Folks on this forum are obviously more into shooting rifles than your average person. I love to hunt, but I'm not big into shooting in general. Not all geeked out about ballistics, load development, long range shooting...etc. I pull my rifle out of the safe a few weeks before hunting season, go to the range and make sure its still dead on - wearing hearing protection. If I'm fortunate enough to get a shot at game, I rarely even remember the shot, the recoil, or the sound. I understand just because I'm not bothered by the shot, it doesn't mean there isn't some hearing damage going on, but other than sighting in (with hearing protection) I'm going to be exposed to 1 maybe 2 shots in a year, sometimes none if I don't punch my tag. At 61 years old I have what I think is pretty darn good hearing, I can live with my process. Plus I have my trusted rifles that I've used for a long time and they aren't made for suppressors. I'm not buying a new fleet of expensive rifles and high dollar suppressors to go on them for a couple shots per year.
Admittedly, I'm not shooting large caliber magnum rifles with breaks, we're taking .270, .280, 30-06, .308.
Shots are inside 200 yds.