What to do!!

[plinkplinkplop 0]

Hi all, I have recently picked up a cheap (new) Cometa 400 and seems to very noisy compared to my Theoben Weihrauch, the question is! Is it worth putting a silencer on it?

[davyt63 1,845]

Hi all, I have recently picked up a cheap (new) Cometa 400 and seems to very noisy compared to my Theoben Weihrauch, the question is! Is it worth putting a silencer on it?

 

 

hi PPP

its always worth it,i had one on my AATX200HC it made a difference but not as quiet as a pcp

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

What you hear when you shoot a springer's not really what's heard down-range. A lot of what you hear when you fire is what's being transfered through the gun straight into your head 'cos your cheeks resting on it...

 

It's mostly mechanical noise and vibe's that you as the shooter's aware of. The muzzle noise gets lost in all that crap and you're not really aware of it.

 

Down range however, your target's heads not resting on the gun when it goes off, so it's not as aware of all the mechanicl crap that's going on. It'll mainly just hear the noise that comes out of the end of the gun so, yes, after all my rambleings, a mod will help your springer.......

 

Cheers.

[Edgar 1]

Im not convinced that silencers are neccesary for effective hunting, reason being if you shoot one animal then the one beside it is more likely to be scared of by the noise of the pellet hitting the first one. That noise is closer so as air rifles are fairly quiet anyway I can't see it matters too much. Rabbits for example have such good hearing that I suspect the noise of a silenced air rifle is still very audible to them. As for your new rifle it may well improve for bedding in, give it a couple of tins.

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

silencers are only useful on pcps in my opinion as a silenced springers are still quite loud and wil scare quarry off if you miss.with my silenced s400 i have missed a woody by a cm but it didnt fly off because of the silencer and aloud me to get in a second shot.

[plinkplinkplop 0]

Thanks for the replys guys, my hw90 has a silencer and is alot quieter than the Cometa which seems to be all spring noise!! Its a nice light Rifle compaired to the Weihrauch but the noise is putting me off it a bit perhaps it will float me boat when I get a kill with and find out what it will do. Either that or I could be trading them both in for a pcp

 

But then is it worth spending ex amount on a silencer, especially trying to get one in Cornwall!!!!

Edited March 28, 2010 by plinkplinkplop

[Marksman 934]

give it a strip down, degrease, clean and regrease mate you might find it will be quieter after that.

If all else fails then invest in a silencer.

As for the comment about there being 2 quarry and one running away, Don't take it for gospel but I find you'd normally get that with a springer anyway due to the movement of recocking the action frightening the second away, especially after it's mate has just copped it!

 

Darryl

[samuri 4]

give it a strip down, degrease, clean and regrease mate you might find it will be quieter after that.

If all else fails then invest in a silencer.

As for the comment about there being 2 quarry and one running away, Don't take it for gospel but I find you'd normally get that with a springer anyway due to the movement of recocking the action frightening the second away, especially after it's mate has just copped it!

 

Darryl

 

i agree with marksman about the strip down iv also heard of velocity tar used on the spring to reduce recoil

 

ATB samuri