N/A Almost silent PCP

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Hi Friends,

So I have recently moved to the Seattle area and have a place with a nice visually private backyard, however I still have neighbors on all three sides. I'd love to shoot in my space, but don't want to alert anyone.

I've figured out my almost silent backstop but now need a almost silent pcp. My current stock dosent really cut it, and the only 2 candidate guns I have that could fit the bill are a Prod and slavia 618.

Do you have any suggestions for a low fpe pcp that I can get to almost silent? Smaller is better, as my range is about 15m. Open to any caliber but naturally gravitating towards .17 for the obvious reasons.

Help me spend my money friends!
 
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MylesBennettDyson said:
Hi Friends,

So I have recently moved to the Seattle area and have a place with a nice visually private backyard, however I still have neighbors on all three sides. I'd love to shoot in my space, but don't want to alert anyone.

I've figured out my almost silent backstop but now need a almost silent pcp. My current stock dosent really cut it, and the only 2 candidate guns I have that could fit the bill are a Prod and slavia 618.

Do you have any suggestions for a low fpe pcp that I can get to almost silent? Smaller is better, as my range is about 15m. Open to any caliber but naturally gravitating towards .17 for the obvious reasons.

Help me spend my money friends!
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You can’t even hear this setup discharge on the other side of my truck
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Prod with a DonnyFL Tanto is no more than a low muffled thump. Prod with a DonnyFL Shogun or a Huma Mod40(old style, NOT the Avalanche) and you can only hear the action(valve hitting "click").
You can quiet down the muzzle end of most airguns by using long barrel/shroud, adding big enough moderator, shooting low enough power, etc..(or combinations of these) to get it damn near silent, but you will still be left with the noise of the action(hammer hitting valve). I'm not sure of ways to make the action of the gun slient(other than lowering tension of the hammer strike.
 
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MylesBennettDyson said:
Hi Friends,

So I have recently moved to the Seattle area and have a place with a nice visually private backyard, however I still have neighbors on all three sides. I'd love to shoot in my space, but don't want to alert anyone.

I've figured out my almost silent backstop but now need a almost silent pcp. My current stock dosent really cut it, and the only 2 candidate guns I have that could fit the bill are a Prod and slavia 618.

Do you have any suggestions for a low fpe pcp that I can get to almost silent? Smaller is better, as my range is about 15m. Open to any caliber but naturally gravitating towards .17 for the obvious reasons.

Help me spend my money friends!
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I have the full power HW110 .177 totally silent

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MylesBennettDyson said:
Hi Friends,

So I have recently moved to the Seattle area and have a place with a nice visually private backyard, however I still have neighbors on all three sides. I'd love to shoot in my space, but don't want to alert anyone.

I've figured out my almost silent backstop but now need a almost silent pcp. My current stock dosent really cut it, and the only 2 candidate guns I have that could fit the bill are a Prod and slavia 618.

Do you have any suggestions for a low fpe pcp that I can get to almost silent? Smaller is better, as my range is about 15m. Open to any caliber but naturally gravitating towards .17 for the obvious reasons.

Help me spend my money friends!
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I like the wildcat M3 compact, it has a power wheel to lower the power = quiet with a moderator. Also, a very light weight accurate and versatile rifle. You can even swap calibers if you decide too.
 
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MylesBennettDyson said:
So I have a Prod with a DFL Koi and while it's probably my most quiet pcp it's not really that much more quiet than say my talon p with a 9in mod, or even my .30 cricket with a STO pugio. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here dudes with the Prod? Maybe my expectations are too high?
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I've done experiments using multiple Prods with blind folded people(who don't know much about guns or shooting) approximately 2 paces to the sides and behind me to determine "quietness". Ask them to report what they hear when I shot the various combinations into an open field(no impact noise):
-Prod with .177/.22Tanto(6.3mm exit hole)- described as muffled thump like someone lightly thumping a small cardboard box.
-Prod with .177/.22Huma Mod40(6.3mm exit hole) or .25Shogun(7.3mm exit hole)- described as someone lightly snapping fingers or clicking fingernails on countertop

The Prods were all set up to shoot a 15.89 JSB @ approx 590 fps
 
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