Thats a 100% fact!!!!! My 44 to my 460 sounds like a 22 to a 44 mag!!!!! On range I wear 2 sets of ear protection. Plugs and Magnum muffs. Hunting I wear electronic muffs. My brothers buddy shot his 460 with no ear protection and after 5 shots he said his ears were bleeding!!!! Who knows. I had a slight concussion after 10 shots with just ear plugs-Silencio's!!!