Gun

[surfingsod]

I recently went to the Isle of wight milatry museum and I fired a 2.2 caliber rifle how ever i have read in books that the sound of a gun firering is deffening but this was merely a loud crack


WHY

[Chillitt]

Do you mean a .22? If so, it was quiet cos it's a pop gun...
If you do actually mean 2.2 then it could have been using black powder which burns slower than modern stuff...

[Animal Mother]

It is deafening, sort of. Sustained use will damage your hearing, especially over a certain range of frequencies.

Eh?

What?

[Neil.a]

It all depends on the load and whether the round is sub or supersonic. Sub-sonic .22 through a moderator, will be audible as a dull phut. Supersonic even through a moderator will produce a crack, as its breaking the sound barrier.
If it was black powder, as already stated, its slower burning. It needs a longer barrel to get the most out of the slower expanding gas and produces a whoomph rather than a crack and a shit load of smoke.

[JUDWAK]

[Rustinho]

An old flat-mate of mine was deaf in one ear from his time in the army and he told me it was 'cos of gunfire. No idea if he was telling the truth or not cos he was a slippery little so-and-so...

[Apache]

Hehe, try standing next to an AS90. Yes, its a pop, just a 130dB pop

[surfingsod]

Okay thanks guys i think it was a .22

[Predictable Bob]

An old flat-mate of mine was deaf in one ear from his time in the army and he told me it was 'cos of gunfire. No idea if he was telling the truth or not cos he was a slippery little so-and-so...

Noise induced hearing loss is endemic in the Regular Army ... It's usually the left ear - apparently it's not caused by the rifle you're firing but by the guy to your left !

If the damage reaches a certain level then you get compensation when you leave the services. My hearing damage was picked up when I had an HGV medical so I was sent to see a senior doctor at Aldershot.

After the tests he said "You're OK Staff" my response was "OK ? But I can't hear properly !". He then repeated that I was OK and winked and explained that I'd exceeded the damage threshold and would be picking up some wonga when I retired.

Two years later I collected £4k for damage incurred during service (Not enough damage for a War Pension though) they paid out for my scarred lungs, wrecked knees, knackered back, dodgy shoulder, piles and baldness but the ironic thing is that they didn't pay for the hearing damage which is the one thing that actually causes me hassle on a daily basis.

Apparently the threshold on hearing damage had been raised cos too many people were claiming ...

Yet another example of "If you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined !"

[slobodan]

I was within a couple of hundred yards of 5 Jdam bombs landing, and couldn't hear a thing afterwards.
Where's my compensation! Pardon. half past two.

[KERRSURF]

Fire enough 7.62mm rounds from an SLR and you'll soon have a bit of deafness.

[Neil.a]

Fire enough 7.62mm rounds from an SLR and you'll soon have a bit of deafness.

Still quiet, compared to a 12 gauge.....