Question about sound supression.

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KaMaKaZe

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Despite all the hush-hush that surrounds such topics..

I was wondering if someone could point me to a www page or two that discusses the physics and such behind sound supression. I have casually been interested in this subject and would like to know more of it. Also, if anyone has any books on the topic, or can give me a few book titles, I would appreciate it.

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oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
 
Your average car, truck, motorcycle has a suppressor on it!!! I guess it is time to ban those too huh?

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Dead [Black Ops]
 
Ledbetter,

I have.. but I'm not comin' up with much of anything worth reading.

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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!

oberkommando sez:
"We lost the first and third and now they are after the Second!(no pun intended)"
 
The MUST HAVE book on the subject is Al Paulson's "Silencer: History & Performance". Try Amazon.com. I bought it when I got my B&T suppressor from www.ccfa.com . Mr. Paulson is the suppressor guru for Small Arms Review magazine. The book gets technical, but it is facinating and worth the $$.
 
Check this place out, the IBM intelectual property network.
http://www.patents.ibm.com/index.html

Stumbled across it one day while surfing. Just type in "firearm silencer" at the homepage search engine. VERY interesting and educational reading. Properties and various designs explored in detail.
 
Think about what causes a gun to make noise when fired. It is the rapid, uncontrolled expansion of hot gas, the mechanical sound the gun might make, and the sonic crack of the bullet if it is travelling above about 1100 fps as the bullet breaks the sound barrier. Use a round under 1100 fps, sealed action (NOT a revolver) to contain the gas generated, slow down the gas, cool the gas, vent the slowed cooled gas. Do those things correctly and you will have suppressed the sound of a gun shot.
 
KaMaKaZe, you might try a search in General over on AR15.com (I think you are member there). I remeber a discussion there fairly recently in which there was some good info about some of the European countries that required such devices on their hunting guns.

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