On 26 Sep 2005 19:09:02 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:09:18 -0400, Ken Vale wrote:

Could you enclose the cylinder inside some type of shell the forced the
gases to go out the barrel? (a custom built gun and not a modification)
Would this cause the remaining rounds to cook off if the gases travelled
all around the cylinder?

It'd be a lot easier to just not use a design that is inherently
difficult to silence.

Ken (who knows next to nothing about guns)

No problem, and actually the Russian Nagant revolver does somewhat what
you describe, only by using the cartridge case itself to make the seal.

http://www.buymilsurp.com/pictorials...pictorial.html

http://guns.connect.fi/rs/linx.html

http://users.skynet.be/HL-Editions/index.html


"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner