croy wrote:
On Sun, 20 May 2012 03:30:41 -0400, 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.


What sounds pretty darn quiet outside, in a suburban
environment, will probably leave your ears ringing in a
quiet hallway.

Is good. You won't hear the goblin screaming like a duck has hold of him.