I was cleaning the kitchen yesterday and noticed a .22 casing on the floor. I picked it up to make sure that's what it was (don't ask me how that got into the kitchen). The casing slipped from my hands and made a delightful tinkling sound as the brass hit the linoleum. Brass falling on the ground is certainly a one-of-a-kind sound. Anyone else have any favorite gun related sounds?
Favorite gun related sounds
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I was at work the other day and had my soft black leather brief case with me. I picked it up to move to another room, and heard behind me a deep clink, tink, tinka tink.... My co-worker, who is into shooting as well, asked me what fell out of my bag. I told him that, by all sounds of it, I'd had a .45 acp case drop out of my case. I don't have a CLUE how it got there, and because I had just had a day of shooting .45, 9mm, .40, .308, adn .223, even if I'd been sure of how the brass had gotten into my bag, it could have been any of those cases. But, as I'm sure most of you know, .45 acp cases have a particular clink about them.
I spent the next 2 or 3 minutes looking for it, and finally found it under an open door against the wall. My friend was surprised that I KNEW what it had been, without seeing it (there were no other cases in my briefcase). But what else sounds quite like that?
The big hammer on a big old Colt Walker has quite a resonate sound to it.
The rack of an 870 is utterly classic.
The combined sound of a 1911's loading or unloading is a classic sound to me.
The ascending pitch of a tight bronze brush being pushed through a rifle barrel is a favorite sound of mine.
There's plenty more.
I spent the next 2 or 3 minutes looking for it, and finally found it under an open door against the wall. My friend was surprised that I KNEW what it had been, without seeing it (there were no other cases in my briefcase). But what else sounds quite like that?
The big hammer on a big old Colt Walker has quite a resonate sound to it.
The rack of an 870 is utterly classic.
The combined sound of a 1911's loading or unloading is a classic sound to me.
The ascending pitch of a tight bronze brush being pushed through a rifle barrel is a favorite sound of mine.
There's plenty more.
Dennis Olson
New member
Of course, there are the SMELLS too.
Hoppes #9. That to me IS the gun culture.
Hoppes #9. That to me IS the gun culture.
Johnny Got His Gun.1
New member
Working the bolt on a Mauser.
Working a lever action.
Each click as you work the cylinder loading a single action.
Slamming a magazine home in an automatic.
Racking the slide on an automatic.
The ting of a bullet hitting plate steel.
Hell, just the sound of a firing a round.
Working a lever action.
Each click as you work the cylinder loading a single action.
Slamming a magazine home in an automatic.
Racking the slide on an automatic.
The ting of a bullet hitting plate steel.
Hell, just the sound of a firing a round.
Stephen A. Camp
Staff In Memoriam
Hello. For me, the best sound is that of a high-powered rifle echoing down a mountainside like rolling thunder. Next best is the sound of a slick bolt-action rifle chambering a round. Best.
I agree with Long Path, the hammer of a Colt Walker has an unmistakable sound, and will definetly get your attention!
Others include rackin' the slide on a Winchester 1897, bayonet clicking tight on same.
The sweet sound you can faintly hear of shells and links piling up during the firing of a belt-fed.
And of course, as fed168 said, the en bloc of a Garand popping out.
Others include rackin' the slide on a Winchester 1897, bayonet clicking tight on same.
The sweet sound you can faintly hear of shells and links piling up during the firing of a belt-fed.
And of course, as fed168 said, the en bloc of a Garand popping out.
The sound of a 1911 being racked, it makes a distinct sound compared to other autos(because the frame isnt plastic). The sound of a Winchester M88 having its level worked, for some reason, this models lever has its own distinct sound too. And, a pump action shotgun being racked, pure music.
Rocky Road
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The still, small, voices of the world of shooting speak to me:
The soft snick of a .45 safety coming off.
The small but somehow sharp click when a long-since chambered Remington twelve-gage is unsaftied.
The dry, slithery sound, kind of like a large snake on dry rock, but which is really your partner unholstering his sidearm.
The above things are small sounds, but, at times, they can be pretty loud. I believe it was the late Peter Hathaway Capstick who wrote something like, "The most terrifying sound in the world is not the lion's roar or the trumpet of an elephant. It is a dry click when you expected a BOOM."
Nifty topic, MGB.
RR
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The soft snick of a .45 safety coming off.
The small but somehow sharp click when a long-since chambered Remington twelve-gage is unsaftied.
The dry, slithery sound, kind of like a large snake on dry rock, but which is really your partner unholstering his sidearm.
The above things are small sounds, but, at times, they can be pretty loud. I believe it was the late Peter Hathaway Capstick who wrote something like, "The most terrifying sound in the world is not the lion's roar or the trumpet of an elephant. It is a dry click when you expected a BOOM."
Nifty topic, MGB.
RR
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---The Second Amendment ensures the rest of the Bill of Rights---
hmmm...
The suppressed slick, of the safety going off while turkey hunting.
The soft slide-click of my magazine loading into my slightly smoking USP45C.V1.
The immediatly recognizeable sound of the block slamming forward on my dad's 'Sweet-16' Browning 16ga. A5.
The soft calm exhale of my girlfriend when giving me a hug and noticing my CCW.
The locking sound when decocking my USP45C.V1.
The 'cha-ching' of the cash register every time i go to the gun shop (every time, can quite seem to figure that one out.
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"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
The suppressed slick, of the safety going off while turkey hunting.
The soft slide-click of my magazine loading into my slightly smoking USP45C.V1.
The immediatly recognizeable sound of the block slamming forward on my dad's 'Sweet-16' Browning 16ga. A5.
The soft calm exhale of my girlfriend when giving me a hug and noticing my CCW.
The locking sound when decocking my USP45C.V1.
The 'cha-ching' of the cash register every time i go to the gun shop (every time, can quite seem to figure that one out.
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~USP
"[Even if there would be] few tears shed if and when the Second Amendment is held to guarantee nothing more than the state National Guard, this would simply show that the Founders were right when they feared that some future generation might wish to abandon liberties that they considered essential, and so sought to protect those liberties in a Bill of Rights. We may tolerate the abridgement of property rights and the elimination of a right to bear arms; but we should not pretend that these are not reductions of rights." -- Justice Scalia 1998
Jason Demond
New member
Racking the slide of a .45..
I love the smell of G96
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I love the smell of G96
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ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY!"
General Dwight D. Eisenhower-- June 6,1944
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All the sounds of a 1911, the sounds of the rounds being loaded in the magazine, magazine locking in place, the first round in the magazine being chambered and the click of the thumb safety being applied.
The small squeak of a new leather holster.
The double rack of a M2HB bolt.
The sound of 32 empty 9m/m's hitting the floor after a burst out of a H&K MP-5SD.
The C-O-L-T when cocking a SAA.
Favorite smells, besides Hoppe's #9 (original formual.)
The smell of a new Lou Alessi holster and magazine pouch.
The smell of a freshly fired 12 gauge paper shell. (they smell different than the plastic cases)
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"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
The small squeak of a new leather holster.
The double rack of a M2HB bolt.
The sound of 32 empty 9m/m's hitting the floor after a burst out of a H&K MP-5SD.
The C-O-L-T when cocking a SAA.
Favorite smells, besides Hoppe's #9 (original formual.)
The smell of a new Lou Alessi holster and magazine pouch.
The smell of a freshly fired 12 gauge paper shell. (they smell different than the plastic cases)
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Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"