Earmuff suggestions

[bubbiesdad]

I usually wear both,especially at indoor ranges.

Or when shooting shotguns, or high power rifles.

[smithra89]

Howard Leights have worked well for me. Seem to be available most everywhere gun stuff is sold (gun shops, academy, etc...) which is great. I've also used Shure SE315 earphones with great success. Pretty expensive little headphones but music sounds great through them and they double nicely as shooting earbuds. They come with several different ear bud attachments and the cord disconnects from the earpiece.

[Cannon Fodder]

I use a pair of these.

http://www.academy.c..._-1?N=329210428

I can still hear decently with them on. When I bought them they had the highest NRR of anything I looked at.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Cannon Fodder

[GKar]

Have used these for trap shooting...lot of the guys I shoot with use them too:

http://www.gamaliel.com/earplugs/radians-custom-molded-ear-plugsdo-it-yourself-kit.asp

If you pay attention to the directions when molding them to your ear, you get a great fit. My current pair is over two years old, and I still get a tight fit - you almost have to pry them out. I shoot about 7000 rounds of 12 gauge a year, and these give a real good level of protection. Plus, they are completely flush with your ear, so no difficulties with stock fit, headgear, etc.

[creeky]

http://www.midwayusa...nrr-22-db-green

Been using these for a while now. Zero complaints.

Have a pair of these. Their great! No complaints. Would by them again in a heartbeat.

[Dennis1209]

I use Peltor Tactical 7S. In an indoor range, or if a range neighbor is using a hand cannon, I'll use foam plugs under them.

http://www.midwayusa...s-nrr-24db-gray

Same here. It's nice to be able to hear range commands during IDPA matches. I can only get about 12 hours of use out of each 9 volt battery though.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Have used these for trap shooting...lot of the guys I shoot with use them too:

http://www.gamaliel....ourself-kit.asp

If you pay attention to the directions when molding them to your ear, you get a great fit. My current pair is over two years old, and I still get a tight fit - you almost have to pry them out. I shoot about 7000 rounds of 12 gauge a year, and these give a real good level of protection. Plus, they are completely flush with your ear, so no difficulties with stock fit, headgear, etc.

Thanks GKar. Didn't know a "home moldable" earplug is available.

[GKar]

YW! They are really easy to use: kit comes with two containers of a putty-like material (one white, one with the color you've chosen). You take one-half of the material out of each container, knead them together (think mixing epoxy), roll into a little sausage and place into your ear, pressing and molding until you get a good seal. Leave that one in till it cures well on the outside (about 15 min or so), carefully remove and WALLA!...you're done. Repeat for the other ear. And at only about $12 a set, replacement dont break the bank.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

YW! They are really easy to use: kit comes with two containers of a putty-like material (one white, one with the color you've chosen). You take one-half of the material out of each container, knead them together (think mixing epoxy), roll into a little sausage and place into your ear, pressing and molding until you get a good seal. Leave that one in till it cures well on the outside (about 15 min or so), carefully remove and WALLA!...you're done. Repeat for the other ear. And at only about $12 a set, replacement dont break the bank.

Thanks that sounds neat. When I got custom molded plugs at the audiologist, they would squirt some kind of stinky expanding cold foam in the ear which would set up in a couple of minutes then the audiologist would send them off to a lab to be duplicated in rubber. Those were for the Etymotics "flat frequency response" attenuator inserts, though, so in addition to being a proper copy of the ear canal, they also needed a small hole drilled all the way thru, and a little rubber "socket" molded to the outside surface, needed to snap in the little plastic etymotics inserts which are shaped like a small shirt collar button or whatever.

I think some companies were selling something "quasi-home-fit" where they would send you a tube of the foam goop, you would spray it in yer ear (maybe better if wife sprays it in the ear) and then you ship off the casts without having to involve the audiologist.

Was just thinking, I quit using my etymotics ER-15 because the earplugs shrunk and didn't have a good fit, so maybe I could use that stuff to make a replacement set of plugs for my etymotics inserts. Also, along the same lines, maybe make good fitting plugs for my Etymotics hi-fi earbuds. You can hire out custom molded plugs for those as well, but I never got around to it.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Lester Weevils