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Will quiet ammunition in a Revolver, be as near silent as it is in .22 lr rifle??
.22 lr revolver and quiet ammunition
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HereSinceTheLongHunters
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Vehwy, Vehwy qwiet.....You hunting wabbitts?
In a word - NO!
Shorter barrel and the cyl gap.
Shorter barrel and the cyl gap.
No, it is actually quite loud out of a revovler due to its short barrel. I believe CCI Quiets are at least as loud out of a 4 inch handgun as a high-speed long rife is out of a rifle, maybe louder. Hearing protection is definately needed.
22 handguns without a suppressor are loud! Wear plugs.
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Even the slowest Colibris are pretty loud in a K-22 revolver. No ear protection required, but they are not silent.
ruger-p94
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Suppressors are the way to go, then you can go full power CCI Velocitor
shoot it and see!!!
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You can't suppress a revolver, except in movies, due to the cylinder gap. BB caps in a pistol are not as loud as my pellet gun (Sheridan .20). Gunshots in movies are always added in post. In 40 years, I've had one whining ricochet, I rack the slide BEFORE the gun is holstered, and the cylinder doesn't ratchet when spun. Movies are movies.
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SgtLumpy
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My guns:
- K-22 revolver 4 inch
- Ruger 10-22 rifle 18 inch
Ammo:
- Aguila sub-sonic (22short case, 60 gr long lead bullet, really light powder)
- Federal, Winchester, Aguila and other standard velocity 22LR
- Aguila Hyper-sonic (1700 fps) 22LR
In every combination of the above ammo in either gun, the revolver is louder than the rifle. That includes comparing the subsonics in the revolver to the standard or hypers in the rifle.
Not really part of your question but...
The subsonics don't feed worth a darn in the autoloader 10-22 rifle. Not enough recoil to work the action. The huge, lead bullet in the subsonics fouls up the cylinders of the revolver pretty quickly (just a few rounds) and makes case extraction difficult. The subsonics aren't very accurate in either gun. At such a low velocity, I think bugs jump on the bullet in flight and hitch a ride.
Short answer, sub-sonics don't make very good hush puppys, at least not in a revolver.
Sgt Lumpy
- K-22 revolver 4 inch
- Ruger 10-22 rifle 18 inch
Ammo:
- Aguila sub-sonic (22short case, 60 gr long lead bullet, really light powder)
- Federal, Winchester, Aguila and other standard velocity 22LR
- Aguila Hyper-sonic (1700 fps) 22LR
In every combination of the above ammo in either gun, the revolver is louder than the rifle. That includes comparing the subsonics in the revolver to the standard or hypers in the rifle.
Not really part of your question but...
The subsonics don't feed worth a darn in the autoloader 10-22 rifle. Not enough recoil to work the action. The huge, lead bullet in the subsonics fouls up the cylinders of the revolver pretty quickly (just a few rounds) and makes case extraction difficult. The subsonics aren't very accurate in either gun. At such a low velocity, I think bugs jump on the bullet in flight and hitch a ride.
Short answer, sub-sonics don't make very good hush puppys, at least not in a revolver.
Sgt Lumpy
S&W1006
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I recently aquired several boxes of the CCI quiet 22's. They are much quieter than standard LR ammo but I still wear hearing protection. The Colibri's I have fired indoors through my 617 with no hearing protection and they were a little louder than I expected similar to a centerfire primer but outdoors they were not bad at all.
