Electronic Platform Quieter Than a Mechanical Platform

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Thank you critta, Spray, & Oregun (nice!); your responses are very helpful. I used to own a Pulsar back in the day before the HP series. I never really gave the whole quiet thang much thought until recently. I always though my airguns were plenty quiet out of the box. But I was experiencing flinch issues with game, and I must say, since I screwed a DonnyFL (sorry, that came out wrong!) on my WC, the flinch issue has disappeared! Then I started to notice the hammer smack, which I never really noticed before over the muzzle report. I am looking for any advantage over them wascally wabbits! And stealth is right at the top of my list. Plus, a fully-electronic platform offers a plethora of benefits over a mechanical action (i.e., more accurate, better air management, less maintenance issues).
 
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It's not called "Hammerly" for nuttin'. Once you get rid of the muzzle noise, the mechanical cocking noise and hammer strike violence really stands out compared to the whisper-quiet micro-switch controlled cycling/trigger and solenoid-activated valving system of the Pulsar's air management platform.

Animals can hear the slightest click or smack at long distances at frequencies well beyond the human range. The subsonic nature of airguns allows these noises to reach the animals before the pellet; and the twitchy nature of their autonomous nervous system can cause the animals to flinch or flee before the pellet strike. This will not do.
 
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Now that I screwed a DonnyFL Emperor moderator on my FX Wildcat .25 Mk1 and made her as quiet as is humanly possible, I'm considering switching to a Daystate HP Pulsar .25 to reduce the noise even more (no mechanical cocking noise, hammer smack, and sear release noise). Thoughts?
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I have a nice backyard area to shoot in, up to about 60 yards, with nothing beyond for a very long way. But I have a neighbor house on each side of my house. One not far away (perhaps 25 yards between the houses) and the other perhaps 70 yards away on the other side.



I like to do a lot of target shooting off of my back patio, with as little bothersome noise as possible to my nearby neighbors. So, being very QUIET was among the most important qualities that I wanted in a PCP rifle. After trying out a variety of them, and owning a Brocock Bantam .25 with Trident LDC (which was still not very quiet), I decided to try a Red Wolf.

I was amazed at how quiet the RW with Hugget LDC is. So much so that I decided to muster up the money and go for a .22 cal RW.



The rifle is at its quietest with the LOW power setting. And the HIGH power setting is not much louder. That's one of the reasons I chose the RW over the Wolverine R - the three power settings. My plan is to shoot 16 gr pellets at LOW power for my backyard plinking and targets. And to shoot 18 gr pellets at HIGH power for humanely dispatching small backyard pests that like to eat my cacti.

Yes, in all respects, the RW with Hugget is incredibly quiet. I'm not sure how quiet the Pulsar would be - does the shorter barrel mean not as quiet as a longer barrel - all other factors held constant? I don't know. But if the Pulsar is any where near as quiet as the RW... then it will quite likely serve your need very well!

As for accepting an "electronic" gun... I was a bit leery at first. But seeing how simple it is to operate (not the least bit complicated), how QUIET it is, and understanding the other benefits, it didn't take long for me to come around to appreciating the electronic aspect of the rifle.

I would still like to have a bullpup style PCP in .25 (I traded my Brocock Bantam .25 for the RW) and have been thinking about a Wildcat II .25. But now, with my RW experience, I may wind up preferring to go for a Pulsar .25, even though the styling may take me some time to come around to.


 
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Now that it is brought up, i completely agree. My daystate is rediculously quiet compared to other guns ive owned. If you want a loud gun gun try the hatsan QE in .25. Nothing quiet about those guns. In fact, the daystate is even quieter than every fx ive owned. Is it really quieter because of the electronics?
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That's a good question. Checking out the Wolverine R and the Red Wolf at AoA, it seemed to me the RW was definitely quieter. Due to the electronics? I have no idea.
 
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This does not apply to the quiet issue, strictly speaking; but I have recently become aware of another very important positive aspect of an electronic platform. Since there is no jerk of a sear disengaging and hammer-strike violence like with mechanical systems, the sight picture stays much more stable with an electronic rifle. Therefore, there tends to be much fewer flyers with an electronic platform.
 
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DHart:

I will let you know how quiet my Pulsar HP .25 with the DonnyFL Emperor suppressor is as soon as I get her out in the field. My Pulsar has been sitting on my workbench since I got her, waiting for my dive shop to get a part for its compressor. Thank you for your review of the Red Wolf with suppression. Man, your property is gorgeous! (And so is your Red Wolf!)

I realized yet another argument for the electronic platform. Since there is no sear jerk or hammer strike as in mechanical systems, the electronic platform provides a much less violent environment as the rifle discharges. This allows the shooter to maintain a more stable sight picture during discharge, resulting in better accuracy.

I'm itchin' to get my baby out in the field to see what she is capable of :)

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