Rail Driver
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A strange person said:How could that possibly make more than a little "pop"
Go to walmart and pick up a box of CCI 22 CB shorts.
Put one in a .22 autoloader and put one in a .22 revolver and then shoot one after the other. I guarantee the one in the revolver makes a lot more apparent noise because of the gap around the cylinder. It allows that high speed, high temp gas to escape there as well as at the muzzle, and it is that rapidly expanding gas that causes the firearm to function. Running a weak load that will "just barely get the shot through the barrel" can put you at risk of a squib load and subsequent exploded gun and hand. Do a search for the earplugs I mentioned that let you still here while talking and hunting but block shooting sounds. They're in the Cabela's catalog, and they're not the electronic ones you mentioned not wanting to try.