Blast Forwarding Device for 995ts

If you're worried about the the db level of the bast if used indoors for an SD event, why not just use subsonic 9mm rounds? Even with a BFD you're still going to get the supersonic crack indoors which will get amplified off the walls. Or thread the barrel and buy a suppressor if you're that worried about it.

 

You don't need subsonic rounds with a 45, they are already subsonic. Keep in mind that even with a BFD, or linear compensator, the blast is still going to be amplified by the walls etc.
Those devices work outdoors because the sound is dissipated because it is not contained like it would be indoors. Quite honestly, if you actually use the weapon in a full on SD situation in your home, you will most likely not even hear the round go off or it will be muffled due to the surge of adrenaline and the resulting physiological reactions your body undergoes.

 

Is that based on your own first hand experience? I've never had any residual hearing impairment whatsoever afterwards.

 

We're not discussing shooting at a range without ear protection as a habit. We are talking about discharging the weapon inside the residence in a SD situation.

 

Don't forget that under stress you hearing kind of goes into a protection mode.

 

It’s cumulative, so....I’m not going to worry about it too much for the one in a million chance that I might use my weapon in self defense.

And the sound forwarders aren’t going to help much in a closed room, so unless you go outside...why bother?

 

I'll wager that your hearing loss did not occur as the result of a once in a lifetime discharge of a firearm without hearing protection inside your residence in a SD scenario.

 

Exactly. If you use hearing protection when shooting at the range to protect your hearing, the one time use of the firearm without hearing protection in a high stress indoor SD scenario is not going to cause significant hearing loss. You can argue the semantics of 'hearing loss' as any minuscule amount, but in the context of the single use in an SD incident inside your home it is not going to be an issue if you do not have hearing protection in.

 

I also have to agree with Iklawson about the hearing loss. I’ve often been exposed to loud noise in my work environment without having hearing protection over my ears during my career and I certainly do have hearing loss. Hearing loss can sometimes be an advantage though; for example, I can’t hear my wife complaining to me about something I haven’t done yet.

I’ve read the OP’s first post several times over and cannot find where it is mentioned that he intends to use the device indoors. If the shooter plans to use it outdoors, and if it can be put on as easily as some of “the wholly unnecessary muzzle break for the 995TS,” then it would serve a better purpose to than just adding a tactical look to the HP carbines.