Eric R Snow wrote:

I used to have a match grade heavy barrel Remington .22, forget the
exact model. I found this thing was almost silent shooting .22 standard
velocity shorts. CB caps were even quiter.

I have some BB caps (.22 cal ball and primer, no powder) and these are
quieter in my Winchester rifle than my .177 caliber pellet rifle.

You can shoot quietly at low cost. Finding low velocity shorts, CB and
BB caps can be difficult though. The BB caps I have are
Flobert-Patronen, made in Germany by Dynamil Nobel.


Jon

I bought some of the Aquila CB caps, $1.99/bx at CTD. They snap like a
cap gun. Shooting a railroad tie, the bullet stops flush with the surface.

I have tried them in 2 .22 automatic pistols, and an auto rifle (Marlin
60). They would not cycle the action in any of them. So I bought a cheap
Heritage Arms revolver, and that looks like the ticket for cheap
backyard taget shooting.

Rex B