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From: megatek!avf@UCSD.EDU (Andy Funk)
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Subject: Re: Which is louder: - 9mm or 45?
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Date: 22 May 91 16:38:42 GMT
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In article <34738@mimsy.umd.edu> n9020351@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (James D. Del Vecchio) writes:
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#  My next purchace will be a 9mm or a .45.  I've fired a 45, but never a 9mm.
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#If you can, rate these loads for volume, loudest to quietest.
#			(say what bbl length please)
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I've always thought that a one dimensional representation, e.g., decibels,
is an incomplete part of the story regarding the subjective "loudness" of a
shot. A more accurate representation would be a two dimensional graph of
decibels/time. Even better would be a three dimensional representation of
decibles/time/frequency.

I think my 1911 .45 is louder than my 9mm High Power, but it's more of a
whoomp than a crack.