Note also in these pictures that I haven’t attached any sling mounts, and the bipod isn’t on during games. I did two layers because it was a fifty metre roll and I couldn’t think of any other use for it. I used flecktarn as the base but it was crap, so the top two layers are done with the much better British Army Scapa tape. Partly for looks (camo), and partly because it might just help dampen things. On the exterior, as a side note, I’ve wrapped the rifle in three layers of tape. I don’t have a picture handy of inside the butt end because my rifle is taped up, although it should be the obvious bit when filling the stock, but if you look at the photo above I’ve filled ALL the spaces, apart from the magazine bay because that’s important and I don’t want any issues with the mag. It also doesn’t change with different weather conditions. It’s lightweight even when tightly packed in, cost very little, and can be worked better into tight spaces. So I used cotton wool, like (some) real steel silencers. It’s a very lightweight, mobile and well balanced platform. Don’t.ĭo I want the extra weight of modelling clay in my gun? No. I’ve seen everything from old t-shirts to modelling clay to expanding foam. If you Google it, the most basic advice on reducing noise is to stuff the stock with something to prevent the echo and reduce the hollow sound of the gun firing. Yes, a decent silencer on the end will cut some of the noise out, but only that part of it, and it all needs addressed. So, my thinking was to reduce all the elements of that cycle.

The spring slams the piston against the front end, which reverberates through the receiver (B), echoes through the beautifully crafted but hollow stock (C) and then the easy escape for that noise is to shoot out of the barrel behind the BB at (D). The only place the noise can come from when you fire is the bolt (A). Here’s a stunning VSR sniper rifle in its basic parts. Spoiler – it’s not the end of the barrel. Let’s start with a look at where the noise comes from. That puts it on a par with whispering apparently, and is barely audible at two metres, let alone anything outside a 20 metre MED.Īnyway, introduction done and onto the important bit. Without a BB loaded (which reduces it a bit further). Using a decibel meter app on my phone, at two feet from the barrel I’ve got it down to 11-16db. The plan was to combine the reliability and performance of a spring platform but tackle the weakness which is the extra noise created. I’ve been trying to get it down to a similar level as a gas rifle, so I can take shots without giving my position away, and so I can ignore Tanaka M700 owners who won’t ( James…) shut up about how quiet they are. That’s not to say you need one, and there are alternatives, because the rest of the advice should help bit by bit anyway. (This guide is aimed at players of the glorious VSR master race, but some of it might apply to other rifle platforms too.)įirst off, for people who don’t visit this site often, I’m using a cyma Cm701 variant vsr, which is more robust externally than the TM, and it isn’t a stock one either I run an airbraked WASP piston from the Sniper Mechanic which has had a big impact on noise levels. The Sniper should always be looking to better themselves and their kit, and as with camouflage, sometimes that takes a bit more effort than just adding an item to your basket. But does a cheap, foam filled (like every other one) silencer solve the noise problem on a spring sniper rifle? Of course not. There’s been a lot of fanfare lately about a revolutionary foam filled silencer which is apparently a “game changer” for owners of a popular, but loud, m24 variant. Need some extra stealth for your vsr? Targets hearing where the shot came from? Read on…

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