I'm gonna say a little less loud than a 30-30 win, and Much more quite than that Mauser 98

 

Put it this way: It's still pretty loud.

 

Yup i imagined it would still be quite loud... I'm still gonna buy it and blow off a few rounds in my back yard to see if the neighbors complain, if they do..That sucks.

 

I was going to suggest a suppressor, but I guess that's out if you are in NY. You could always goto a range, but that's costly. At least a 22 isn't that loud, and CB's and Colibri/SuperColibri ammo is available, and it is so quiet they probably wouldn't notice it if they had the windows open with traffic going by. You don't really need a silencer if you have a .22 unless it's over 50 ft away. The slow speed causes the bullets to drop like rocks after that. But it's fun to plink anywhere you want to!

 

The sks is so freaking loud the sonic boom kills everything in its wake. Its like a massive bulldozer of death just by using sound.

Its so loud the muzzle report bounces off the moon and you can hear its echo a few days later in the sky. Some people call this sound "thunder". The "thunder" you can barely hear is when the sounds waves bounce off mars or jupiter, but that takes a few years to come back. The cool thing about the sks, you can sit on the porch with your grand kids and listen to the "thunder" and tell them that was you shooting your sks years ago.

Its so loud, if you shoot at a deer, the deer will die from the sound waves alone. I have heard of deer exploding from just the sound waves. It gets really nasty cleaning exploded deer blood off your stand. Be sure to wear safety glasses, you dont want blood splatter to get in your eyes.

 

They are going to rename the .50BMG after it was shot along side of the sks.
New name,.............. the .50 Wimpy Wuss Whisper

 

just dont get a 303 brit. if you dont want loud

 

It isn't any louder than any other modern, high-powered rifle cartridge....expect the neighbors to hear it when you pop off....

 

Did somebody say something?

 

WHAT?!

Let me stop shooting my SKS for a minute, I can't hear a word any of you are saying.

 

I don't know, but based on my AK experience it should be pretty loud as well as distinct.
I love the SKS butmy experience with it has only been incidental.

 

I'll bet that they will complain about the .22 rimfire noise, when you get it. People who btch all the time don't need a good reason to complain.

 

The sks is so freaking loud the sonic boom kills everything in its wake. Its like a massive bulldozer of death just by using sound.

Its so loud the muzzle report bounces off the moon and you can hear its echo a few days later in the sky. Some people call this sound "thunder". The "thunder" you can barely hear is when the sounds waves bounce off mars or jupiter, but that takes a few years to come back. The cool thing about the sks, you can sit on the porch with your grand kids and listen to the "thunder" and tell them that was you shooting your sks years ago.

Its so loud, if you shoot at a deer, the deer will die from the sound waves alone. I have heard of deer exploding from just the sound waves. It gets really nasty cleaning exploded deer blood off your stand. Be sure to wear safety glasses, you dont want blood splatter to get in your eyes.

Did somebody say something?

WHAT?!

Let me stop shooting my SKS for a minute, I can't hear a word any of you are saying.

i c wut u did thar

 

You could always get a M44,. Shoot that a few times and your neighbors will send you thank you notes for shooting the SKS.