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    Question Quietest screw on silencer?

    Apologies if this has been asked before but I've been out of the loop with air rifles for years.
    I'm after a very quiet silencer for my BSA Ultra SE 22 for garden plinking. I'm using a Swift Stubby which is small but really suited to rimfire.
    The last time I looked years ago the Weihrauch silencer was the gold standard, but I'm wondering if there is anything that has surpassed it yet? A bit of Googling says the Hogan Decimeater is good too but does it compare or is there something even better?
    I don't want to spend crazy money on a one off custom, and if other things equal the smallest and least expensive is best.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Thing is it depends on the gun, like pellets, each gun varies as to what will be quietest on it!

    But as a rule the HW is usually fairly good, so is the Hogan, a Phoenix moderator is also good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guesty View Post
    Apologies if this has been asked before but I've been out of the loop with air rifles for years.
    I'm after a very quiet silencer for my BSA Ultra SE 22 for garden plinking. I'm using a Swift Stubby which is small but really suited to rimfire.
    The last time I looked years ago the Weihrauch silencer was the gold standard, but I'm wondering if there is anything that has surpassed it yet? A bit of Googling says the Hogan Decimeater is good too but does it compare or is there something even better?
    I don't want to spend crazy money on a one off custom, and if other things equal the smallest and least expensive is best.
    Thanks in advance.
    When Airgunshooter mag done a test some years back using a meter the BSA VC beat most including the HW, just right for garden plinking

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    Hmm, so each particular rifle might prefer a particular silencer.
    As I'm going to have to buy blind (deaf?) over the internet, then I think I should go for one that is generally agreed to be amongst the best. The BSA generally doesn't get great reviews, but the HW does as the the Hogan. Is one better made or more compact than the other?

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    Just get a HW, you can't really go wrong

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    I've used aBSA Scorpion a few times fitted with a VC silencer and it was no louder than my HW110 with the HE silencer, both very quiet.
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    Generally speaking the Weihrauch is the standard by which all other mods are judged on airguns, having said that I would also expect the BSA VC to work well on a BSA rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guesty View Post
    Hmm, so each particular rifle might prefer a particular silencer.
    As I'm going to have to buy blind (deaf?) over the internet, then I think I should go for one that is generally agreed to be amongst the best. The BSA generally doesn't get great reviews, but the HW does as the the Hogan. Is one better made or more compact than the other?
    If I read this post correctly, you are intending to purchase your silencer on the internet. Thanks to the VCR act, as with rifles, silencers have to be bought face to face from an RFD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guesty View Post
    Apologies if this has been asked before but I've been out of the loop with air rifles for years.
    I'm after a very quiet silencer for my BSA Ultra SE 22 for garden plinking. I'm using a Swift Stubby which is small but really suited to rimfire.
    The last time I looked years ago the Weihrauch silencer was the gold standard, but I'm wondering if there is anything that has surpassed it yet? A bit of Googling says the Hogan Decimeater is good too but does it compare or is there something even better?
    I don't want to spend crazy money on a one off custom, and if other things equal the smallest and least expensive is best.
    Thanks in advance.
    I've heard good reports of the huub shrouds on the ultras but they are £80. To be honest if your using a stubby & just want better silencing then just buy a HW mod. Everyone raves about them & the cost £45. Probably get one on here for £35. But anything that's full length as apposed to a stubby is probably going to do the job
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