. A .22 isn't loud but it adds up and that crack it makes is piercing.

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u/Lord_Abort Sep 23 '22

I knew of a guy who had his GF's ex break into his place with a tire iron. His nightstand gun was a .357 mag revolver with some kinda pissing hot defensive loads. Long story short, he shot the guy in the shoulder and basically separated his arm from his body before he died from the blood loss, but now he's almost completely deaf in one ear and just mostly deaf in the other.

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u/LurkersGoneLurk Sep 25 '22

That’s shitty, all around.

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u/-240p Sep 23 '22

The first time I shot a .357 was outside with no ear protection. I had experience with guns, so I expected it to be very loud. I didnt expect it to be the loudest shit in the whole universe, but it totally was.

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u/Drumlin Sep 23 '22

“Did your face hurt?”

-Dad

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u/FordBeeblebrox Sep 23 '22

I had a .22 for plinking prairie dogs and grandpa would let me use his six-shooter sometimes. Shot it from inside the cab of the truck a couple times…do not recommend. Movies get that all the way wrong

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u/AccountThatNeverLies Sep 23 '22

9mil is not that bad. It's like a scratch inside the ears.

Never heard more than one round without earpro though, I heard after a few controlled pairs you just can't hear anymore for a while.

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u/Corsavis Sep 23 '22

Always makes me laugh in movies when someone pulls out a .44 or .357 or something, indoors, blams a couple dudes in the elevator, and walks out without blood pouring from their ears

"We've gotta run!"

WAT?

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u/ShelSilverstain Sep 23 '22

The people who buy large caliber handguns, or even AR variants, for home defense think their TV is worth more than their hearing

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u/Keudn883 Sep 23 '22

Nah, the best is this clip from that Doomsday Prepper show which was full of nothing but lunatics. These guys fire high powered rifles in a confined space and hilarity ensues:

https://youtu.be/wHOog45llUU?t=60

Best part of this show is how many of these preppers believed in crazy end of world scenarios but only like one or two of them were focused on an actual pandemic.

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u/the_potato_of_doom Sep 25 '22

only show I know to account for this is archer were all the characters have terrible tinnitus and have to shout things at eacher like 3 times in a row by the end of it

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u/ModsDontLift Sep 23 '22

"Target acquired, Tom" makes me cringe every time

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u/Myattemptatlogic Oct 14 '22

Lmao no shit it's acquired, it's stationary

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u/JamesCodaCoIa Sep 23 '22

/u/ChaseShep77, I've got a TV proposal for you...

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u/TOYPAJ_Yellow_15 Sep 23 '22

Actual smart preppers would never go on a show like that anyway though, is kind of the issue.

Like, preppers typically don't advertise or ever show off that they ARE preppers. Most of their friends and family don't even know. These guys are idiots AND vain, like congrats if SHTF everyone who watches the show knows where you are.

I'm not a prepper per-se, I'm prepared but not OCD levels. I've got a box of candles, some ceramic armor and soft armor, and a reserve 48pk of toilet paper and two 32pks of water. I keep two bags of dog food ready for my pups and that's it. I'm willing to bet most people would be fine for a week.

Plus, for these guys, if you're going to LARP as a fucking survivalist you'd think the gym would be a part of that too. These guys are just side-mission loot drops if things actually capped off lmao

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u/MatureUsername69 Sep 23 '22

I'm dying at your prep stash being candles, armor, toilet paper, and dog food. "What about the stuff you need to live?" "That's what the armor is for"

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u/TOYPAJ_Yellow_15 Sep 25 '22

I'm 6'5", all body armor is doing for me in a scenario like this is ensuring a bleed out slower, tbh.

But yeah I have more stuff obviously, I always have enough food to last about two weeks but it's not prepper adjacent it's just I don't let my food get too low, so it didn't seem relevant lol.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Sep 23 '22

The armor just seems so extreme next to the candles and the tp lol

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u/TOYPAJ_Yellow_15 Sep 25 '22

The body armor is because I go to a lot of protests, it's not specifically for not dying in an emergency just me and my fiance are pretty political lmao

And as far as food, I've always got a fuck ton of beans and corn and rice for some reason. Like, we always end up with food we have NEVER eaten in our house somehow and I don't understand it, but I've also been an IF nerd and have done extended fasts. I've gone two weeks on snake oil and have the stuff to make it, my fiance is the only one who I worry about. If we don't have help within like a week shit is fucked beyond the amount I care to live through anyway, given it's not a natural disaster. But a natural disaster bad enough to do that is 99/100 forewarned and we would leave, so this is for the hypothetical somebody did some fuckery/boogaloo boys are trying to take out the ABC 3 and we're eating more of a shit sandwich than I want to endure.

Also, I have a ratty ass M&P Shield that my dumbass picked up in .40 so economically it's probably more cost effective to just throw the gun at somebody than actually shoot them.

And if SHTF bad enough, I have a giant red crowbar and I'm prone to long bouts of silence IRL.

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u/Mikeisright Sep 23 '22

To their credit, every dog owner knows they themselves would be fine with missing a few meals, but mutiny would ensue if your dog's bowl was empty for more than a few hours after their scheduled feed time lol

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u/Fisticus1 Sep 23 '22

I call BS. There aren’t cats we’re talking about here. Cats without food, now that scares me.

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u/MatureUsername69 Sep 23 '22

Yeah my cat is so specific about what she'll eat. In a real doomsday scenario I could feed my dog whatever I'm eating. That said I would still get extra dog food in a doomsday scenario.

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u/Fun_Acanthisitta1399 Sep 23 '22

WHAAAAT!?

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u/Hampamatta Sep 23 '22

Mawp, mawp, mawp.

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u/Corsavis Sep 23 '22

ᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉᵉ

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I had a guy empty an ak about six feet from me when I didn’t have ear protection….if I’d have had a bat…

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u/Bigred2989- Sep 23 '22

I shot a .308 without earpro in a hunting blind like an idiot a few years ago. I still get intermittent ringing in my right ear every now and then.

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u/Thorusss Sep 23 '22

hunting blind

what is that? Is that legal?

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u/casualrocket Sep 23 '22

its a small temporary structure used to hide from animals. can be anything from a chair 30 feet up to a small building

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u/Its_Than_Idiot Sep 23 '22

I once fired 3 shots out of a ported 3" .357 at a rabid coyote. Afterwards I wished I'd just let the coyote get me.

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u/neighborduck Sep 23 '22

let the coyote get me

Are you a midget or a child??

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u/LurkersGoneLurk Sep 23 '22

We were at a buddy’s farm when I gang banged my head with that .44.

Got to shoot a suppressed .22. That’s more my style.

And I think I was 0-12 on clays.

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u/Its_Than_Idiot Sep 23 '22

Whoever let you shoot that 44 without ear pro was kind of a knob, haha.

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u/MisterDonkey Sep 23 '22

My uncle was like that. Let us shoot rifles without ear muffs. Dick move.

Pretty sure it did some permanent damage.

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u/LurkersGoneLurk Sep 23 '22

I’m sure I was being “tough”.

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u/HerrForeskin Sep 23 '22

She’s too cool (slow) for it.

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

Slow on the draw and slow mentally

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u/DynamicHunter Sep 23 '22

Earrings more important I guess

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

No pun intended, right?

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u/DynamicHunter Sep 23 '22

Haha I didn’t realize that until you pointed it out

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u/Astonedwalrus13 Sep 23 '22 edited Sep 23 '22

That’s a pretty small derringer, maybe .22 or .38 Definitely should still wear some but it shouldn’t cause permanent injuries unless it was a constant sound.

Edit: I think I can see ear plugs in and they look a bit purple so I think she is wearing some, like 80% positive but probably wrong haha

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u/Southern_Dentist7225 Sep 23 '22

I’ve had this really stupid question ever since I was a child (don’t worry, no one has ever let me hold a gun): if you shoot a gun into the air, can it still kill someone on its way back down?

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u/Myattemptatlogic Oct 14 '22

Technically, with some insane variables together, it might be possible?

But if you fire it straight up, assuming no wind/outside variables, it's not going to fall back on you any faster than terminal velocity, so it would hurt but definitely should not kill you lol.

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u/Astonedwalrus13 Sep 26 '22

It depends on a variety of factors, simple answer yes it can potentially kill. But it depends on weight, wind, velocity, the shooting arc and a whole lot of other factors, but yes a large enough caliber projectile can kill on its way down.

You’re better off not finding out hahahaha

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u/WTFNameIsntTaken Sep 23 '22

It's a bond arms. Have one, and extra barrels, even a 22 version. It's loud AF with any caliber, tiny sights, and can shoot 410 on down. It's a riot, but assuming it's small caliber would be wrong, it's just a tiny gun that can shoot multiple. Usually have mine in 410 mode for its intended use on the ranch, a pocket snake gun.

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u/Astonedwalrus13 Sep 23 '22

Wow that sounds nice, I’m an Australian so I can’t have pistols especially anything this concealable without running the seven circles of hell gauntlet of paperwork for the licenses

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u/Flynn_Kevin Sep 23 '22

Way more recoil than .22. Probably .38 or 9mm.

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u/smootex Sep 23 '22

No shot that's a .38 or 9mm. Look at the size of the barrel.

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u/Astonedwalrus13 Sep 23 '22

Hmmmmmmm, I think 9mm would be a bit big maybe. I was thinking 38 auto so a little shorter than the 9 but fairly similar size projectile

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u/Lord_Abort Sep 23 '22

Bond Arms makes em in 357 and 45 Long Colt

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

Recoil didn’t look too bad despite her horrible form, you’re right

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u/phathomthis Sep 23 '22

Definitely a small caliber. from the barrel size I'd say likely a .22 or .25. I shoot those without earpro as they're not very loud.

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u/Myattemptatlogic Oct 14 '22

It's a Bond Arms, shoots both .45 and 410 shells. It's loud as fuck lol.

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u/picode-gallo Sep 23 '22

I mean I have one with the same barrel length that shoots .357 magnum.

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u/starpocalypse Sep 23 '22

they’re outside, and it looks like a reasonably empty range. do you expect her to have ear protection when she conceal carries, too?

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

Gunshots are still loud. Doesn’t matter if it’s a .22 or 12 gauge. I always use ear pro. In a self defence situation, there’s no choice but not to, this is a controlled environment.

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u/starpocalypse Sep 23 '22

yes you’re right, that’s totally fair. I see now in hindsight it would better to avoid hurting ourselves if we can manage it

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u/ConMastaLee Sep 23 '22

My buddy has a gun like that and it barely goes pop when fired. Still a good idea to have ear protection though.

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u/MulletofLegend Sep 23 '22

Doesn't need any. She never listens to anyone anyways.

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u/RogueVogueDino Sep 23 '22

Where’s her what?

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u/Kisha76K Sep 23 '22

You don't wear ear protection when the whole point of being there is because you think you look like a badass

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u/RemlikDahc Sep 23 '22

Huh!? Wha? Oh! Deer reaction! Sorry can't hear!

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u/Mitrovarr Sep 23 '22

Ouch! Those tiny guns are super loud, too. Nothing to damp the sound...

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u/Reynbuckets Sep 23 '22

She’s doing it for the glitz and glamour. Ear protection wouldn’t look cool enough for her Instagram followers.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I cant cum tribute on my ipad if she wears ear protection

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u/fireguy0306 Sep 23 '22

I wish I hadn’t read that

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '22

I dont actually have an ipad. I printed her picture on paper

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Sep 23 '22

WHAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?

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u/DeepFriedDrywall Sep 23 '22

Twat? I cunt hear you, I have an ear infucktion

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u/soundbyteQQ Sep 23 '22

Whattttttt?

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u/xomns13 Sep 23 '22

Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

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u/MrEpicMustache Sep 23 '22

Tittinus, anyone?

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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Sep 23 '22

As someone who has only mild tinnitus, I would not wish it upon anybody

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u/Old_Travel8423 Sep 23 '22

NO THANKS IVE ALREADY GOT SOMEEEeeeeeee

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u/snakerjake Sep 23 '22

What'd you say?

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u/grayrains79 Sep 23 '22

Tittinus, anyone?

MEEP, MEEP!

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u/Gatorae Sep 23 '22

She racked that gun.

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u/RockG Sep 23 '22

Mwap. Mwap!

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u/LeukemiaSkywalker51 Sep 23 '22

Huh, say again?

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u/DefNotMyNSFWLogin Sep 23 '22

Or like that time you're issued what look like cool ear plugs, but they didn't actually work.

Doing construction work and shooting big guns are a bad combination as well. Ever stand next to someone shooting an AT-4, at what you think is a good distance without wearing your ear pro? You're never far enough I learned.

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u/bpw0 Sep 23 '22

Hi! I'm here to let you know about the class action lawsuit against 3M!

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u/DefNotMyNSFWLogin Sep 23 '22 edited Sep 24 '22

Yeah, but any time I see it being advertised lately it looks like super shady scam shit now. Especially on Turdbook.

I am assume there had to be a cutoff point for signing up? First time I saw commercials for it, was like back in 2019.

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u/Potato-Demon Sep 23 '22

I usually double up, earplugs and muffs

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u/Thorusss Sep 23 '22

This is the way I even fly, plugs and noise cancelling headphones. So much more relaxing. (For shock sounds, you real muffs though)

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u/DefNotMyNSFWLogin Sep 23 '22 edited Sep 23 '22

Yeah, I'll admit when I was going through combat school at 19, I wasn't that worried about all that non-sense.

I would use my vest to prop up nicely in the bleachers in-between shooting, and be able to sleep through 40 m4's shooting at once with no protection. Gotta be able to be hear when it's your turn to shoot again haha.

Luckily my tinnitus is pretty moderate.

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u/kookyabird Sep 23 '22

For now... I had mild tinnitus from god knows what. Did a trial run of an SSRI and it made it worse. It has not gone back to previous levels. There's a whole world of soft sounds that are now hidden to me.

I've always worn ear pro when at the range. Doubling up for the big guns or indoor ranges. Worn it while working with loud power tools. Not gone to crazy loud concerts. Fucking sucks.

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u/DefNotMyNSFWLogin Sep 24 '22

Yeah, I usually always wore protection as well. I was also a Seabee, so I also worked with a lot of power tools and heavy equipment, on top of the guns.

Not sure exactly when it started, it just kinda snuck up on me. It was before I got out though. Got the service connected disability for it, among other things.

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u/Ganon2012 Sep 23 '22

Mawp. Mawp.

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u/12altoids34 Sep 23 '22

What ?

(Grin)

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u/this_guy_here_says Sep 23 '22

Maaaahhhp maaaaahhhp

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u/Guac__is__extra__ Sep 23 '22

I was almost “that guy” who corrected your spelling. Then I got your clever joke.

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u/fliphat Sep 23 '22

Very cleaver indeed

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u/MrEpicMustache Sep 23 '22

Titeeeeeeeeeee

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u/some_user_2021 Sep 23 '22

A Tite lo entierran hoy

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u/AvaritiaLTD Sep 23 '22

My thoughts

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u/OblivionGuard13 Sep 23 '22

She already deaf as a doorknob

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u/helthrax Sep 23 '22

Also dumb as a door knob.

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u/BeastOGevaudan Sep 23 '22

With her holster.

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u/Remote-Airline-3703 Sep 23 '22

Prolly not the first shooter that’s been in there

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u/Lookkidsbigben_ Sep 23 '22

I mean tbh I’ve known a lot of people that go to the range and more often than not people don’t wear it

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u/Slider_0f_Elay Sep 23 '22

I have never seen a real range that doesn't require ear protection. Most will let you slide with sunglasses for eye protection.

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u/Lookkidsbigben_ Sep 23 '22

Private range in New England

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u/Slider_0f_Elay Sep 23 '22

Sounds like you know a bunch of very old school or very dim people. I remember people bitching about being forced to wear ear protection back in the 90s but mostly because the ear protection then sucked and they still knew it was a good idea in general.

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u/Lookkidsbigben_ Sep 23 '22

Yeah sadly it’s a combo of both

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u/12altoids34 Sep 23 '22

I've never been to a range that doesn't require you to wear them. There's an outdoor range near me but I've never been to that one. I've been yelled at a few times. I'm hard of hearing as it is so I took off my ear protection to try and hear what my friend was saying and immediately got yelled at.

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u/cra2reddit Sep 23 '22

Is there a linkage between gun ranges and stupidity?

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u/Lookkidsbigben_ Sep 23 '22

In New England for sure

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u/Jim3535 Sep 23 '22 • Silver

It's like a salt-lick for idiots

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u/AgreeablePie Sep 23 '22

I mean, she's flagging everyone in the zip code, I would be more worried for them

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u/Myattemptatlogic Oct 14 '22

Bruh she flags herself fishing it out too lmao. Thing is pointed directly at her throat for a second there.

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u/uncannyinferno Sep 22 '22

Eye protection ate up the budget

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u/Gloomy__Revenue Sep 23 '22

The LV necklace too

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u/pliers_worldwide Sep 22 '22

That doesn't look cool. Ear protection is SO yesterday

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u/Tdayohey Sep 23 '22

Safety’s sexy

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u/nemo1080 Sep 23 '22

Neither did that really slow boob draw or 10 seconds to Fire Two Shots

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u/ZippyTheRoach Sep 23 '22

Had to give the viewers time to get their shot off

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