lose a little hearing or lose you life, your call
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So nobody has ever defended themselves with something less than a shotgun?
Ha..anyone that’s been in a gunfight has so much adrenaline going that they sometimes don’t hear the gunshots. Auditory exclusion, tunnel vision, shitting your pants (unloading ballast), are all natural reactions. I’m not worried about my ears if their is a goblin in my front sight picture.
Depending on age half your hearing is already gone. Hubbie’s is High Freq Fight Deck, mine is Low Freq surgery damage. Both wear hearing aids. If it’s night 1 of us will hear the dogs, he’s better with the 12 guage with the short barrel and pistol grip, I’m better with the pistol, but looking to move from a Tauraus Ultra Lite Revolver to a SW 462 Hammerless becausen Thumb surgery has left me with a Frozen Thumb, and limited Index finger, the trigger can have the trigger pull lightened, but not the Hammer.