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Old March 12, 2013, 01:00 AM   #108
breakingcontact
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Re: Shooting a gun without ear protection

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Originally Posted by Mike Irwin View Post

You know, you REALLY have to wonder how anyone who served in the US military up through the 1970s ever came out of basic training without severe hearing damage
Our ear plugs would fall out. Its such a ridiculously macho culture or it was anyways that no one was going to set their rifle or machine gun down and put their plugs back in, you just tough it out. But that's how you get "artillery ears" too. Just being too macho.

I consider myself fortunate.
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