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Originally Posted by FOG
Noise! For anyone who has not shot indoors your unprotected hearing is in danger. Your odds of hearing damage is greater with a rifle round (higher pressure and volume) than a pistol. A suppressor certainly helps.
S/F, FOG
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This is no joke. Shooting a 5.56 SBR with a comp/brake, indoors, is irritating with earplugs AND ear muffs on.
Even most cans out there won't bring a 10.3" SBR down to "hearing safe" levels (and certainly not "Hollywood quiet"), but it's sure better than no-can.
I believe that is one of the primary reasons that .300BLK has become so popular. That is the closest thing to "Hollywood quiet" I've heard from any suppressed center-fire rifle-caliber round so far.