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[elh0102]

The Donny silencers are good, but the 2 best I've used are Weihrauch and Hogan (English). Bought the Hogan from Krale. I think it's easy to overemphasize dB reduction as a sole determining factor of performance. Obviously, it's important, but so is the sound signature. If sound is reduced a bit more by one model, but it still sounds like a shot, maybe it's not the best for that rifle.

 

[Shootlikethewind]

Can you please elaborate on the audio illusion? The meter records high db and the ears hear low ?

 

[elh0102]

Some silencers deliver a popping sound, it's quieter, but still pops like a shot. Others will deliver a different type of sound, kind of a rushing air sound, hard to describe, but a very audible difference. If you were to gently tap a cymbal with a drum stick, it would still sound like a cymbal. If you hold it with one hand to muffle it, and tap it with a rubber hammer, it might be louder, but it no longer sounds like a cymbal.

 

[Shootlikethewind]

I hear what you are saying. That makes sense. Some of my set ups make more of a popping tinny kind of sound and others make a whoosh. 

 

[Pelletpimp]

The Donny silencers are good, but the 2 best I've used are Weihrauch and Hogan (English). Bought the Hogan from Krale. I think it's easy to overemphasize dB reduction as a sole determining factor of performance. Obviously, it's important, but so is the sound signature. If sound is reduced a bit more by one model, but it still sounds like a shot, maybe it's not the best for that rifle.

I second the Weihrauch, got my hands on the new XL-K. Accuracy on my 30ft/Lbs Wolverine went from very good to jaw dropping awesome.

 

[Shootlikethewind]

I believe manufacturers use a variety of plastic and fabric baffles. Are the Weihrauchs using wool or plastic baffles?

 

[Vetmx]

I hear what you are saying.

That makes sense. Some of my set ups make more of a popping tinny kind of sound and others make a whoosh.

It also depends on the state of tune that your gun is in. A perfectly tuned .25 or below shouldn’t need anything longer than a 5 inch mod to make it quiet. A gun that’s wasting air on a bad tune will need a giant can to silence it.

 

[Shootlikethewind]

I understand. I am going to start experimenting with different cans and tuning.