On May 20, 8:34*am, notbob wrote:
On 2012-05-20, micky wrote:

OT * Are gun silencers on pistols really as effective as they show in
the movies?

I would appear not. *Look at these tests:

http://tinyurl.com/6nj5lrh

I'm not really sure what they were trying to accomplish with these
tests. As someone else noted, you need sub-sonic ammo to get
reasonable suppression and they used supersonic ammo in all these
tests (most of the noise is from the bow wave of the bullet).