I was thinking that myself. Seems like most 9mm cans will keep 22LR SV & subs in the 120 to 130 DB range, even with the larger bore. CCI capsule shot probably wouldn’t even faintly lead up the interior. I’d like to try that out.what about a serviceable 9mm can that you can also shoot .22lr through? bigger bore on the suppressor would give insurance that the .22 ratshot doesn't tear up the suppressor.
I laughed out loud when I first saw this a few months ago, but not in a mean way. I mean, go ahead and live the dream!
I laughed out loud when I first saw this a few months ago, but not in a mean way. I mean, go ahead and live the dream!
There’s an amusing YouTube video by a guy named Deadeye that’s worth five minutes (if you enjoy watching his chickens run for the hills when he fires it “suppressed”). Short version: A suppressor makes it much louder for the shooter due to back pressure through the barrel gap. It’s even worse with the magnum cylinder. You can clearly make out the sound differences, even with the typically attenuated sound through the video cam’s mic:
I think if your example was accurate, you could make a fun little pester/plinker with a 2X–3X pistol scope or even a rifle scope used with a taco hold. I’d add a nice muzzle device that looked good and stripped some blast.
I recently found a Rough Rider nine shot, twin cylinder, adjustable sight model (link below). (My first pistol was a Ruger Bearcat in the mid ‘60s, and this looked like a low cost, updated way to have fun with an SA again.) I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet. I’ll post something on it when I do.
6.5" Rough Rider® Adjustable Sights
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The reality is I’ve taken that pistol to the range exactly once. Maybe two cylinders if ammo, but likely just one. Enough to know it wasn’t quiet. 🤣BigWaylon,
I wasn’t clear: I wasn’t laughing at your _excellent_ picture (I’m new around here), but at the first press release I saw, whereupon I immediately went to the Heritage website to check it out. I very nearly bought one myself for the novelty value and because I like scoped handguns and precision air pistols. I really liked the idea of an easily scoped SA revolver, but since I already had the 9-shot, adjustable sight model, I talked myself out of it.
I found Deadeye’s YouTube video a short while later and was fascinated by it. I found the chickens funny because they start moving around with his first unsuppressed shots, but his first suppressed, heavy side blast shots really get them moving with good reason, only to have them spend the rest of the video walking back and forth across his target area.
There’s one thing I’m curious about you might be able to address: Since the suppressor’s back pressure clearly pushes more of the sound out of the cylinder gap to the sides and you have the can mounted, I‘m thinking the muzzle blast would _have_ to be reduced out at the target and in that general direction. I’m not sure of the safest way to test that, but you might have some ideas?
Like I said, I laughed out loud, but not in a mean way. I bet you chuckled when you first saw it…
Oh, and thank you very much for your “Welcome to the CFF” video, Dr. Evil…it’s always good to know who you’re hanging out with…