 You'd probably just about hear the striker going forward. That's about all the sound that that would make. Depends on what you're going to use it for. I mean, if you're going to use it for, you know, incredibly quiet inside the house as a defense tool. There's an old saying that, you know, lots of people say the .22 long rifle isn't very effective for defense. But if you look at the statistics, it kills more people every year than any other round. Now, it may not stop them, but it might kill them.