Other Backyard/Neighbor friendly PCP, do they exist?

[RossK]

Are there any PCP rifles that are actually neighbor friendly? Being new to PCP's my Crosman Icon 22 still has a fair amount of bark at 700ft/s and above. If I try to turn the hammer tension back further to lower ft/s, accuracy seems to go out the window. At 700ft/s and above it's far from "backyard friendly" noise levels imo.

Unfortunately our dick taters in charge don't allow for moderators/silencers on firearms which is a challenge to find a neighbor friendly PCP. Main purpose is punching paper out to 50yds and not having my neighbors hate on me for doing so with a budget of 1000.00 USD or under.

 

[pesty3782]

A friend has a 22 Marauder shooting 18 grain pellets and it is super quiet with no moderator at all. Trigger needs some work, but a pretty accurate rifle and very quiet...

Tony P.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Not sure what state you live in, but air gun moderators/silencers are legal in most states that allow airguns.

As for off the shelf guns, the marauder rifle in 177 or 22 is pretty damn quiet out of the box. The umarex notos is also a good choice, if you're looking for small and quiet.

 

[beerthief]

yes your bio does not list state/ city or province so no clue of what to advise .

 

[bearair]

I have a modded gen 1 25 cal marauder detuned to 710-725 fps roughly 35 fps and it is very quiet, in fact the pop it makes hitting tree rats is twice as loud as the gun.

 

[HogKiller]

As I reside in the far left state, the long one, we have Mods on our airguns. We need more details besides a very generalized comment. BTW Air guns are NOT Firearms.

 

[RossK]

Not sure what state you live in, but air gun moderators/silencers are legal in most states that allow airguns.

As for off the shelf guns, the marauder rifle in 177 or 22 is pretty damn quiet out of the box. The umarex notos is also a good choice, if you're looking for small and quiet.

I reside in Canada, so no moderators

 

[HogKiller]

I reside in Canada, so no moderators

So the far left country to our north, I'm surprise they let you have lead.

 

[Moderator3]

Gentlemen, do not take this thread over the edge into politics.

 

[beerthief]

Right from the start, the Benjamin Marauder .22 became an instant favorite among members of the hunting community, and that hasn’t changed. For the .22 and .177, this air gun comes loaded with a 10-round magazine, a shrouded barrel, integrated sound suppression, and Picatinny breech.

IS a shrouded barrel, integrated sound suppression, considered legal in Canada , i do not think so .

 

[MMCM13]

I believe that the gold standard for oem quiet pcp was the Marauder .177. I have one, a Gen 1, and it is really quiet. There are two sounds, the ping when trigger squeezed and the pellet impact. I have shot it in the summer in my back yard and neighbors could not tell. My wife didn’t notice it at all.

 

[Trucker3573]

This is one million thousand percent objective. Really no correct answer. It all depends on your neighbors. If they are honestly offended by airgun shooting I believe it’s probably much more involved than the sound. Thus the answer will most likely be no then. I know it’s best to be on good terms but there are a ton of choices that are much quieter than any powder gun. At some point you have to live your life and if you are within the local laws I say the neighbors can just learn to deal with it.

 

[dizzums]

if its just one shot on a pest most people cant pinpoint what it was or where it came from and will generally ignore it .. the other factor is what can be seen, generally if they cant see it, get a pic on a cell, and have no evidence you can just be like i have no idea what youre babbling about ..

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

I reside in Canada, so no moderators

Wow, I'm sorry. Beautiful country, horribly governed.

 

[Gerry52]

FX Royale 400, 500 are very quiet & extremely accurate. Pleasure to shoot.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

Well for the OP, he is SOL. He lives in Canada. No mods allowed, and only 500 fps limit unless you have a PAL.

Guess he could set up a sound deadening tunnel to shoot through, but that's going to be costly and an eye sore on the back lawn.

 

[Peashooter]

My .177 Vulcan 3 dont really need a moderator, even if it is FAC, the build in one do a very fine job, if you dialed it down a little ( not to SUB 12 ) it would be even better i think.
For sure if you do not have a low noise pellet trap your lead landing will be the loud part.

Now i do not know if that then mean in Canada the Vulcan 3 are not allowed, or if it sell with no build in moderator.
In Denmark moderators require a permit to get one, well unless it is part of the rifle then it is OK so no permit required buying my Vulcan 3, even if i think you could very easy remove it.

So unless you have a unusual large back yard, well at least for Danish standards, .177 will be fine and a standard Vulcan 3 would be very fine for "normal " range.

 

[HogKiller]

Wow, I'm sorry. Beautiful country, horribly governed.

LOVE their ice cream.

 

[RossK]

Well for the OP, he is SOL. He lives in Canada. No mods aloud, and only 500 fps limit unless you have a PAL.

Guess he could set up a sound deadening tunnel to shoot through, but that's going to be costly and an eye sore on the back lawn.

Yes I have a PAL that's not a problem, no moderators is the problem. My closest neighbor is about 60 yds.

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

My .177 Vulcan 3 dont really need a moderator, even if it is FAC, the build in one do a very fine job, if you dialed it down a little ( not to SUB 12 ) it would be even better i think.
For sure if you do not have a low noise pellet trap your lead landing will be the loud part.

Now i do not know if that then mean in Canada the Vulcan 3 are not allowed, or if it sell with no build in moderator.
In Denmark moderators require a permit to get one, well unless it is part of the rifle then it is OK so no permit required buying my Vulcan 3, even if i think you could very easy remove it.

So unless you have a unusual large back yard, well at least for Danish standards, .177 will be fine and a standard Vulcan 3 would be very fine for "normal " range.

Nope, Canadian versions of guns are not even allowed to have an empty/nonfunctional shroud.