357 mag louder than 44 mag?

[kmrcstintn]

HUH?!? WHAT?!? WERE YOU TALKING TO ME?!? YOU"LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!!! MY EARS ARE RINGING!!!

no joke...my friend stood too close to me one day when I was firing a 125gr Remington .357 mag jsp out of my Ruger GP100

a few months later he 'unintentionally' fired off his .44 mag near me... I think I was saying about the same thing while my ears were ringing

in my honest opinion...all recreational shooting needs to be done with participants and spectators wearing hearing protection...even the diminuative .22 gets pretty darned loud when shooting ondoors or under cover

 

[RB98SS]

I shoot some stout loads through my M29 with a 6" barrel, but I think when I shoot 125gn jacketed out of my 4" GP100 loaded with H110, it is indeed louder that the Smith .44.

 

[tasco 74]

i was never around any guns until i bought my first s&w a mod 13-2 4"...... i took it to the range and shot a round and it felt like someone slapped me in the ears!! i shot the rest of that cylider full then quit until i got some ear plugs....... i haven't shot without ear plugs or muffs ever since....... i do think the .357 mag has a sharper report than the .44 magnum.... what is a real eye opener is when you go to an ihmsa shoot and spot for some of guys that shoot stuff that the muzzle blast moves your hair when sitting behind them behind a spotting scope!!

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR RUNNING?? CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING YOU????????????????..................................................................

 

[gunnie]

..."i do think the .357 mag has a sharper report than the .44 magnum"...

as in posting #21, i don't think the actuall Db rating is the culprit here. it is the frequency of the sound's note, or pitch the chambering/bore diameter makes.

in way of explaination:

high frequency six string electric guitar feed back ~VS~ electric bass guitar. typically, the bass amplifier runs 2X the wattage of the six string. which seems more painfull to the person at stage front?

drum major whistle ~VS~ a low frequency note from a trumpet.

12ga ~VS~ .410 shotgun. a 12ga 3 1/2" has a SAAMI pressure rating of 14,000 PSI. the .410 has a rating of 13,500. very little difference here. if you know someone foolish enough to listen to both without hearing protection, ask them which one SEEMS/IS PERCIEVED to hurt their ears more.

as far as actual hearing damage differences between high/low freq excessive Db/sound pressure levels, ask an audiologist. as in #21 posting, i'm no doctor.

gunnie

 

[cottonmouth]

A Ruger Blackhawk in .357 taught me about hearing protection!

J.B.

 

[RugRev]

A thought, don't know if it is true. Two sound waves could have the same amplitude but a different shape over the time dimension. Perhaps the .357 has a steeper slope or some such. This could be related to how pressure builds in the different cartridges e.g gradually vs. rapid and how long of time dwell there is on the pressure.