yhtomit
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Until an ADA lawsuit makes noise suppressors mandatory (or at least sanely, straightforwardly legal) and beyond the reach of confiscatory, mendacious, opportunistic taxation by bullying revenuers, I'm wondering if there are legal, sane ways to shoot guns more quietly.
Not that I plan to ever shoot sans ear protection*, but are there significantly quieter loads / powders which would make shooting a less jarring experience, for new shooters especially? I have never handloaded (though I have on a handful of occasions fired others' handloads happily), but this is one reason I'd be interested in getting into reloading.
Are there guns shooting standard calibers which are by dint of their design quieter than similar-sized / similar-performing competitors? (Part of me says "silly! It's the cartridge that determines the sound, not the gun!" but I know many gun reviews talk about an especially loud / blast-heavy gun, so why not the opposite?)
I'd love to be able to shoot my .45 at lower volume (even slightly lower), for the sake of my ears long-term -- is that a pipedream?
timothy
* a single .22LR shot from a pistol was plenty loud enough, when I forgot that my earmuffs were still around my neck rather than replaced on my ears!
Not that I plan to ever shoot sans ear protection*, but are there significantly quieter loads / powders which would make shooting a less jarring experience, for new shooters especially? I have never handloaded (though I have on a handful of occasions fired others' handloads happily), but this is one reason I'd be interested in getting into reloading.
Are there guns shooting standard calibers which are by dint of their design quieter than similar-sized / similar-performing competitors? (Part of me says "silly! It's the cartridge that determines the sound, not the gun!" but I know many gun reviews talk about an especially loud / blast-heavy gun, so why not the opposite?)
I'd love to be able to shoot my .45 at lower volume (even slightly lower), for the sake of my ears long-term -- is that a pipedream?
timothy
* a single .22LR shot from a pistol was plenty loud enough, when I forgot that my earmuffs were still around my neck rather than replaced on my ears!