On May 20, 12:30*am, micky wrote:
OT * Are gun silencers on pistols really as effective as they show in
the movies? * *What about the breech? *Does a lot of the noise come
from there?

And what about the muzzle? *Doesn't the bullet make a hole in whatever
is in the silencer, so the noise can follow the bullet out the hole?
After all, the walls on the barrel are pretty strong, so the noise
without a silencer must come out the mouth of the barrel. *Why not out
the mouth of the silencer, at least after it's been used a couple
times?

* I've fired a pistol, without a silencer, and didn't or couldn't
notice these things.

The BEST you can do is use a revolver, fold a pillow over the gun, and
fire at close range. Sound will be heard but not very far, plus NO
flash..I know I tried EVERYTHING. - before internet avaiable research.
The best small one I ever made was an empty paper towel roll cut to
still longer than a toilet paper roll. Fill the tube with fluffly wads
of facial tissue, overlap the barrel about 1 1/2 to 2 inches and use
once.

I understand there is an 'Israeli' type you can make in the field for
multiple use - Uses a series of washers in a tube to provide the
baffling, built on the principle ofthe auto muffler