LOUDEST HAND GUN

[SuperMan]

4 " .22 jet............
JIM...............

...I have a 6"...that is bad enough...

The .30 Carbine Ruger and 4" 500...all boom pretty good.

 

[rwsmith]

Well I've heard some louds ones but....

....I wear plugs and the best muffs for db reduction, at the indoor range and something still startled me. Not only the noise, it lit the place up like a camera flash. .50 Desert Eagle.

PS I've heard tell that .30 carbines are very loud in a pistol, but I've never tried one. Anybody know why? Are they as loud as other rifle cartridges in a pistol?

 

[sonora]

Question. Why is a Ruger BH in 30 Carbine so loud?

 

[dudester]

My Ruger GP100 in .357 magnum is pretty devastating on the ears.

 

[BUFF]

Another vote for the 4 inch Model 53 in .22 Jet. Hard to describe the noise, it's an extremely high-pitched screeching BOOM. The 4 inch is actually notably louder than the 6 inch with the same Remington factory loads. I've got a 10 inch T/C Contender barrel in .22 Jet and the extra barrel length helps some, but it's still a plugs-AND-muffs situation. It is strange that the gun is so loud yet has so little recoil. I just don't shoot them any more.

Second choice for me is a 10 inch Contender barrel in .30-30 Winchester with factory loads.

Third is a 4 inch M-500 with the ported brake insert in place.

 

[HalfStack]

Lone Eagle .30-06 pistol

 

[noshow]

I once shot a snake with my S&W 650 22 Magnum loaded with shotshells. I was not wearing ear protection. I will never do that again!

 

[OLDSTER]

Another vote for the Ruger Black Hawk in .30 carbine. WOWSER !!!

 

[Lee's Landing Billy]

My vote would go to the 4" model 19 with the dept. issued Super Vel ammo.

We all have things much louder today BUT like tedog, I remember standing just to the side of a Deputy who set off a 4 inch 19 with 125 Remingtons . That was 40+ years ago and I still remember it distinctly!

 

[Brian in Oregon]

Tossup between a Ruger .30 Blackhawk, and a Kel-Tec PLR-16 .223 with a 9.5" barrel. Both are painfully loud. If there is any difference you probably won't know because shooting either w/o hearing protection will leave your ears numb.

 

[Lonegle57]

I know this is an older post. My loudest depends on the definition of a handgun here. I have a custom Savage striker in 300 WSM with a Muscle break (yes it is muscle) , a bolt action handgun that ranks as my loudest. Little recoil but lots of noise.

 

[murphydog]

Question. Why is a Ruger BH in 30 Carbine so loud?

It has enough powder and pressure to launch the bullet at 2000 fps out of an 18" barrel; with a relatively short barrel revolver and a cylinder gap, all that excess pressure and propellant burning turns into quite the racket.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Compensators will make any gun much louder to those around you. Never stand to the side of anyone shooting a .50 BMG Barrett with a compensator. It will absolutely knock you flat from the shot wave. Hint - stand directly behind the shooter.

I have a post-'64 Winchester Model 70 that I have set up as a long range precision rifle, complete with a pistol grip composite stock. It has a modest compensator on it to control recoil, and with muffs it doesn't bother me all that much. However, others on the firing line came up to me after I shot it a few times, asking "What the hell IS that thing you're shooting? It sounds like a cannon!" When I tell them "It's just a .30-06" they couldn't believe it from the noise it generated. I then removed the compensator and replaced it with a screw-on-cap, and the difference was amazing. MUCH quieter.

John

 

[DWalt]

It didn't take me long to switch from using GI-level loads to .32-20 level reloads in my .30 Carbine Blackhawk. Nothing remotely enjoyable for me in shooting GI loads, far too much noise and muzzle blast. My favorite Blackhawk load is .30 Speer Plinker bullets (100 grains) and 3.7 grains of Bullseye. I am sure that some of the T/Cs in rifle calibers are just as loud if not louder.

There must be some actual comparative instrumental sound level measurements of different handguns in different calibers, but I haven't seen any.

 

[Warren Sear]

I was just getting ready to type the .460 with those 200gr Hornady rounds...holy guacamole... if you're mouth isn't closed, it forces air out your cheeks.

Well, in that case, I guess you'd better make sure your belt is good and tight.

 

[Warren Sear]

I know this is an older post. My loudest depends on the definition of a handgun here. I have a custom Savage striker in 300 WSM with a Muscle break (yes it is muscle) , a bolt action handgun that ranks as my loudest. Little recoil but lots of noise.

Can the break be repaired?

 

[Jboutfishn]

I take it none of you shoot USPSA matches? A 9Major or a 38 Super Comp with a compensator is really loud. I know a number of RO's who won't run an Open division shooter due to the noise. I have to adjust the sensitivity of my shot timer because it will pick up the echo as another shot.

Have to agree with you. There was someone shooting a 40 in Open, should have been banned.........

 

[billwill]

CZ 52 in 7.62 x 25 while not in the big boy class, it will certainly turn a head or two along with ringing your ears.

 

[woodsltc]

I don't know what the actual loudest round from a decibel standpoint is, but the loudest I've shot without ear protection was CCI, 140 grain, .357mag rounds out of a S&W 6inch M-686 about 30 years ago.

I took a couple of quick shots at two large wild-dogs that came into our deer camp and were trying to make off with a deer that was hanging on our meat pole. I've had tinnitus in my left ear ever since.


Don