How does a gun silencer work?

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Judgement

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Staley8
i wonder why movies and TV shows make silenced guns sound like a high pitched squeak (you know what I"m talking about right?). I guess b/c if it was complete silent you wouldn't know if the guy fired or not? Who knows. And I think a longer barrel is more accurate than a short barrell.....in general. Although after reading the other side of it I can picture some sniper rifles that are a tad shorter, but the big difference in a good rifle is that the barrell on some of those things is insanely thick.

Because that's what it sound slike.

Why does it sound like that? I thought the whole idea was to release the pressure the gases have... a higher pitch to me would make it seem like its more pressure through a smaller hole... like if you whistled.

Well, apparently I'm wrong, as someone said it sounds nothing like in the movies.

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
the real question is does a silencer weaken the gun's power?

like counterstrike..

It is travelling slower. The force of *gas puls* from the gun powder is at 3000lbs psi normally (taken from the howstuffworks website article) and when it is silenced it is 60lbs psi. It will be weaker but it makes up for that by being quieter.

Koing

Why would that slow the bullet down any more than when the bullet leaves the gun normally, though? I can't imagine the friction sustained during the split second the bullet is in the silencer would have that big of an effect.

It wouldn't. The bullet is hardly any more weak than without the silencer. Might the question be accuracy instead?

If anything you'd think the bullet would be more accurate since it would be in the barrel longer. Longer barrel = more accurate shot. Although, now that I think about it, the inside of the silencer probably isn't, for lack of a better word, corkscrewed like the inside of the barrel is. So I can see how that would reduce accuracy.

I don't think the bullet is in contact with the inside of the silencer, so no, I would think it wouldn't be rifled (but it's not that big of a deal).

The bulllet has no contact with the inside of the silencer. The silencers I have seen at gunshows openings where larger than the mounting guns caliber.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Ug, suppressors aren't just used by snipers

They aren't illegal to own, there are good reasons. Again, farmers have lots of sh!t to kill. You don't want to be waking up the neighbors at 2am when you go out to look for coyotes raping the sheep.

The local PD uses one to shoot nutria, big rat type things that are pests. How many businesses and homes would report gunshots? Easy solution, just make it quiet enough that it doesn't bother people.

Hell that probably explains the reduction in homeless people now that I think about it.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Ug, suppressors aren't just used by snipers

They aren't illegal to own, there are good reasons. Again, farmers have lots of sh!t to kill. You don't want to be waking up the neighbors at 2am when you go out to look for coyotes raping the sheep.

The local PD uses one to shoot nutria, big rat type things that are pests. How many businesses and homes would report gunshots? Easy solution, just make it quiet enough that it doesn't bother people.

Hell that probably explains the reduction in homeless people now that I think about it.

sheep rape =

less homeless = :Q

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Judgement
Lol you guys keep arguing... obviously they have the longer barrel on rifles for some reason. Most snipers don't strap a scope onto a pistol (assuming it was powerful enough to reach the desired distance) and expect it to be more accurate then a rifle.

I'll admit that the longer the barrel, the better the accuracy and the greater the energy imparted to the bullet - but only to a point.

I'm also willing to concede that making a barrel too long and you start fscking yourself. However, I couldn't just let a blanket statement that shorter barrels = more accurate go by... even if it was just implying it.

 

[Mookow]

so did anyone make a seperate thread regarding the faster than light article? link?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Yeah, it's in the first screen in OT. Too lazy to link.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Yeah, it's in the first screen in OT. Too lazy to link.

I found it. BTW, do you remember who I was addressing when I wrote that quote in your sig? I'm trying to remember...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Absolutely no clue

It was funny though

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Absolutely no clue

It was funny though

I remember the argument, it was someone arguing that banning pistols/guns in cities leads to lower crime, and I said what about NYC and D.C.?, and then I saluted them... but who was it? argh, this is going to annoy me till I figure it out

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Judgement
Lol you guys keep arguing... obviously they have the longer barrel on rifles for some reason. Most snipers don't strap a scope onto a pistol (assuming it was powerful enough to reach the desired distance) and expect it to be more accurate then a rifle.

I'll admit that the longer the barrel, the better the accuracy and the greater the energy imparted to the bullet - but only to a point.

I'm also willing to concede that making a barrel too long and you start fscking yourself. However, I couldn't just let a blanket statement that shorter barrels = more accurate go by... even if it was just implying it.

 

[Judgement]

Originally posted by: Mookow
so did anyone make a seperate thread regarding the faster than light article? link?

For anyone else that missed it: Text