I've never heard a big bore PCP (I know they're loud) and I know spring guns don't even belong on this list, but my Beeman Kodiak .25 dieseled TWICE in the back yard in our subdivision and I thought the cops were going to show up.
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You really have to categorize this by caliber. It is not fair to judge/compare the loudness of different calibers against each other for loudness.
Obviously, the higher calibers will generally be louder/loudest. There may be exceptions, but generally speaking...
Obviously, the higher calibers will generally be louder/loudest. There may be exceptions, but generally speaking...
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My 25 caliber sumatra carbine is the loudest air gun I've ever heard. Even on mid power it hurts your ears indoors without pro.
It has a massive Niel Clague on it to quiet it down. Otherwise, at full tilt, it sounds like a 380 pistol with even a 34 grain pellet on 3/4 power.
It has a massive Niel Clague on it to quiet it down. Otherwise, at full tilt, it sounds like a 380 pistol with even a 34 grain pellet on 3/4 power.
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I would vote for a 1000+ ft lb custom Texan that was brought to an event in Texas. It was centerfire loud but other than that, I've shot the Slayer and Bushbuck and been around the Big Bore event at EBR and would say that they are not as loud as my Career 707 in 22 on low power when I first got it... painfully loud and I was much younger then. At least some creative soul figured out a way to get the power to a useable and tolerable level. This was mid nineties and it was 80 ft lb with a 31 gn pellet and even shot the 40 gn rimfire slugs of that era for you that think power began with FX. I'm sure the other Korean rifles are similar.
Honorable mention goes to the Thomas HPX, though. It was quite nasty in a couple of events I attended but we were all in close proximity, so maybe it just SEEMED like it.
Interesting thread... I like QUIET...
Bob
Honorable mention goes to the Thomas HPX, though. It was quite nasty in a couple of events I attended but we were all in close proximity, so maybe it just SEEMED like it.
Interesting thread... I like QUIET...
Bob
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My experience is limited compared to many of you all but of the airguns I’ve shot, the HP max took the cake for putting a hurt on my ears. Short barrel, 4500 psi fill, no baffles…
I wonder if the OP was getting detonation / diesel effect or (given how loud) maybe a crack due to supersonic pellets? Almost every time I’ve been surprised by an unusually loud shot out of an air gun it’s been due to something breaking the speed of sound.
I wonder if the OP was getting detonation / diesel effect or (given how loud) maybe a crack due to supersonic pellets? Almost every time I’ve been surprised by an unusually loud shot out of an air gun it’s been due to something breaking the speed of sound.
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Yeah it's a neat gun, my friend Steve has it for an Elk hunt he put in for. Things a friggin monster, the newer version will be much more refined.
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My .357 power tuned Benji Bulldog. So loud without Donny Ronin that ear plugs or muffs are required. Sounds like a firearm .30-06. Honorable mention goes to the .22 Thomas HP-X that Steve M shot at the Oct 2020 TexTreme Benchrest. It was so loud no one would shoot with him.
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That's funny because I specifically came to this thread to see if someone would mention a braked Thomas HPX, yep it's confirmed
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JACK HALEY .58 BOMMER , 1 of only 4 made . I own Jack's personal rifle.That's funny because I specifically came to this thread to see if someone would mention a braked Thomas HPX, yep it's confirmed
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The loudest I have heard is a Texan in 45 caliber. One of the guys at a fun shoot fired one and I thought it was a PB.
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