Originally Posted By: billt460
Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
Just hold the intruder at gunpoint until you put hearing protection on ...
Originally Posted By: Panzerman
Seriously you have a intruder in your house that may kill you, rape your wife and then kill her too and you are concerned that you may damage your hearing if you fire a gun in the house. This country is doomed.
I agree with both of you. If you have to shoot, hearing loss is going to be the least of your problems. That said don't try to B.S. yourself there are guns that will allow you to do it without it having an effect. Especially with large bore centerfires indoors.
I guess i did not state my interest well, causing a lot of assumptions on reader interpretation.
I was interested in whether a shorter subsonic pistol round would be quieter in a longer barreled AR than a pistol. I did in fact wonder if you could fire it outdoors with out hearing protection. I never meant to imply that you could fire it indoors without issue. Of course for self defense it would not matter, but might be a side benefit if is was somewhat quieter. I worded it poorly.
My AR in 7.62x 39 would be a poor choice in an indoor situation as it would go through the subject , all the walls of my home and possibly into a home some distance away. It also has a huge muzzle flash. That was my second interest in a pistol round. Third interest was using the same ammo in a pistol and a rifle, and with the right gun even magazines.
I am considering another AR and those were my interests for something different than a 100yd + range gun.