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Old April 19, 2013, 10:35 AM   #51
Bartholomew Roberts
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Just to clarify the sound levels involved:

An unsuppressed 16" .223 would be around 160 decibels.
Suppressed with a high quality suppressor that same .223 is about 130 decibels.

According to OSHA, that is about the same sound level as being 100m from a jet during takeoff.

At a sound level of 101 decibels (suppressor and earplugs), you are still 16 decibels above the threshold OSHA considers safe for exposure to intermittent sounds 8 hours a day.
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