I wear plugs and earphones. Every bit of protection you can wear, WEAR!
Dont forget the eyes and shooting gloves......and never, EVER take the OPROD out of an M60 if the charging handle is locked back. Trust me.
There is a brand of ear plugs which have little caps to cover a small channel into the center of the plug. Leaving the little cap off and wearing electronic muffs over top, with mics aimed to your back (to hear the range master) will give excellent hearing protection, BUT allow you to pick up rnage commands too.
“never, EVER take the OPROD out of an M60 if the charging handle is locked back”
Ask me how I know.
I only double up on an indoor range. Earpugs are fine outdoors especially for rifles.
In 1985 I attended National Gun Day in Louisville, Ky. Somebody was selling a M60 for $3500. In 1986 Reagan signed into law a stipulation that no machine gun manufactured after 1986 could be sold in America.
That same M60, today, sells for around $60,000. Reagan must have had a personal collection of machine guns.