What is the quietest standard AEG?

[ibo7]

I'm just wondering what are the quietest AEGs, and what makes them quiet?

My Cyma M14 is pretty loud to use in my garden and I don't want to bring attention to myself when just plinking at home.

Are other particular guns much quieter as standard?

[Quagmire]

Dunno about "as standard" but shimming and motor height can make a big difference to noise. Also gear/motor combo changes that speed up the cycle time seem to help - the noise might be the same in volume but occurs over a much shorter period so seems quieter. Obviously not much use if blasting away on auto though.

 

Of the group of people I Airsoft with, the quietest AEG is probably my brothers G36, maybe the polymer body helps? 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

The f2000 would probably get a vote.

 

Reasonably long barrel for less muzzle pop, plastic body to dampen the noise and most of the noise being cradled by the shooters body is a pretty good recipe for quietness.

 

That said, it isnt that quiet as the user given your ear is right next to the box so i'm mostly relying on the comments of others.

 

Generally when it comes to quietness its usually hpa's and gas non-blowbacks (mk23, revolvers etc) that get mentioned, where you can be standing 6 foot away from the shooter and the sound of the bb's hitting the target is more audible than the gun.

[ibo7]

36 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

The f2000 would probably get a vote.

 

Reasonably long barrel for less muzzle pop, plastic body to dampen the noise and most of the noise being cradled by the shooters body is a pretty good recipe for quietness.

 

That said, it isnt that quiet as the user given your ear is right next to the box so i'm mostly relying on the comments of others.

 

Generally when it comes to quietness its usually hpa's and gas non-blowbacks (mk23, revolvers etc) that get mentioned, where you can be standing 6 foot away from the shooter and the sound of the bb's hitting the target is more audible than the gun.

The motor is what makes all the noise tbh, it seems a very efficient motor makes less noise.

I may consider a NBB pistol as my garden is very small, only about 12 yards long, but AEGs are just more fun

[Lozart]

20 hours ago, ibo7 said:

I'm just wondering what are the quietest AEGs, and what makes them quiet?

My Cyma M14 is pretty loud to use in my garden and I don't want to bring attention to myself when just plinking at home.

Are other particular guns much quieter as standard?

 

Out of the box the Cyma M14 is a particularly slow cycling, noisy gun. Most new ish M4s are pretty quiet if you run them on an 11.1v battery and make sure you adjust the motor height properly.

[THE FNG]

G&g ump with the suppressor; one of the few suppressors that actually work!

[Adolf Hamster]

19 minutes ago, THE FNG said:

G&g ump with the suppressor; one of the few suppressors that actually work!

 

Suppressors do work very well on hpa/gas non-blowbacks where theres minimal action noise.

[BigStew]

You are not going to get a good answer, no one has done any sort of noise comparison of a wide range of stock AEGs (or any that I can find). Even a custom build gun is going to make a minimum of difference to that actually decibel level from a gun. Mods will change things like pitch a frequency so the sound may not travel as far.