On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM, derf <derf247@gmail.com> wrote:
The suppressor makes it more pleasant to shoot, as hearing protection
is not needed.
Is that a suppressor or a silencer? It looks like a silencer. A suppressor
is a flash suppressor which is commonly used on a fully automatic weapon to
prevent vision problems (night blindness) when fired in dark conditions. A
flash suppressor does quiet the report somewhat but not to the point where
hearing protection is not needed.
A silencer will quiet the report to the point where hearing protection is
not necessary. But, silencers were outlawed in the Federal Gun Control Act
of 1968. The legal method of owning one is to hold a federal tax stamp for
it. Same as when you have a fully automatic weapon, you have to have the tax
stamp too!
--
Kent,
Assistant Chief of Police, Ret., ODMH, State of Ohio
1960 Bugeye
1967 Sprite - following in the 73's footsteps to the boneyard...
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