Just out of curiosity, today I mounted the following moderators on my Bantam Sniper .22. Sound level readings were taken several times with similar results each time. I used an app on my iPhone to measure the peak sound level, at 9' ahead and off 45 degrees to the side of the muzzle, with the microphone pointed toward the muzzle of the Sniper.
The Bantam Sniper .22 WITH shroud, but WITHOUT moderator measured 108 db.
Before the testing, I had a feeling that the Huggett was giving me the best sound moderation, and according to the SPL meter, what my ears were telling me was correct.
Note that these are not dramatically different sound levels to the ear, but they are audible, in particular when going from the Huggett to the Tatsu.
What is interesting is that the Hugget has the least internal volume of the three moderators, yet gave the greatest sound moderation!
The most noticeable difference that one can see externally (other than size/shape differences), is that the Huggett has vents near the muzzle end of the moderator and the DonnyFL's do not. Perhaps those vents have a significant effect on moderating the sound level, more significant than internal volume of the devices?
Taking in comparison inch-for-inch in size, and cubic inch-for-cubic inch of internal volume, the Huggett turns in a very impressive performance! As it should, I suppose, given that it is priced a fair bit higher than the other two.
Considering that the Tatsu is about 65% of the price of the Huggett, it does a pretty good job of moderating, but a 5 db difference is audible.
As I am trying to keep the sound of my pellet rifle shooting as low as possible (I shoot daily and have some neighbors not terribly far away), I know which moderator I will be using most of the time.
The Bantam Sniper .22 WITH shroud, but WITHOUT moderator measured 108 db.
Before the testing, I had a feeling that the Huggett was giving me the best sound moderation, and according to the SPL meter, what my ears were telling me was correct.
Note that these are not dramatically different sound levels to the ear, but they are audible, in particular when going from the Huggett to the Tatsu.
What is interesting is that the Hugget has the least internal volume of the three moderators, yet gave the greatest sound moderation!
The most noticeable difference that one can see externally (other than size/shape differences), is that the Huggett has vents near the muzzle end of the moderator and the DonnyFL's do not. Perhaps those vents have a significant effect on moderating the sound level, more significant than internal volume of the devices?
Taking in comparison inch-for-inch in size, and cubic inch-for-cubic inch of internal volume, the Huggett turns in a very impressive performance! As it should, I suppose, given that it is priced a fair bit higher than the other two.
Considering that the Tatsu is about 65% of the price of the Huggett, it does a pretty good job of moderating, but a 5 db difference is audible.
As I am trying to keep the sound of my pellet rifle shooting as low as possible (I shoot daily and have some neighbors not terribly far away), I know which moderator I will be using most of the time.
A cylinder's volume is a cylinder's volume, no matter what math-style you use.
