which gun is quieter? Mrod or Rainstorm?

[crowpopper]

I am looking into buying an Mrod in .25 but I see the rain storm too on pyramyd it says rainstorm has a loudness of 4 or medium while the Mrod is showing 2 or low but I read somewhere that the rainstorm is quieter than the Mrod?
It is going to be a hunting rig and i need the Quietest possible due to where I will be hunting
Anyone own both guns and shot them side by side to say if one is truly quieter?

[amb5500c]

Judging from stuff I've read; the Marauder is most definitely the quieter of the two (in stock form). But the Rainstorm has the edge in power.
Richard

[Nomadic Pirate]

My Rainstorm .22 sounded louder when shooting it than my Maurader .25 but when I stepped in front of the guns and someone else was shooting, the Maurader was louder.

Both guns at that stage where bone stock not even depinged

[Nomadic Pirate]

I am looking into buying an Mrod in .25 but I see the rain storm too on pyramyd it says rainstorm has a loudness of 4 or medium while the Mrod is showing 2 or low but I read somewhere that the rainstorm is quieter than the Mrod?
It is going to be a hunting rig and i need the Quietest possible due to where I will be hunting
Anyone own both guns and shot them side by side to say if one is truly quieter?

Yeah, and they list the Maurader at 7 1/2 Pounds too .......now that's a laught, LOL the Maurader is more like a 9 pounder

[Bill G]

Yes with a scope the Marauder might as well be a M-1 Garrand.

[crowpopper]

Well gun weight isnt an issue for me
I am 6'1"   260 LBS
I dont mind carrying a hefty gun around
And mostly it is short walks to where I a calling predators anyways
Heck
When I go snowshoeing for predator calling I bring my Rem 1187, My TCencore pistol in .223  my Ruger MKIII hunter .22 LR
My lanyard with 9 hand calls
My GPS and spare batts
My Foxpro and spare batts
My electronic Decoy and Spare batts
LOL
And I put on 6-10 miles a day when I am doing this kind of hunting

[Tpatner412]

The newer rainstorms have the shorter shroud than the versions Manmy and I had. It was a fair comparison with the longer shroud but the shorter shroud versions have a pretty good snap to them. Had Evanix not gone to the new shroud (never understood why they did) then the rainstorm would be the better choice.

[QVTom]

I have the new version in 22 and appreciate the short carbine length of the gun.  A coupe of extra inches really does make a difference of how the gun handles in the brush, I have to believe this is what Evanix had in mind when shortening the shroud.  As for the noise, I don't have a Marauder to compare but the the Rainstorm is a 50+ fpe gun so some more noise is to be expected.  I have heard that Will Piatt's shroud internals upgrade makes a huge difference in the noise level with out lengthening the gun.

I see 4 major differences and 2 minor.

Major
1) FPE
2) Side lever
3) Nice stock
4) Construction
Minor:
4) Weight
5) Noise level

Tom

Yes, I love my Rainstorm

[Nomadic Pirate]

Both of Wills Internals and Depinger quiet down them Rainstorms significantly, well worth investment

[QVTom]

I would do it but my Rainstorm is shooting so good I don't want to mess with it. 

[Nomadic Pirate]

I would do it but my Rainstorm is shooting so good I don't want to mess with it. 

[crowpopper]

Well I went with an Mrod
Not a factory one
It is all tricked out already
has a neil clauge LDC added ontop of the shroud extender and also resivoir extender
Will post pics and groups ETC when she gets here!