Sound difference 1" of barrel makes - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

arshooterxd · 07-15-2007, 09:08 AM

Sorry, couldn't really organize my thoughts into a proper title for this thread.

I have 2 XD-9s. A 4" Service and a 3" Sub-Compact.

I always use ear protection but I had read that "once in a while" you should fire a couple rounds without so that if you ever have to defend yourself you'll be ready for the sound.

So I blasted a couple rounds with the Service. CRACK!!! Loud, and I had a slight ringing in my ears but no a Major deal.

Then I went to the Sub... CCRRRAAAAACCCKKKKK!!!!!!!! It was so ****ing loud I almost dropped the gun. Same ammo. I was standing in the same place (outside range, under a pavillion). What if I had to use this in my house?

How do people ever shoot a 12 Gauge or .357 magnum? Damn that must hurt.

mattjohnston87 · 07-15-2007, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by arshooterxd

What if I had to use this in my house?

How do people ever shoot a 12 Gauge or .357 magnum? Damn that must hurt.

When you have to use it in a defensive situation, your mind/body will autmoatically go into a fight-or-flight state of being.

With all the extra adrenaline pumping through you, your focus is not on the sound. It will seem less loud at the time, although it really isn't.

ichy_trigger · 07-15-2007, 10:14 AM

Some idiot wrote that.

mattjohnston87 · 07-15-2007, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

Some idiot wrote that.

Wrote what?

**Loves2Shoot** · 07-15-2007, 10:22 AM

Try shooting a .357 snub nose that has been ported. You my not wound your attacker, but the noise will make them deaf.

Longer barrels burn more of the powder, so you don't get the firecracker effect as much.

ichy_trigger · 07-15-2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mattjohnston87

Wrote what?

This, not what the poster wrote, but the stuff he read was written by an idiot.

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I had read that "once in a while" you should fire a couple rounds without so that if you ever have to defend yourself you'll be ready for the sound.

mattjohnston87 · 07-15-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

This, not what the poster wrote, but the stuff he read was written by an idiot.

Ahh, I see. Just wondering what your post was in reference to.

XDtasy · 07-15-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by arshooterxd

"...read that "once in a while" you should fire a couple rounds without so that if you ever have to defend yourself you'll be ready for the sound."

I disagree.

**Loves2Shoot** · 07-15-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by arshooterxd

I always use ear protection but I had read that "once in a while" you should fire a couple rounds without so that if you ever have to defend yourself you'll be ready for the sound.

ps. That is like saying you should stab youself every once in awhile just to be prepared for your attacker having a knife. The only way I know to get used to the sound of a pistol going off, is to go deaf.

slugger6 · 07-15-2007, 10:52 AM

In spite of what you may have heard don't ever shoot without ear and eye protection. Disregarding common sense won't make you tougher.

07-15-2007, 09:08 AM	#1
arshooterxd XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 95	Sound difference 1" of barrel makes Sorry, couldn't really organize my thoughts into a proper title for this thread. I have 2 XD-9s. A 4" Service and a 3" Sub-Compact. I always use ear protection but I had read that "once in a while" you should fire a couple rounds without so that if you ever have to defend yourself you'll be ready for the sound. So I blasted a couple rounds with the Service. CRACK!!! Loud, and I had a slight ringing in my ears but no a Major deal. Then I went to the Sub... CCRRRAAAAACCCKKKKK!!!!!!!! It was so ****ing loud I almost dropped the gun. Same ammo. I was standing in the same place (outside range, under a pavillion). What if I had to use this in my house? How do people ever shoot a 12 Gauge or .357 magnum? Damn that must hurt.

07-15-2007, 10:14 AM	#3
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,414	Some idiot wrote that. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

07-15-2007, 10:22 AM	#5
Loves2Shoot XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 2,512	Try shooting a .357 snub nose that has been ported. You my not wound your attacker, but the noise will make them deaf. Longer barrels burn more of the powder, so you don't get the firecracker effect as much. __________________ www.SpringerPrecision.com The XD Specialists - Our web store is now online!

07-15-2007, 10:52 AM	#10
slugger6 XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 19,265	In spite of what you may have heard don't ever shoot without ear and eye protection. Disregarding common sense won't make you tougher. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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