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Looking for a quiet rifle...Hornet...Fireball?
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<blockquote data-quote="triggerpress" data-source="post: 389013" data-attributes="member: 5903"><p>I've gone two routes to get something like what you're looking for. I started with a 223 and made up reduced loads for it. My load was (and is) 10 grains of Win 231 over a Sierra 40 grain Hornet bullet. I eventually added a 17 Ackley Hornet that uses 9.7 grains of LilGun over a 20 grain V-Max. Both give explosive performance on ground squirrels and are fairly quiet. The edge, however goes to the Hornet, because it has a much longer barrel. You can make any gun quieter by using loooong barrels (my Hornet has a custom 27 inch pipe, specifically to make it quieter). </p><p></p><p>Whatever you decide on remember that most of your noise will come from the amount of powder burned and from the bullet's supersonic crack. To reduce the noise keep the powder charge as light as possible and if it can be done within the parameters of what you are trying to achieve (not for me) send the bullet out at below the speed of sound.</p><p></p><p>triggerpress</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="triggerpress, post: 389013, member: 5903"] I've gone two routes to get something like what you're looking for. I started with a 223 and made up reduced loads for it. My load was (and is) 10 grains of Win 231 over a Sierra 40 grain Hornet bullet. I eventually added a 17 Ackley Hornet that uses 9.7 grains of LilGun over a 20 grain V-Max. Both give explosive performance on ground squirrels and are fairly quiet. The edge, however goes to the Hornet, because it has a much longer barrel. You can make any gun quieter by using loooong barrels (my Hornet has a custom 27 inch pipe, specifically to make it quieter). Whatever you decide on remember that most of your noise will come from the amount of powder burned and from the bullet's supersonic crack. To reduce the noise keep the powder charge as light as possible and if it can be done within the parameters of what you are trying to achieve (not for me) send the bullet out at below the speed of sound. triggerpress [/QUOTE]
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