Big Lau

I would recommend consulting a hearing specialist if it's negatively affecting your daily activities, they may be able to help you with concentration/ignoring mental exercises or there may be some other health related/medication issues that could be contributing to the problem. I can say that I've had tinnitus since I was 22 y/o. Forgot my foam plugs in the truck and shot a 100 rounds sporting clays with 8 other guys. Too cool to walk all the way back to the truck and make everybody wait. I thought, what the hell can't be any worse than a concert and my ears always came back from concerts. Wrong-O. It only took one time. I'm to the point now that it doesn't keep me from falling asleep nor do I notice it when reading. Those were the 2 tough ones when it first happened. It took quite a while to get over those and sometimes I still need to put the book down and walk it off. I've researched, as well as I can, for supplements etc. that may help but the science just isn't there. I'm not one to recommend purchases unless I can back it up with at least a little science. I've tried all the OTC stuff and all was a waste of money for me. Nerve damage just isn't fixable yet. The miracle ear guy said he couldn't do anything for me about the ringing either, but he did try to set me up with some swell digital amplifiers, easy payment plan etc... Your brain will eventually accommodate and it will relegate the ringing to a noise that will be more easily ignored but it will take some time. Until then keep the music/TV going and pay attention to, and make notes of what makes it worse. Good luck.

OK, lots of stuff can make your ears ring. You're wifes' voice for instance... Anyway once you've got it, it probably ain't going away. As a pharmacist I can assure you that unless your shoving the Q-tip in far enough that it protrudes from the other side of your head, or if your're leaving it hanging it out of your ear throughout the day, or using it to pack the wax deeper into your ear canal instead of gently swiping the external components of your ear, a Q-tip will not influence your hearing, ringing or otherwise. And those of us who occasionally need to look at your ear canal appreciate the use thereof. Many chemical substances can and do affect nerve conduction, which will influence anything served by a nerve, including your ears. Live life, eat, and drink, what you enjoy in moderation, exercise regularly, and relax, don't sweat the small stuff. If indeed prevention of tinnitus is the goal, it will need to begin at childhood and be maintained throughout your life. When you make your kid mow the yard they need to wear hearing protection... every time... subjecting the poor child to the ridicule of every other kid that rides by on their bike. You'll need to throw the i-pod in the toilet, but AC/DC, or Merle Haggard in my case, sucks if it ain't cranked, and always, always, always wear hearing protection when around gunfire, hunting or otherwise. So, in a nutshell, prevention isn't practical for most of us, and by the time we consider it necessary it's usually too late. It's not treatable by current medical standards and it's a great excuse to ignore things you'd rather not hear. Peace be with you, or at least a pleasant, high pitched, harmless humm...

Will do. Thanks for the reply. Ordering one from Glockworx this am... May just get the whole fulcrum setup for USPSA... Thanks again.

Novak kit is advertised as all stock components, polished and modified to reduce weight to between 2 and 2.5 lbs consequently keeping the pkg GSSF legal. It appears to me that all components are polished at critical contact points but I'm not expert enough to be able to tell if any thing was bent, ground, or redrilled. When I hold it up against the stock it looks identical with regard to spring holes and contact point angles and trigger location. I've got some Federal match primers ordered. I hope that's solves the problem but I'd still like to get it to hit the primers harder, if nothing else for peace of mind.

You can try lipoflavanoids... available at any chain drug store, ask the pharmacist or the OTC manager, they'll show you where to find them. If indeed, as it sounds from your description of your past exposure, the tinnitus is from noise damage, your going to need to get used to it. If the problem exists because of a nutritional deficiency or slight nerve conduction abnormality the lipoflavanoids may help. They aren't cheap so try one bottle. If you haven't experienced improvement by the end of that first bottle don't buy another. If there is improvement you will need to continue taking them for the rest of your life or until you decide your tinnitus is acceptable. Good luck.

what primers are you using? Winchester Small Pistol.

New to Brian Enos and USPSA in general so forgive me if I'm off topic, but you folks seem like you know triggers... I have been shooting a Glock 35 stock trigger group except for a lighter striker spring. Went bang every time. I was having trouble with the trigger weight so I bought a Novak 2.0-2.5 # trigger kit from B&B. Shipping service was great and the trigger group looked fantastic. I'm no gunsmith by any stretch, but I dropped the whole package right in. However, now I'm experiencing light strikes, with no changes in loads. Any ideas would be appreciated. I like the feel of the new trigger and would love to be able to make this thing work.