I typically choose a bench on the 200-300 yd targets, specifically to get away from the masses on the 100 yd line. And if a shooter with a magnum or other large caliber rifle with a brake sits down beside me, I'll move or go home. I'm not being sensitive, or obnoxious. I've learned from many hours at the range that excessive muzzle blast directed towards me will give me a horrible migraine later in the day. Besides, just the smell of burnt propellant is obnoxious.

A shooter firing just a few shots to sight in a scope next to me doesn't seem to bother me. But more than a dozen blasts and I'm toast if I don't get outta there fast.

Makes me think of all the GI's returning home from combat in the "sand wars" complaining of migraines. Gotta wonder if there's a connection.

I'm hoping the Hearing Protection Act passes soon. Can't wait for suppressors to become all the rage, instead of bad-ass brakes.