Thread: Best Ear Protection for Shooting Range?

Gotcha, I'll stick with the standard ear muff then.

Just so I'm not seeming like I'm knocking the earplugs, I do wear them if I'm shooting by myself just I don't find they have enough protection when on the range standing behind the firing line. Otherwise I quite like them, much cooler to wear in summer than the muffs and more comfortable when shooting rifles as the earcup fouling the stock isn't an issue when it's plugs.

Just noting the fact that the shear noise off big braked rifles means I don't find them to have sufficient protection in the range situation, especially when two or three are in use at once.

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I use Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones on both smallbore and fullbore rifle ranges.

They are a noise cancelling bluetooth stereo headphone.
Lightweight and comfortable.
USB-C charging, can be charged off a battery pack if flat at the range.

Not very water resistant, but if its wet they're worn under the hood of a raincoat.

They are the most comfortable noise cancelling headphones I've ever worn and have noise cancelling as good as any other I've worn.
I've worn them next to a noisy F-Open rifle without any issues.

The only disadvantage is when they've synch'd to my phone and my wife calls me in the middle of shooting.
It's happened. She forgets the instruction is to text not call when I'm at the range.

They also are a great stereo headset paired my TV, phone, laptop, tablet.

I wonder how well noise cancelling headphones work ?
Guessing they dont seal out ambient noise but create out of phase sound of similar intensity.
Presumably they have a limit like 90dB so you dont play music too loud.
Can they respond quickly and really cancel out even 20dB of gunshot ?

I came across a guy with noise cancelling headphones at our range day last month and leant him a pair of Sordins.

@Cyclops how do you find them ?
Any tinnitus after a day on the range ?