petemacsydney wrote:ok so i did a search on this site to see what people have said in the past and came up with conflicting results.
Some people say an air rifle in .22 calibre is basically the same sound level as a .22LR and others refute that.
Now it obviously depends on what the individual firearms are and the ammo shot... but... just want to put it out there and hear what you folks have to say about it...
what for you ask? well soon i will have access to a mate's farm way down south and there's a bunch of bunnies running around on it. It's a big farm and well and truly inside criteria for responsible shooting and feral control, but my mate is keen to keep the noise down.
Personally i don't necessarily want to get an air rifle, but if it makes a lot less noise then I would consider it. (budget would be $500 for the rifle)
thx for your input!
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petemacsydney wrote:unfortunately that pic is something i downloaded from google, not the real site
there's less bunnies at his farm, but he tells me its still a target rich environment...
Patrol66 wrote:A bloke next to me at the range the other week loaded a quiet round of .22 and I was amazed at the difference in sound volume . I actually thought it was a missfire / short charge sort of deal. He said he needs to reset zero for those rounds as they shoot quiet lower.
Apollo wrote:If there are that many bunnies then he needs a Machine Gun....
Fry wrote:He needs a claymore
jastreb wrote:So would CCI Quiets be the quietest round you can get for a .22?
Westy wrote:How's it go again? Front toward enemy!!!I
nuthead wrote:22subs out of a 24"+ barrelled rifle are very quiet - about the same noise level as a suppressed rifle
kritch wrote:Daaaamn that's a lot of rabbits!
petemacsydney wrote:finally got round to testing some .22LR sub sonic tonight
i tried RWS subsonic, SK subsonic 325m/s and sk ultra subsonic @ 260m/s
the sk ultra subs had so much drop off they looked like the arch of a good ol WW2 bomb drop! completely useless under 15m i reckon, but good for a laugh.
both the rws and sk subs performed reasonably well with slightly over MOA @ 25m.(on a good day i get half moa with SK Plus Standard Velocity wit my CZ @ 25m and 50m)
i was however very surprised that, at the bolt, the noise difference was not that much - at least not to my ears.
i fired a few rounds off of each and then some SK Plus standard velocity as well as some standard CCI's and there wasn't that much difference.
I am presuming though that the extent of the noise down range or around me would be a more marked difference?
After mashing through a bunch more subs, one dude did comment on how quiet it was, so maybe its just because i got my head stuck right near the bolt that i cant tell the difference!! (ps, i had no ear protection on)
Anyway, i'll probably stick with the SK subs (325m/s) for the quiet time bunnies and SK Standard Plus if noise is not an issue.
cheers
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Chickenhawk wrote:kritch wrote:Daaaamn that's a lot of rabbits!
I was gunna say the same thing.
What's the address where this photo was taken?