Loudest Gun/Cartridge?

[El Pablo]

.357 Mag pistol is on my do not ever buy list. The report is so loud that even double hearing protection is uncomfortable to me, and I have major hearing loss.

Weird, I even shoot ported ones without issue. I don’t have hearing loss, have great hearing for my age, and hate loud noises. I double up on hearing protection.

Now a S&W 460, ported, indoors… It’s quite painful from just the concussion, much less the noise.

 

[dennishoddy]

Weird, I even shoot ported ones without issue. I don’t have hearing loss, have great hearing for my age, and hate loud noises. I double up on hearing protection.

Now a S&W 460, ported, indoors… It’s quite painful from just the concussion, much less the noise.

It's the sharpness of the report in the .357 that gets me. Everyone has frequencies in their hearing spectrum that gives them issues.
The pressure wave from the muzzle with brakes and so on is a totally different issue. .50 BMG is uncomfortable to me, but nothing like the .357.

 

[Valhallajack]

It's the sharpness of the report in the .357 that gets me. Everyone has frequencies in their hearing spectrum that gives them issues.
The pressure wave from the muzzle with brakes and so on is a totally different issue. .50 BMG is uncomfortable to me, but nothing like the .357.

I agree .357 but i think a 5-6 inch barrel makes it worse, almost like it breaks the sound barrier or something.

 

[Hirschkopf]

Springfield Armory Saint Edge PDW; 5.56 w/ 5.5" barrel. Nice fireball, too.

 

[Johnny]

As far as just the cartridge a 204 Ruger is a loud bastard for a hunting rifle no matter what it is fired from.

 

[joshuacarrifee35]

I shoot a weatherby 6.5x300 and man it’s a loud sob

 

[Dangerousways]

I use to have a savage safari 458 winmag with the muzzle break on it, pretty loud at the range.

 

[ssgrock3]

7mm mag with boss brake. Loud bastage

 

[dennishoddy]

As far as just the cartridge a 204 Ruger is a loud bastard for a hunting rifle no matter what it is fired from.

Absolutely! My coyote hunting buddy built a .204 in the AR platform with a brake.
My first time out, with him shooting a coyote said I would never hunt with him again if he had that damned brake on there.

 

[dennishoddy]

7mm mag with boss brake. Loud bastage

I have a .270 with the BOSS System on it. It was terribly loud. Converted it to the non-brake option that wasn't as bad.