Why Bother with Short Barrels?

[tdbru]

well i will post one more on the reason i prefer longer tubes. first off i will say the shorter tubes are indeed handier. however spending most of my life so far participating in our fascinating sport of shooting has done quite some damage to my hearing. and i prefer not to lose any more of it if possible. at the range i can do plugs and muffs. out hunting, i can't wear them and hear things. so for me, and this is just me, the longer tubes have lower muzzle pressure, all else being equal, which translates to less noise. also the noise source is further from my ears. i really am not too interested in all the red tape surrounding suppressors. if there wasn't so much red tape, i'd have them already. as a side effect of the longer tubes, the velocity typically increases just a bit over a shorter tube too, which i like. but i understand the argument that to many folks, the difference isn't enough to worry about.
regards,
-tdbru