Loudness of .22 revolver

[p89cajun]

I am looking for something quiet to shoot at the coolie behind my house. While we are in the country we do have neighbors and I would like to keep the noise down. Plus a lot of the time i a walking back there I have my 11 month old with me so I don't want to spook her. Would a little rough rider .22 revolver do the trick? I even thought .22 shorts might be a little quieter, but I heard somewhere that out of a handgun even a .22 is loud. I could go with a nice air pistol but figured a .22 revolver would be fun at the range and be good to teach my daughter to shoot with when she gets older. Any sugestions?

 

[MCgunner]

CB shorts will keep things pretty quiet, even out of a 4" revolver. You could go class three with a suppressed Mk3 Ruger or something, but that's lots of money and hassle. It don't get any quieter than CB shorts, though, short of a silenced gun and your local Walmart has the CCI ones.

 

[MortalWombat]

You might want to look at Aquila Colibris. I have shot Super Colibris (which are a little more powerful than standard Colibris) out of a revolver, and it wasn't very loud, definitely much less than a firecracker. Closer to the sound of those little snap n pops that you see little kids throwing on the ground. I would imagine the standard Colibris are even quieter. You don't want to shoot these in a rifle, though. They may get stuck in the barrel because they're so underpowered.

 

[Zip7]

CB longs are too loud out of my 4" revolver, but CB longs out of a CZ452 lux rifle is a good bit quieter than a pellet gun.

I would imagine that out of an Ultra Lux (28" barrel) they would be quieter, but as it is I check every one to see that it made it out of the barrel.

 

[bluetopper]

Revolvers are just going to be louder than semi-autos or single shots.

The quietest would be from a bolt-action or single shot rifle.

 

[smee781]

cb shorts

I shoot cb shorts out of my 4" model 34 smith and they are pretty quiet. They should do the job.

 

[HB]

CB's are the only way to go, because even a .22 pistol are pretty loud, much more so than a .22 rifle.

HB

 

[John Wayne]

I have shot the Super Colibri rounds (20 grain bullet in a LR case with no powder and a big primer) out of both pistols and rifles. Out of a 4" revolver, it's a loud snap, about like clapping your hands.

Out of the 10/22 barrel all you'll hear is the click of the hammer. The mfg. warns against shooting these out of rifle barrels, but every one I've fired out of my 10/22 has had enough energy left to lodge 1/2" deep in a pine board.

 

[OFT]

CCI CB shorts are the quietest cartridge that you'll find. They sound like a BB gun when fired out of a revolver.

 

[Shade00]

I would concur that CB Shorts are about as quiet as you'll get. I've fired them out of my rifle and my pre-model 34. It's basically just a loud pop come out of the revolver. Certainly not even close to the .22LR.

 

[Daizee]

You can get an excellent air pistol for the price of the cheapest .22.
And ammo will cost $0.01/shot. Furthermore, a good air pistol is even better for teaching marksmanship than a .22.
CB's are expensive. Why re-invent the air pistol? And hey, you can even get a .22cal air pistol if you want!

I have one of these, if you like CO2 guns:
http://pyramydair.com/p/walther-cp99-pellet-gun.shtml

accurate, fun. double action and single action with decocker and correct mag (CO2) release. about 60-80 shots per cartridge with 8-shot rotating pellet mags.

For precision single-shots, I think this is probably the best in the price range (tho I'm not fond of their rifles): http://pyramydair.com/p/gamo-compact-competition-air-pistol.shtml

I think the Beeman P1 and P3 are clumsy. (the P1 comes in .177 and .22)

(I have a Beeman/Webley Tempest and would not recommend it, but the german-made Beeman imports are TOPS)

And if you want a pistol you can pass down to your daughter when she's shooting at the olympics, get this one: http://pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=1419
:-D

The best shooters I know practice with air pistols regularly. My original pistol mentor put 3 pellets through the same hole standing, unsupported, at 25yds - with a PUMP pistol. Dang circus tricks.

I love me some air pistols. No paperwork, no waiting period, cheap quality ammo in the mail (RWS Hobby pellets are a best performer for the money), and no hazardous or expensive solvents.
You can even do draw/fire drills in the basement with a homemade pellet trap (check your local ordinances).

-Daizee

 

[JERRY]

I am looking for something quiet to shoot at the coolie behind my house.

whats a "coolie"?

 

[Loomis]

All hor****!

CB longs and CB shorts are the same. They are both subsonic ammo. They are both too loud.

The quietest ammo for a 22 rimfire is:

Flobert-Patronen BB caps(caliber: 6mm Rundkugein) manufactured in germany by Dynamit Nobel.

Even these are too loud in a revolver. They are not cheap either. 100 of them cost 11bucks ten years ago. They consist of a lead BB slightly undersized so that they barely touch the rifling, and a primer. NO powder whatsoever. The cartridge case is copper, not brass, and there is a picture of an acorn on the back of the rim.

They are still too loud.

 

[p89cajun]

Well I decided to try it out and I went tonight and bought a rough rider with a 6-1/2" barrel and adjustable sights. I also got some cb shot and tried it out. It is quite enough for what I wanted. I shot it at about 9:00 in the dead silence and it was o.k. Didn't even spook the horses.

Not really sure of the spelling of "coolie" but it's what us cajuns call a piece of water thats kinda like a big ditch that runs for miles. Kinda like a small stream but the water isn't moving. I tried to get a technical definition and come to find out coolie is a racial slur from back in the day. That isn't what I ment.

 

[bluetopper]

I was wondering what a coolie was myself. Thanks for educating.

Glad you got what you wanted.

 

[jim147]

I have a little girl myself. Since I do so much shooting here I did some checking. The ears of a child are very easily damaged. What I think is not very loud I now have to compare to all the thousands of rounds I have been around with no hearing protection.
If I have to shoot with the little girl around I only use super colibra out of a rifle. All I can hear is the firing pin.

 

[wdlsguy]

Not really sure of the spelling of "coolie"

It's spelled "coulee"...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coulee

 

[MCgunner]

Yeah, with CB shorts, my Remington M512X bolt gun is quieter than my spring pellet rifle and can shoot the eye out of a rat at 25 yards. Pretty amazing and effective. I've used 'em to hunt squirrel. They do some decent damage when they hit and penetrate better than you'd think. If you're going to use wood for a back stop, it'd better be at least 2" thick. It suffers power wise out of the revolver and is louder.

 

[Evyl Robot]

Not really sure of the spelling of "coolie" but it's what us cajuns call a piece of water thats kinda like a big ditch that runs for miles. Kinda like a small stream but the water isn't moving.

Oh! A creek!

--Michael

 

[Sistema1927]

Standard Aguila Colibris, if you can still find them (I think that I have a brick and a half left) are super quiet out of everything.

Shooting at coke cans, all you hear is click (hammer dropping on Single-Six or Bearcat), clink (pill hitting the can).