South Korea’s record-breaking Olympic shooter -Kim Yeji.

  • @eee@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    These are air pistols which shoot pellets propelled by compressed air, not your usual guns. They make a moderately loud pop, but nothing like gunpowder - you can stand behind someone firing and have a normal conversation.

    That said the guy is wearing earplugs - more for concentration and to block out crowd noise than anything

    • @Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee
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      204 months ago

      Ah earplugs are cool and that totally counts as ear protection. It’s what I use anyway when I go to the shooting range or ride my ninja 650.

      Couldn’t make out that it was an air gun from just the photo.

      • @thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        yeah, they just meant no “specialized” ear protection. I’m guessing korea had some equally crazy ear gear to match the 90s hacker assassin glasses.

    • @EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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      34 months ago

      Compressed air is surprisingly loud, even if it doesn’t sound loud, it can still damage your hearing