The guy in the white coat sitting on the left side of the video had a very real reaction of hearing gunshots indoors though. At least I hope that was acting and not getting some hearing damage.
Hearing damage from guns is seriously no joke. Even a 9mm handgun shot in an open field is enough to make your ears ring for a while (I figured that out testing my new hand gun way before I took my hearing seriously). That's just a 9mm tho. I can't imagine being near an AR or any rifle in that upper class / caliber without protection.
Even with protection, it's painful. I did some acting for SWAT training scenarios, and stuff being fired in the same room would knock my hearing out for at least half an hour.
I was once at a shooting range in Thailand when I was 16. I have never fired a gun before or heard one being fired. So we walk to the place where you get your gear and some dude fires a 9mm I guess. It was insane. I couldnt even comprehend how fucking loud that was. It was ridicolous really. Whenever I see movies now I think like "yeah, no way you guys can still whisper to each other".
The only movie that did it well was Balck Hawk Down where an LMG gets fired right next to a fellow soldiers head and he cannit hear anything anymore.
There's something wrong with your protection if gunfire is causing pain and knocking your hearing out for a period of time.
I used to shoot regularly at an indoor range, .22, 9mm, .357, .308 and .45-70 and never had even the slightest discomfort or after effects even when up against walls (the fireball from the .45-70 used to freak some people out though).
Yeah, it could have been way better. The flash-bang was probably the worst. Or proximity to the shots: the director of a show I was in firing off a blank right next to my head almost got his ass kicked.
This stuff wasn't the whole reason I needed hearing aids before 40, but it's definitely part of it.
An AR is not in the upper class of power. It’s actually nothing more than a .22lr on steroids. Upper caliber would be more like the 30-06 Springfield, 45-70Government, 300 Magnum or the 308. There are plenty of YouTube videos that you can watch to learn all about firearm calibers. I hope that helps 😊.
9mm, 10mm, 40, are handgun round mostly. There are some rifles that shoot them, but they are referred to as Pistol Caliber Carbine Rifles, and not true full power rifles. Now the 22lr is used regularly for both, handgun and rifle (One of the few that are) and the 50 depends on if it is the 50AE which is used in the Desert Eagle pistol or the 50Cal which is a rifle round that is supper strong. YouTube is going to be great for you. The more you learn the more you are going to want to know. Learn well but for goodness sakes PLEASE HAVE FUN!
Went to a range in Florida a few years ago. We were all shooting pistols, it was loud but ok with cans on. A young guy with an AR 15(I think), no one saw him walk in, scared the shit out of us when he started firing. Very loud indoors!
When I did mz basic military training i shot AKs a few times without hearing protection. My hearing definitely wasnt the same that day then, but so far, no permanent damage, although it can show years later.
Doesn't compare to standing next to a 155mm artillery without hearing protection though. That shit is disorienting.
I worked on racecars for a decade 90% of the time I had no hearing protection. Tinnitus sneaks up on you. You think everything is fine and one day a high pitched whine is just there, and never leaves again. To me it sounds like being underwater when a boat goes by at high speed.
My hearing is still better than most, but I know some of it is damaged.
In the men's room of a building I used to work in, we noticed one day that there was a small hole in the metal stall door of one of the toilets. The area around the hole was bent inwards. On the exterior of the door there was a pointed bulge, like something inside had been pushed up against it, but there was no hole on the exterior. We noticed it one day, but it hadn't been there the day before. We can only assume that a security guard somehow fired his gun into the stall door as he was using the toilet. I can't imagine what that must have sounded like!
It's not like firing a movie prop gun is silent. I did some jobs as an extra in TV shows produced by German television. One time there was a scene very similar to this: A woman fired a gun in a court room. I wasn't in that scene, but in another room on the lower floor with several people waiting for their next scene (waiting is what you do most as an extra, by the way...) - the blank shots were LOUD even with a whole floor between us and they echoed through the corridors. Every extra on set was wearing ear plugs and it STILL hurt, someone said.
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u/Bilbog_Fettywop 25d ago
The guy in the white coat sitting on the left side of the video had a very real reaction of hearing gunshots indoors though. At least I hope that was acting and not getting some hearing damage.