don't stuff foam plug in your ears

[dam8]

Do yourself a favor, get fitted with custom plugs. I still will wear low profile muffs, but 90 % of the time, customs are it for me. I was fitted the other day by h.e.a.r.safe.and I couldn't be happier.
p.s. I'm not affiliated with or an employee, just want everyone to save what hearing they have left.

 

[MichaelJ]

what?!?!!?!

 

[vellnueve]

I wear cheap foam earplugs with 30 NRR and then my 30 NRR Remington earmuffs over them. I had custom made ones back when I worked at a skeet range, but they've since gone missing and they really didn't do as a good a job as the cheapo ones did.

 

[dam8]

Doubling up is good when shooting hi power indoors. My problem, and I'm sure the same problem as many, one foamie is usually falling out. So rubbing again between your fingers and try again. This puts a lot of dirt in your ears, or in my case at work, just give up.
Use what works best for you.

 

[Twigg]

I thought this thread was about stuck ear plugs. ( Hey, it happens ! )

Usually I wear over-the-ear protection unless I want to wear a hat, then I switch to in-the-ear.

 

[depicts]

I use double protection nowadays at the range. First I take my hearing aids off. Then I put on a pair of electronic muffs. http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/images/emoticons/010.gif

 

[FalArAk]

I had to use my Swiss Army tweezers to pull out some foam earplugs a buddy of mine shoved into his ear way too far.He was drunk and I guess he didn't realize how far he shoved them in.

A good time was had by all !

 

[dwarven1]

I had to use my Swiss Army tweezers to pull out some foam earplugs a buddy of mine shoved into his ear way too far.

What the hell was he doing shooting while he was drunk??? And why the hell were you anywhere near?!

 

[Twigg]

...He was drunk

...A good time was had by all !

Lucky for you !

 

[FunYun]

I use some plastic/rubber baffled re-usable ones. They work great but they make my ears sore if they're in for more than an hour. I must be the tight fit.

 

[Rockrivr1]

I had a set of custom plugs made by the guy who's always at the Marlboro gun show. I got to be the circuis show as he pushed the material in my ears to make them. They are very simple and comfortable to wear and they absolutely cut the noise. I would recommend this guy to anyone who wants to get a pair. I never shoot indoors without them.

 

[FalArAk]

What the hell was he doing shooting while he was drunk??? And why the hell were you anywhere near?!

This wasn't at a range,we were camping/backpacking in the High Sierra's in CA.Don't tell me nobody has ever drank beers in the woods then shot the cans.

 

[dwarven1]

This wasn't at a range,we were camping/backpacking in the High Sierra's in CA.Don't tell me nobody has ever drank beers in the woods then shot the cans.

I never have. Nor done it when I was high, or even taking cough syrup!

 

[Cross-X]

This wasn't at a range,we were camping/backpacking in the High Sierra's in CA.Don't tell me nobody has ever drank beers in the woods then shot the cans.

Not to be too much of a stiff neck, but the fundamentals rules of gun safety don't somehow become more relaxed just because you and your buddies are out in the woods.

Mixing alcohol and firearms is just an accident waiting to happen. Don't do it.

If you have to drink and shoot, shoot the guns, put them away, storing them as you should, and then open a beer.

 

[FPrice]

I had a set of custom plugs made by the guy who's always at the Marlboro gun show. I got to be the circuis show as he pushed the material in my ears to make them. They are very simple and comfortable to wear and they absolutely cut the noise. I would recommend this guy to anyone who wants to get a pair. I never shoot indoors without them.

I have seen that guy and have often wondered if his product was as good as he claimed.

 

[Len-2A Training]

I have seen that guy and have often wondered if his product was as good as he claimed.

I've known the guy for a lot of years as we've talked at many gun shows.

His product is good, but there are some limitations due to the environment he's using to create them.

Having worked in the military-industrial complex for 11 years early in my career, where we "potted" a lot of electronics in vacuum jars, I understand the advantage of having earplugs made in a lab where this can be done to evacuate any tiny air bubbles in the mixture (that will adversely effect the level of ear protection). The gun show guy can't do that at the show. Also the "curing" process matters for longevity, again something that can be done in a lab but not at a gun show which closes in 2 hours.

Thus, I chose to have a hearing aide guy make my plugs professionally . . . he takes the mold and sends them out to be made in a lab under a vacuum jar. Cost is about $60-70 (allowing for inflation since I had them made), not a lot more than the ones at the show.

Do an advanced search here, probably in the equipment forum with my name as the author and you should find a lot of good info on this from ~15 months ago.