Been in a car when a weapon was discharged inside the car?

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I have to believe that most any weapon bigger than a .22, discharged inside a vehicle with occupants (with the muzzle inside the vehicle when discharged) Would likely break eardrums.

Anyone been in that situation?
 
Yes I have over the years and never had any real problems however when either a 44 or 357 discharged it did leave a ringing in the ear for a hour or two.
 
It shouldn't burst your eardrums completely, although some calibers like .454 or .460 might. Worst I've gotten in ringing in one ear for an hour or two, and this was with a .357.
 
I have never had it happen and pray that I don't ever. I already have tinninitis from shooting so much, that would probably solve that issue though, permanently. :eek:
 
Every incident of exposure to loud noise (past some unknown threshold) adds to damage to the system.

I, for many years, fired weapons of all sizes w/o hearing protection.

Ignorance combined with irrational belief in invincibility.

In my experience, hot .357 magnum loads were/are the worst.

For a long time I would have a ringing in my ears for a while until it would go away.

One day in the spring of 1993 I fired a few .357 rounds and my ears, as usual began to ring.

So far, they haven't stopped!

The damage is cumulative.

Friends don't allow friends to shoot w/o hearing protection.

Best,

Will
 
I went to a local range some years ago to sight in a .223. It started to rain, and since my pickup had a cap and carpeted floor in it, I backed it up to the 100 yd. line and took a prone position inside.

Well, in theory anyhow, it seemed like a good idea. I knew the report would be loud, and since I usually rely on muffs rather than plugs, I snapped the filters off a couple of cigarettes, stuffed 'em in my ears, and put muffs on over them.

Doggone! I will NEVER do that again :eek:! It was like a giant with a hammer in both hands hit me on both sides of my head. My ears rang for several days, and I'm pretty sure that, had I not had both "plugs" and muffs, I'd be speaking and reading in sign language today.
 
I've done it for post-IED vehicle evacuation training, but we used hearing protection.

Shot M9's from inside the vehicle, then M4's once outside.

The M9 inside the vehicle seemed about as loud as did the M4 outside. I'd imagine if the windows had been closed, the M9 might have seemed louder...
 
One year, some time ago, dad and I were road hunting while going from one spot to another. Its about noon or a little after and we hadn't seen a thing. He's board I guess and stops the truck and without a word, fires off a round from his 7mm Rem Mag from inside the cab. Luckily the barrel was outside the cab but my ears rang for days and all he found were two wings from that poor grouse.
 
I shot while the muzzle is in the car numerous times. Also I've shot inside many a building. Years ago, I did both sans ear protection some times. All type of different weapons- from handguns to rifles to .30cal MGs.

Now my hearing is pretty bad and I'm smart enough to use both plugs and muffs in enclosed spaces.
 
I had a Win.1897 12 gage go off in my squodcar when the hamer hit the electronik lock when I was putting it back in the car. Long story made short, There was a lot going on and I didn't take the time to unload. Well that was 40 years ago and the ringing in my head is louder than ever.
 
Yes - I've shot a .380 inside of a closed car.
I had ear muffs on & it wasn't any worse than shooting at an indoor range with hard/solid dividers between the lanes.

I had to "drill a hole" in the floor of a 1969 Dodge to hang the exhaust pipe.
It was too far for the extension cord to reach,,so,,,
 
I was sitting in the dorms studying and I heard a pop. Then a guy started yelling he had shot himself. 9MM. His ears were OK, the brains (Unfortunately) were not affected. He went on to pull another stupid stunt that almost cost a guy his life.

Coming back from pheasant hunting once. One of the guys was sitting in the rear, middle passenger seat with his finger on the trigger. We hit a bump and the gun went off. Blew a nice hole in the top of the car. Ears rang for a few days.

Had a flash bang grenade go off in a room once. Ears rang for a long time. Joker who did that was severely reprimanded and ended up getting a heck of a blanket party. His lumps went down about the time our hearing came back.

A lot of the buildings in Iraq and Kuwait were made of cement. When you fired inside those buildings, there was nothing to absorb the sound waves. If we could stick the barrel of our rifle out the window when we shot, it made things a little more pleasant, not much, but a little.
 
.22s, .380s, 9mms, .357 Mags, .44 Mags... (all fired by my father, or uncles). I had some really irresponsible role models. :rolleyes: They always tried to get the muzzle out, but... mistakes were made. :(

Yea, it hurts.


Had a flash bang grenade go off in a room once. Ears rang for a long time. Joker who did that was severely reprimanded and ended up getting a heck of a blanket party. His lumps went down about the time our hearing came back.
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I had a sim-grenade go off on my (enclosed) back porch, with the door to the house open. I was standing about 4 feet inside that door. Now, I know that I had a torn ear drum, but at the time... It was just a lot of pain. It took at least two weeks for the deafening ringing to stop, and about a year for my hearing to 'normalize' again.

The room mate that thought it was a good joke.... wasn't in the military for very long, afterward.
 
Luckily, i didn't make the trip when a friend accidentally/negligently discharged his 9mm through a friend's rear driver's side door from the inside at highway speeds, windows up, nissan sentra. Pants were checked, pistol was put in the trunk, and trip resumed. Luckily, all of the occupants were youngsters with decent hearing. It is my understanding they made the boy walk for a while. Now he is in the military, national guard i believe.
 
Had a guy load a remington model 11 in the front seat of my truck, he put one in the chamber and hit the bolt, slam, bang shot my truck. WAS VERY LOUD, HAD TO CHANGE MY SHORTS AFTER THAT.
 
On the job we took lunch break in a small worksite trailer, One of the pranksters had a M-80 firecracker in his hand and was toying with a lighter when the fuse started burning. He was told to put it away by all, well when the fuse started burning the door wasn't big enough for all the guys trying to exit then we heard the cackling. He had emptied the thing out and just enjoyed the show! I had my ears covered but I was thinking about the epistaxis that I was sure would come.
 
yea once,not me but but my brother.He took out his 357 mag and was playing with it.He pulled the trigger,blew out his passanger window and nearly blew both our ear drums.I couldn't hear for about 3 hours and dang was it painful.

I don't drive him anywhere nor will i ride anywhere with him EVER again.:mad:
 
TXAZ
Been in a car when a weapon was discharged inside the car?
I have to believe that most any weapon bigger than a .22, discharged inside a vehicle with occupants (with the muzzle inside the vehicle when discharged) Would likely break eardrums.

Anyone been in that situation?
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38 Special. It is loud but not deafening as long as the windows are open. I can't even imagine how loud it would be if all the windows are closed.

However, I once shot a 22LR between a cement hallway. My ears were ringing for 1/2 a day. A lot of it depends on what is around to absorb the noise or if there is room for the noise to go.
 
I shot a 20 gauge slug gun out the window of the truck once and had a headache the rest of the day but no busted eardrum
 
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