Thread: Quietest firearm possible?

i like the .30 calibers for subsonics, nothing against .44s or anything else but i didn't see any real advantage for me with bigger bullets at sub speed over the .30s, not to say there isn't i just didn't see it with the limited time i tried them.
But for someone else buying bullets that are made for low velocity the pistol bullets would be a real advantage.

like Friwi i saw no real advantage going with the heavy weights, tests on penetration showed similar performance with 170, 180, 190, 212 grain bullets in wet newspaper and animals at all ranges.
But there is advantages with the soft cast heavy longer bullets if you want to modify them with BIG hollow points . . . and i just like em

in this case the hollow point extends down to the first driving band . .. they are a little more deadly on animals but not as much as i would have thought . . best is still a bullet with a wide flat point placed in the boiler room with care.

the biggest decision to me is what kind of optics/sights are you going to use . .. . with the right kind you can shoot with confidence to well past the usual ranges subs are used at . .. good luck