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cr500
12-25-2007, 06:03 PM
I will be getting a 300 Whisper built soon and am wondering about the noise level. Where I live, silencers are totaly outlawed, so it counts them out. I will be doing some culling in rural areas, where some houses are about a mile away or sometimes less.
I will be going for a barrel around the 22-24" length and shooting 250gn bulets, subsonic. How load is the muzzle report? How far away can people here it on a still day? Will it sound more like a shotgun thud than a rifle crack at a distance?

Artful
12-27-2007, 01:14 AM
I will be getting a 300 Whisper built soon and am wondering about the noise level. Where I live, silencers are totaly outlawed, so it counts them out. I will be doing some culling in rural areas, where some houses are about a mile away or sometimes less.
I will be going for a barrel around the 22-24" length and shooting 250gn bulets, subsonic. How load is the muzzle report? How far away can people here it on a still day? Will it sound more like a shotgun thud than a rifle crack at a distance?

Well it will sound like a slightly louder version of subsonic 22LR - so more thud than Crack as the crack is bullet going supersonic. Going to be a little deeper sounding tone than 22's due to larger bore diameter and will still sound like gunfire to an observer - but shouldn't be objectionably loud.