Hearing protection

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Ross Smith posted this 25 October 2024

The comb on my benchrest stocks is too high for use with earmuffs. So I use ear plugs. They work great but do irritate my ears. Has anyone else tried shaving down the comb so it doesn't hit their muffs?

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Tom Acheson posted this 25 October 2024

Probably depends on the rifle and what it’s made of. Would that action ruin the resale value?

Long ago I bought custom fit ear plugs. Not irritating and no stock interference. But…I lost one. Today they cost $150/ear!

Tom

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Shuz posted this 25 October 2024

No, I haven't shaved a stock, but I  have used a set of ear muffs by Peltor which have a   very low profile. Have you tried that type?

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RicinYakima posted this 25 October 2024

I use a pair made for skeet shooters that are thinner on the bottom. Also those without microphones are a lot thinner also. 

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pat i posted this 26 October 2024

Like Shuz said above I'd look into a low profile muff before messing with shaving the stock because once it's shaved there's no turning back.

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Aaron posted this 26 October 2024

Wax ear plugs.

With rifle in hand, I confidently go forth into the darkness.

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Boschloper posted this 26 October 2024

What kind of plugs are usually using?  I have used the throw away foam plugs for years with no irritation.  No problem with the stock and the noise reduction rating is higher than most muffs.

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Lucky1 posted this 26 October 2024

If it's a scoped rifle, maybe try some taller mounts so you can raise your cheek position?

Scott Ingle

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Sevenfan posted this 28 October 2024

I can't wear muffs due to stock contact either. I use Howard Leight "LaserLite" disposables and prefer them to muffs.

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DanLH posted this 29 October 2024

I bought my second set of custom fit ear plugs at the Tulsa gun show a few years ago for $40. Not sure if they still attend that show. You have to sit for a spell while they set up in your ears.

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Tom Acheson posted this 29 October 2024

Our annual largest March gun show in the Twin Cities used to have a vendor doing what Dan describes. But in March 2020 as we  were setting up for the show, our gun loving governor, Tim Walz, issued the eddict that if your gathering was more than 20 people you could not have the gathering. So the gun show was cancelled. 

Then after the Covid thing settled down, the show was no longer allowed on the State Fairgrounds, as it had been for many years. The reason given was liability concerns, despite the MN Weapons Collctors Assn. having its own liability show insurance. The hearing vendor, along with gun owners, lost its venue, so the custom ear plugs are no longer an option. If you go to Miracle Ear or some other similar vendor, the cost is $150/ear.

I have my own spculation as to why the show was suddenly person non grata. But you might have the suspicion how much influence our governor had on the show prohibition.

If I buy a new pair, I will have them on the "string"....harder to lose.

Tom

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 30 October 2024

Like Dan, I had mine done at a gun show.  Don't remember the exact cost, but it wasn't more than $50.  Look for "custom molded ear plugs near me."  Should be well under $100 a pair.  I had mine made blaze orange and on a cord.  Haven't lost them yet...

Just noticed Walmart and MidwayUSA have do-it-yourself kits for $26 and $14 respectively, if you're adventurous.

Glenn

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Ed Harris posted this 30 October 2024

I buy the MSA disposable foam plugs at Tractor Supply and wear them under my muffs for the louder stuff.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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OU812 posted this 31 October 2024

My mother cannot hear well and sometimes I lose my temper because I have to talk louder and repeat myself so she can understand. Everybody please be patient...I know it's hard to do.

My wife has MS and I constantly have to repeat myself so she understands. Everybody please be patient...I am going crazy.

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Brodie posted this 01 November 2024

I bought a pair of custom plugs at the shotgun range.  They were made from a softer polymer and worked extremely well for all of my shooting, but I think they are gone now, it was 40 years ago.  

I would not buy 150 $ ear plugs.  Anybody who sells them for that high a price is cheating the public.   I know what it takes to make them, and the material costs are insufficient to warrant that high a price.  

B.E.Brickey

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max503 posted this 01 November 2024

3M Skull Screws.

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Urny posted this 02 November 2024

3M Skull Screws are excellent. I buy them in boxes of a hundred sets at welding/industrial safety supply shops.

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Ross Smith posted this 05 November 2024

I bought a set of the custom fit ear plugs. They work OK, but I get better dampening with the ribbed type push ins. I try skull screws next.

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RicinYakima posted this 05 November 2024

I have had my ribbed silicone ones since AIT at Ft Polk in 1968. They are much better than cigarettes filters and have lasted a LONG time and still work. The only down side is I have worn out the threads on the clear plastic case, but the bead chain has held.  

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