I just had the wonderful experience of visiting the Crosley range down south of Vernon, IN. My buddy had both his Ruger 10/22 and Ruger SR22 rifles. I couldn't help but notice how much quieter the SR22 was when he shot that one, in spite of the fact that both rifles have common parts, and both were stock--no mods that would affect noise at all. Both rifles were being loaded with the exact same ammo, and it wasn't even subsonic, so I know it's not the ammo here...
This got me to wondering--could this be a one-off that is particular to just that specific rifle, or are there specific models of .22 rifle that are just plain more quiet to shoot? Google-fu and reviews are one thing, but personal experience would be the most trust-worthy to me... Having only had experience with my 10/22, and one whole day's worth of shooting my buddy's SR22, I thought I'd ask the experts on INGO to find out.
So there it is: What's the quietest regular (non-suppressed) .22 semi-auto rifle according to your personal experience??
This got me to wondering--could this be a one-off that is particular to just that specific rifle, or are there specific models of .22 rifle that are just plain more quiet to shoot? Google-fu and reviews are one thing, but personal experience would be the most trust-worthy to me... Having only had experience with my 10/22, and one whole day's worth of shooting my buddy's SR22, I thought I'd ask the experts on INGO to find out.
So there it is: What's the quietest regular (non-suppressed) .22 semi-auto rifle according to your personal experience??