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Hunting Rifle: Anyone Else Have No Desire for a Silencer?
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2362590" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>It really depends, so many variables are in play there's no way to make anything better than a generalized statement about it. I tend to wear ear pro because the non-suppressed shooters on the line make that a requirement, but also because being under a cover or over concrete reflects more sound back at the shooter. In a blind where the barrel is 20 inches past a slit window suppressors reduce the already significantly reduced muzzle signature. In a field position with soft cover, you get less reflected sound also. </p><p></p><p>Some key points are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ARs will most likely not be less than 140 dB because of the location of the ejection port and gas tube relative to the shooters ear, even if shooting subsonic bullets the gas velocity is not subsonic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Longer barrels help, but mainly because distance does more to attenuate sound than anything else so being further away helps</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You absolutely can make some things 100% hearing safe, just maybe not the kind of things you want to shoot at living animals with plans set on making them non-living. </li> </ul><p>300 BLK subs from a bolt? Hollywood quiet. 300 RUM from a 26" barrel under a metal cover? Still ouch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2362590, member: 116181"] It really depends, so many variables are in play there's no way to make anything better than a generalized statement about it. I tend to wear ear pro because the non-suppressed shooters on the line make that a requirement, but also because being under a cover or over concrete reflects more sound back at the shooter. In a blind where the barrel is 20 inches past a slit window suppressors reduce the already significantly reduced muzzle signature. In a field position with soft cover, you get less reflected sound also. Some key points are: [LIST] [*]ARs will most likely not be less than 140 dB because of the location of the ejection port and gas tube relative to the shooters ear, even if shooting subsonic bullets the gas velocity is not subsonic [*]Longer barrels help, but mainly because distance does more to attenuate sound than anything else so being further away helps [*]You absolutely can make some things 100% hearing safe, just maybe not the kind of things you want to shoot at living animals with plans set on making them non-living. [/LIST] 300 BLK subs from a bolt? Hollywood quiet. 300 RUM from a 26" barrel under a metal cover? Still ouch. [/QUOTE]
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