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How quiet is your gun?

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#1 ·
The measurement was taken by Sound Meter app from android and the smart phone was placed 30 cm left side of the outer barrel with the microphone facing the gun.

It was measured 75dB.
Is this quiet enough for a sniper?

The gun is Well MB01 and the upgrades are:
- stock hop up chamber teflon tape sealed + PPS hop arm
- stainless steel PPS cylinder
- stainless steel PPS cylinder head with 3mm thick DIY rubber damper
- local made steel-pvc piston + cup rubber
- metal sp.guide
- metal Well trigger box, steel trigger sear
- local spring equals 170sp

It can achieve 623fps (0.20g BB). Relax, I didn't use it for skirmish.

For above sound testing, using madbull 0.43g white BB.

So...how quiet is your gun?
 
#7 ·
Quiet enough that the BB through the air is louder.
That is similar to mine. That is annoying because if you miss, the target can figure out where you are from the sound of the bb whizzing past them. Then it does not matter if your gun is quiet because your bb sound gives you away.
I guess the moral of this story is do not miss your target first shot.