My gun is loud

[michael]

my auto mag sf is loud. how do i make it quit. its an older gun, real old. but it is pretty loud and i want it to be quiet. i cant afford a new vavle assembly. if i got a new bolt would it help...every thing on my gun is original.

[braaatz]

If your barrel isnt ported(little holes @ tip) your gun will be louder.Most if not all aftermarket barrels have porting, this will make your gun quieter. Longer barrels tend to be quieter also.

[Snap_Dogg]

new bolt make it quiter... i think

[blembiggity]

how about a silencer or do they even make them anymore?

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u cant see my z bodied mag.if u can u are entirely too close.

[XspyX]

18" Big Daddy

Silent death...ooo

[MagMan5446]

18" Big Daddy? Nah, a 22" Stone Cold is about the quietest barrel ever made.

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[blitz134]

i dont know if these guys are messing with you or not...but dont get a super long barrel...mags arn't the quietest guns i have heard...but if you get a nice barrel it should help...i know dye boomsticks are quiet...i dont care that much about how loud my gun is so im not sure...but a bolt definately wont help

blitz134

[michael]

ive got a tear drop and it is quit but the noise is coming from the insides of the gun it sounds like a regular mag but louder. Alot louder

[FeelTheRT]

hrmm that's odd, because the last time i checked (two days ago) Mags are still one of the most quietest guns. My Mag with a 12" DYE alum with covered portings is still quieter than my team mate's Cocker with a 14" AA barrel.

[E=Mag MAN]

i dont know how to help but my emag i think is really quiet with the stock barrel and i took the muzel brake off so maybe the new bolt will help because the emag has the new bolt

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E-MAG with warp and a flatline.

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[bluefrog]

WRONG! barrels and bolts help, but they don't help much....
if your gun shoots too loud then your pressure is too high too much gas is going into the gun... this means something is wrong with the regulater (if ya have one) or the valve is broken... try and see if you could get some tech from AGD 2 fix it

[randomboy]

Well, apparently his problem isnt barrel related, its more of an internal problem, and you said its an older gun. Apparently the older guns tend to be louder, if you send it in to AGD, they will upgrade it with new parts I think?? Someone can verify this I'm sure.

[michael]

<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bluefrog:
WRONG! barrels and bolts help, but they don't help much....
if your gun shoots too loud then your pressure is too high too much gas is going into the gun... this means something is wrong with the regulater (if ya have one) or the valve is broken... try and see if you could get some tech from AGD 2 fix it </font>

I think you may be on to something here, because i have had problems with air shooting out of the hole where you adjust the velocity. and the valve is pretty old, ill cll up AGD tech and see what they think. Thanks alot every one.

[mykroft]

bluefrog: If his velocity is fine, you are completely off base. the two things on a mag that make noise are the bolt movement and the airmass. The bolt movement usually makes a ping or cling type noise, this can be quieted by making a bumper for the bolt, and putting it in the body, the barrel material will also affect this. My experience tells me that Aluminum is higher pitched than Steel, for sound conduction of the bolt noise. Changing the bolt itself won't affect anything noise wise, at least until the Superbolt comes out. If the noise is coming from the gun, you probably need a new Blue bumper, it goes between the bolt and the valve body, if this is missing or hardened, your gun will be excessively loud, and may damage the bolt or valve.

A heavily ported barrel will be much quieter than an unported one. Silencers are illegal in the US due to a silly ATF regulation (If you can put it on a real gun, it's illegal). My experience tells me that a heavily ported barrel in stainless or a 2-piece with stainless back will be the quietest barrel on a mag, as the lower pitched ping from the bolt hitting the body doesn't carry as far as the louder pitched ping on an aluminum barrel. This is just a rule of thumb that works on my mag.

As to older guns being louder, that is incorrect, I have an old mag and a new one, they sound the same and are the same volume with the same barrel.

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Mykroft Holmes IV
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[tysonmachado]

I agree with Mykroft, check you bumper. If it is the barrel ping that is bothering you, you could try attaching a damper on it. The ping sound is amplified due to resonance in the metal of the barrel. You might be able to dampen the resonance by wrapping some tape or fabric around the barrel. Anyone who bowhunts should know what I mean, bowhunters often attach little rubber tassles to their bowstrings to reduce the twanging sound.