Where are you doing your readings? Like in a back yard blocked in where there will be echo's, a basement, or a wide open space?I imagine that would make a big difference, I've been shooting in the woods and in the right conditions a .22LR is very quiet...
Thank you for all that great information. With a spring gun or gas ram, there is the sound that comes from the piston. Is there a way to read that sound? I often wear an ear plug in the right ear (closest to the gun) since the piston generates so much noise. I have a Remington NPSS that is quieter than a Tech Force 89 from a distance, yet when shooting I can't tell much difference as both seem as loud from the mechanics as it fires.
This is interesting and I hope to keep up with it. I am especially interested in the Sheridan as I too have one, just a later model. One thing I am curious about as a result of a discussion with another shooter. Have you noticed an actual measurable sound difference between wood stocked guns and synthetic stocks. We were saying that the synthetic sounded louder to the shooter, than wood but wondered if it actually WAS louder due to stock differences or if it just "seemed" louder due to shock vibrations, "echo" chambers in the stock, whatever, that only the shooter perceived because of contact between cheek and stock, and wasn't noticeable to bystanders (or sound meters). Are synthetic stocks really louder than wood or just "perceived" to be louder by the shooter?
Quote from: TF89 on October 25, 2016, 12:14:48 PMThank you for all that great information. With a spring gun or gas ram, there is the sound that comes from the piston. Is there a way to read that sound? I often wear an ear plug in the right ear (closest to the gun) since the piston generates so much noise. I have a Remington NPSS that is quieter than a Tech Force 89 from a distance, yet when shooting I can't tell much difference as both seem as loud from the mechanics as it fires. No, there's no way to separate the spring sound from the rest as it all happens at the same time. It's overall noise, combined, each shot that I posted and that you need to be concerned with. Of course the farther you are away, the quieter everything is, so if you want to see if it will upset your neighbor, put your sound meter in his yard, or even in his house to see how irritating it might be for him.