![]() Because it’s a long-barreled, single-shot rifle, you won’t be able to put too many lead balls in the air close enough to damage your ears. But if you are a hand-loader, you can get a 200-plus grain bullet moving about 750 feet per second that meters about 130 decibels on a sound meter. That may seem like an unusual choice based on the size of the bullet and case. All of those subsonic rounds that would not cycle my semi-autos work like a champ in this revolver, and if the cylinder gap is close like in my Smith, it sounds like a kid’s cap gun (back when they let kids play with cap guns).ĥ. I mentioned the Smith & Wesson Model 17 because that’s my double-action rim fire revolver of choice with an 8 3/8-inch barrel. You can use other double-action revolvers like a Colt Scout or NAA Mini Revolver to the same effect. Most 22 match ammo that uses a lead bullet and has a low velocity will do the job, too. I have tried it with Gemtech Subsonic, CCI Quiet and Remington Subsonic. This one does require special ammunition be used. They are a bit expensive when they come up for sale, but if your survival scenario calls for short-range small-game hunting without waking up the countryside, this is the one you need.Ĥ. They were bought up by airports, warehouse workers and even a few museums for pest control without NFA hassles. They were only made for about four or five years and were designed to be a “quiet” garden gun.Ĭhambered in 22 WRM and intended to use shot-shell loads, it has a smoothbore, like a shotgun. This was a short-lived rifle manufactured by Marlin and has been out of production for at least 15 years. ![]() The sound signature is like a pellet gun.ģ. No ears rang, no neighborhood dogs barked, no neighbors came out to investigate and no police were called. I used mine about 12 years ago to shoot a field mouse on the back porch. Fully extended, that barrel is going to be three feet away from my eardrums, even if I use the longer 4-inch version. However, these pistols were notoriously quiet because there is just not a whole lot of powder in a 22 Short case. It was a distinctive-looking, small 22 Short semi-auto pistol with a tip-up barrel. It seems like yesterday that these pistols were everywhere. Make no mistake, if you shoot something like this, people from a mile away may hear it, but you probably will not damage your eardrums if you have no ear pro.Ģ. Coupled with the fact that the long 29-inch barrel was putting that signature about three-feet away from my ears meant I could shoot that all day with no indication of tinnitus. Since much of the noise from a gunshot has to do with the combustion of the powder before the bullet has left the barrel, I came to the conclusion that the powder charge was well-contained within the optimal length of the barrel. My ears still were not ringing.īe Prepared. Out of curiosity, I cranked off another shot. Then I fired another and another and finally realized that my ear protection was sitting on the bench next to me. After replacing a target from a suppressed string of fire from an M1A, I went back to my bench and picked up a Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle.Īfter charging the rifle with a stripper clip of copper-washed military surplus (milsurp) ammo, I fired a shot. I had been testing a group of rifles, three suppressed and one unsuppressed. If your Mosin’s barrel has been cut down in any way or is something like an M91/59 or M44, please do not attempt this, as you will go deaf. They may not give you the level of comfort experienced by shooting a suppressed rifle or pistol all day, but a handful of shots from one of these will definitely not “ring your ears” - and some are as quiet as an air rifle.ġ. However, if you stop and think about it, there are a number of firearms that are “quiet” in their own right. Even if you go the form 1 route to make your own, there are still material costs and once again the $200 tax stamp. That is all fine and well if you live in one of the 42 states where silencers are legal and if you can shell out the money ($250 -$1500) for a proper suppressor plus $200 for the permission slip from the ATF. Most of the time when shooters are looking for quiet firearms, they will look for something on which they can mount a suppressor.
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