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nate45 · November 13, 2012, 04:48 PM

There isn't going to be any discernible difference to someone listening from a distance. To the shooter one inch wouldn't matter either. Somewhere there is a chart that shows the decibel difference between rifles, shotguns and handguns with different chamberings and barrel lengths.

November 13, 2012, 04:48 PM	#3
nate45 Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,746	There isn't going to be any discernible difference to someone listening from a distance. To the shooter one inch wouldn't matter either. Somewhere there is a chart that shows the decibel difference between rifles, shotguns and handguns with different chamberings and barrel lengths. __________________ "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."- Thomas Jefferson ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (>_<)