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the prevalence of hearing protection did not become common all at once.
What you need to understand is the cultural and technological changes that went on.
#1 Where we shoot
Shooting outside is a lot less noisy, so as the opportunities to go out to the woods and shoot got lesser and indoor shooting ranges became more and more common the use of hearing protection went up
#2 As the types of guns changed, so did the desire for hearing protection.
It used to be people would practice a TON with 22LR firearms. Doing that (especially if done outdoors) reduces greatly the need for hearing protection. Now people who are just beginning to shoot turn their nose up at the lowly 22LR and think they all need to get a 'Glock 40'. Those who do know shooting make the decision to shoot the ammo they will be carrying. That wasn't always the case.
For a long time most police and even most people had a 38 special revolver for defense. Even when the first 357 magnums came about they were in big framed revolvers, the cartridge really didn't become popular for police use and until it was available in a medium frame revolver, which wasn't as durable. However that was okay because the plan was to have people shoot 38 special for practice and only load 357 magnum for carry, yet very rarely shoot it. When the cutting edge hand gunners of the day decided it may be a good idea to at least practice SOME with their 357 magnum ammo, they found it to be a real ear-ringer, and actually adpoted the practice of sticking empty 38 special cases into their ears as a 'field expedient' way to have ear plugs. Other shooters who were just shooting 38 special rounds would get mad but they'd end up doing the same. Some guys got a bit smarter and started to pack cotton balls in their ears. (This was for the most part happening in outdoor ranges). As more and more shooters started using real blasters, and as shooting moved indoors cotton balls and empty cartridge cases were replaced by actual hearing protection
#3 changes in technology
I touched on this a bit above talking about shooters using cotton balls and cartridge cases. There just weren't many options for hearing protection. But technology has advanced, and not just in ear protection. For starters MEDICAL technology advanced, and now we understand more about the mechanics of hearing loss. We have seen the guys who said they didn't want to wear hearing protection now live with deafness or permanently ringing ears. We know hearing loss doesn't come from a single one time exposure, but is from an accumulation of long time exposures at even just loud levels.
Further, we have all sorts of other noisy changes in our lives. In the 1940s and 50s people didn't go to concerts with speakers 10 feet high blasting out base waves. Heck personal music devices were not very loud, and they sure didn't blow the sound directly into your ear. People mowed their lawns with push power mowers, stirred their cookie dough with spoons, and raked leaves. Now people put ear-buds right into their ears and crank up the music, people mow the lawn with noisy riding tractors, and handle their leaves with leaf-blowers, and stir their cookie dough with food mixers.
We are exposed to a constant barrage of fairly loud noises. The average office employee of 1951 could go shoot his 38 special 100 rounds every month at an outdoor sand-pit and face very little cumulative noise damage. The same person today already has a ton of loud noise exposure, even by going to the same sand-pit and shooting 100 rounds the cumulative damage potential is much higher.
And then add in #1 and #2 above...The modern man isn't going to the sand-pit, he is going to the indoor range. And the modern guy isn't going to shoot 100 rounds of 38 special, he's going to fire off 357 magnum rounds (or the guy next to him is)
the prevalence of hearing protection did not become common all at once.
What you need to understand is the cultural and technological changes that went on.
#1 Where we shoot
Shooting outside is a lot less noisy, so as the opportunities to go out to the woods and shoot got lesser and indoor shooting ranges became more and more common the use of hearing protection went up
#2 As the types of guns changed, so did the desire for hearing protection.
It used to be people would practice a TON with 22LR firearms. Doing that (especially if done outdoors) reduces greatly the need for hearing protection. Now people who are just beginning to shoot turn their nose up at the lowly 22LR and think they all need to get a 'Glock 40'. Those who do know shooting make the decision to shoot the ammo they will be carrying. That wasn't always the case.
For a long time most police and even most people had a 38 special revolver for defense. Even when the first 357 magnums came about they were in big framed revolvers, the cartridge really didn't become popular for police use and until it was available in a medium frame revolver, which wasn't as durable. However that was okay because the plan was to have people shoot 38 special for practice and only load 357 magnum for carry, yet very rarely shoot it. When the cutting edge hand gunners of the day decided it may be a good idea to at least practice SOME with their 357 magnum ammo, they found it to be a real ear-ringer, and actually adpoted the practice of sticking empty 38 special cases into their ears as a 'field expedient' way to have ear plugs. Other shooters who were just shooting 38 special rounds would get mad but they'd end up doing the same. Some guys got a bit smarter and started to pack cotton balls in their ears. (This was for the most part happening in outdoor ranges). As more and more shooters started using real blasters, and as shooting moved indoors cotton balls and empty cartridge cases were replaced by actual hearing protection
#3 changes in technology
I touched on this a bit above talking about shooters using cotton balls and cartridge cases. There just weren't many options for hearing protection. But technology has advanced, and not just in ear protection. For starters MEDICAL technology advanced, and now we understand more about the mechanics of hearing loss. We have seen the guys who said they didn't want to wear hearing protection now live with deafness or permanently ringing ears. We know hearing loss doesn't come from a single one time exposure, but is from an accumulation of long time exposures at even just loud levels.
Further, we have all sorts of other noisy changes in our lives. In the 1940s and 50s people didn't go to concerts with speakers 10 feet high blasting out base waves. Heck personal music devices were not very loud, and they sure didn't blow the sound directly into your ear. People mowed their lawns with push power mowers, stirred their cookie dough with spoons, and raked leaves. Now people put ear-buds right into their ears and crank up the music, people mow the lawn with noisy riding tractors, and handle their leaves with leaf-blowers, and stir their cookie dough with food mixers.
We are exposed to a constant barrage of fairly loud noises. The average office employee of 1951 could go shoot his 38 special 100 rounds every month at an outdoor sand-pit and face very little cumulative noise damage. The same person today already has a ton of loud noise exposure, even by going to the same sand-pit and shooting 100 rounds the cumulative damage potential is much higher.
And then add in #1 and #2 above...The modern man isn't going to the sand-pit, he is going to the indoor range. And the modern guy isn't going to shoot 100 rounds of 38 special, he's going to fire off 357 magnum rounds (or the guy next to him is)
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