San Diego, Calif. --(AmmoLand.com)- You’ve decided to legally carry a concealed handgun. Now what?
Firearms expert Clint Smith answers in his newest DVD video course entitled, “Concealed Carry Options,” which is part of Smith’s highly acclaimed Thunder Ranch Training Series.
Smith’s lifestyle approach to concealed carry educates viewers on how to make guns and clothing work together while choosing the best options for your daily activities. Smith, a Vietnam veteran and former police officer, stresses gun-use as a last resort, but asserts if forced to defend yourself, bring the best equipment and know how to use it.
Concealed Carry Options DVD
“We are looking at equipment; we are looking at techniques; and we are looking at how to combine these things to provide the best block of information, so that you can use a concealed carry weapon to defend yourself and your family,” said Smith.
“Most of all when it comes to concealing firearms, remember that they’re not always the most effective tool, what really makes them effective, is the fact that you practice and are confident with them.”
Smith also vigilantly discusses the assets and liabilities of a concealed handgun and how they will affect the individual. Smith’s advice cleverly hits the target.
“Carrying a gun is not supposed to be comfortable; it’s supposed to be comforting. The gun that’s with you is better than the one that’s home in the safe.”
In addition to Smith’s observations on mental preparation and logic, he also offers advice on guns, equipment and technique with actual range demonstrations.
“Concealed Carry Options” is a two-disc DVD set loaded with two hours of information that’s currently available for $49.95 (including shipping). For more information on the Thunder Ranch Training Series, including video previews of all nine video training courses, please visit www.americanhandgunner.com/TRvids.html.
When a Bad Hair Day Shooting Can Make You Deaf as a Post
Electronic Shooters Protection Models
ESP - Electronic Shooters Protection
Brighton, CO --(AmmoLand.com)- One of the biggest secrets in the shooting sports is that it takes only a single blast to damage your hearing permanently.
Take the roar of a motorcycle running full-throttle for 40 hours straight, condense it into a split second, and you’ve got a good approximation of the sound energy generated by an average gunshot, wrote Hearing Loss News and Reviews.
It’s shocking, but even experienced hunters deliberately leave their hearing protection at home — believing they can hear their quarry better with the naked ear. While this may be true for the short-term, it can result in dramatic hearing loss over the years that puts hunters at a greater disadvantage in the field — and makes them a safety hazard.
That’s because many hunters, and target shooters, don’t fully appreciate the magnitude of the risk of shooting without correct ear protection.
Every time you pull the trigger on your shotgun, you’re assaulting your ears with up to 150 decibels (dB) of deafening noise.
While repeated exposure over 90 dB will result in permanent hearing loss, a single shotgun blast of more than 120 dB can do the same if you don’t use hearing protection every time you shoot.
How is this possible? Because your hearing depends on the health of hundreds of thousands of hair cells that line the cochlea part of your ear. The cochlea is the tiny, snail-shaped organ of your inner ear. Each hair cell in the cochlea detects a different sound. These upright hair cells wave back and forth in a fluid. By converting a mechanical noise into an electrical impulse, the hair cells work in concert to help your brain understand what you’re hearing.
Now imagine that a shotgun blast penetrates the cochlea so hard that thousands of these hair cells are broken, bent or sheared off entirely.
Since your cochlea hair cells do not grow back, you’re hearing has suffered permanent damage. And all of this happens in a millisecond — condensing year of slow hearing loss into a single, irreversible incident. It’s like getting hit by a massive sound wave — a tsunami of sorts that destroys the most sensitive components of your ears.
Do You Want to Spend $60,000 to Rebuild Your Cochlea? At that point, the only thing left to do is spend up to $6,000 on a hearing aid or as much as $40,000 – $60,000 on a cochlea implant, according to the National Association of the Deaf.
Or of course, you could forget about these expensive hearing enhancements and instead go through the rest of your life asking “What did you say?”…and become the butt of all those jokes from your shooting buddies.
While you may think this can’t happen to you, a recent study from the University of Wisconsin suggests otherwise.
What the University of Wisconsin Discovered About Your Hearing In the study titled “Recreational Firearms Use and Hearing Loss,” the university’s researchers studied the hearing capabilities of 1,538 Wisconsin men, ages 48 to 92. Three-quarters of them were hunters, and one in seven also shot targets.
After adjusting for other forms of noise exposure, including snowmobile use or the operation of heavy equipment, the researchers concluded that for every five years of recreational hunting by the men in the study, the risk of high-frequency hearing loss climbed by 7 percent.
So as you can see, without hearing protection, it’s not a matter of if — but when — you’ll suffer irreparable hearing loss. In an attempt to safeguard their hearing, many shooters will take old-fashioned shortcuts. While these industrial-age shortcuts may give shooters like yourself peace of mind, they often fall short of providing you with the best possible protection that optimize the ongoing developments in digital technology.
A few examples of industrial-age shortcuts include foam ear plugs, cotton wads, bulky ear muffs or cheap custom-made ear plugs you find at shooting competitions and your local gun store made by the guy with greasy fingers.
It would be a crying shame to have your hearing depend on old-fashioned aids that can date back to the Civil War. That’s why Electronic Shooters Protection (ESP) was founded in 1993 — to help shooters like you enjoy safe and frequent outings without jeopardizing your hearing.
He believed there should be a safe, effective way to protect a shooter’s hearing, while
still being able to hear natural sounds and normal conversation. From this desire was born ESP, the first company to manufacture custom-molded, electronic in-the-ear hearing protection that rely upon sophisticated micro technology instead of weight and bulk.
How does ESP work? Each ESP has its own volume control. It allows you to hear ordinary conversation, the flush of a bird, the launch of a clay target, even the slightest rustle of a deer stepping on leaves as if you were wearing nothing in your ears at all. Depending on how you set the volume, even better.
The moment your ears are subjected to any noise of 90 dB or higher, advanced electronic
compression circuitry instantly activates, shutting off excessive dB levels. Shutoff is
instantaneous and unnoticeable. In the same instant that your hearing can be destroyed by a shotgun blast, ESP will save it. Immediately afterwards, you can still hear everything around you, even as others are shooting…but without risk of damage to your hearing.
ESP has developed three models of intelligent custom-molded electronic in-the-ear protection. Once you use them, you’ll never have another excuse for leaving your hearing protection in the glove box.
ESP Series 3 Digital: All your hearing protection in a single, intelligent product The most advanced digital technology on the market, the Series 3 Digital produces the ultimate in smooth, natural CD-quality ambient sound. Multi-memory programming allows you to instantly select different modes for specific sound environments. The Series 3 Digital is our top-of-the-line model, flexible enough for targets, upland shooting and for stalking turkeys and deer. It’s like getting every one of our products packed into one form factor.
ESP Series 2 Digital: Take control of your hearing protection The same CD-quality sound and digital transmission as our Series 3 Digital, it’s designed for hunters in the stalking mode. The Series 2 Digital lets you hear every natural sound without over-amplification. Target shooters can also use the Series 2 to listen for the trap machines. And of course, conversations around you will sound like you are listening to them with your naked ear. Intelligent, multi-memory programming allows you to instantly select different modes for specific sound environments.
ESP Series 1 Analog: Stop shooting-related hearing loss at an entry-level price The same instant 90-dB cutoff protection, 25-dB noise suppression, custom comfort and ambient noise volume control as our digital models, at an attractive price. The Series 1 gives you the affordability of analog protection with many of the benefits of the digital products. It’s great for stalking deer and turkeys.
How They Work Every product in the intelligent ESP Digital Series is custom made to your specifications. You provide us with a custom mold from one of our dealers, or you can go to your favorite audiologist.
We create an in-the-ear device that contains a microphone, speaker, volume control and battery — all connected by a tiny, reliable circuit chip. Each one is tested for quality assurance on our high-powered computers before it’s sent back to you.
Our in-the-ear products are made of a UV cured acrylic, which provide a semi-soft shell for comfort and seal — while remaining durable enough to hold their shape, keep their color and prevent against rips and tears. Because of the tight seal, they provides ±25 dB noise suppression even when not turned on.
The Jack Homa Pledge
Dear Fellow Shooter,
As the owner of ESP, I personally guarantee the fit and function of all ESP products for one full year from date of purchase. Plus, I will refund your entire purchase price within the first 30 days if for any reason you are not completely satisfied. You’ll find our service to be friendly, personal, and utterly professional at all times.
- Jack Homa
Good Hearing is Your Right Most of us are born blessed with good hearing. Please don’t squander that precious gift from our Creator. We’ll help you decide which of our in-the-ear protection devices is best for you in only a few short minutes.
Don’t wait 10 years and end up kick yourself for not contacting us today. Call Jack Homa toll-free at 800-767-7791 or go to www.espamerica.com to find your local ESP specialist.
Remember… All of our products are designed and made in America. ESP is the only pure-play custom-fit, digital hearing protection company in the world. We don’t sell bench rests, ear drops or gun slings.
We are completely dedicated to the science of protecting your hearing.
Please don’t put your hearing at risk a moment longer.
Call Jack Homa at 800-767-7791 or visit www.espamerica.com
