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August 2, 2010, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Video: Shooting my Sandusky Silent Destroyer.
I went out shooting yesterday and took some video of myself shooting my Sandusky Silent Destroyer. Slapped the video together at home and put it up for your viewing pleasure.
Youtube: Having fun with my Ruger 77/44 Silent Destroyer Click to watch video. Sandusky Comic Homepage This is my favorite online comic, very good artwork and very good writing. Check it out. John was kind enough to draw me some line art to put over the protective cover I made for the suppressor tube. Sandusky is the character on the right and Bunker is the character on the left who is about to get his nap ruined. I get as many questions about the artwork as I do the gun Rounds are a Lee cast 214 grain SWC bullet over a charge of Winchester 231 powder driven at about 950 FPS. The first shot on my chronograph is a test shot from my 22/45 pistol to ensure that the Chronograph was working. If you look close you can catch a glimpse of the bullet passing over the chronograph. I forgot to bring my shooting rest and the benches at the range are kinda crappy and don't allow a stable shooting position so I kept the target at 50 yards. Even with this rather wobbly shooting position I was able to consistently perform rapid fire onto the target. Given a good rest and slow-fire I can hit that same target consistently at 200 yards depending on wind conditions. With the subsonic velocity the trajectory is like a rainbow, shooting long range in the wind a challenge that I enjoy. With my handloaded subsonic ammunition, this gun is incredibly quiet. Ear protection is completely unnecessary. Camera microphones do an incredibly poor job of recording suppressor performance, but I still hope you get a reasonable appreciation of the performance of this suppressor. Especially with the downrange clips showing the impact being clearly louder than that of the shot itself. On the second clip with the camera downrange, when the target gets knocked over, I take the fourth shot into the Mountain Dew box on the post. The "Thump" you hear is the bullet punching a neat 44 caliber hole in the cardboard, a function of the SWC bullet. 50 yards downrange the shot is virtually inaudible as is the sound of me cycling the action. The camera only picks it up because of the lack of other background noise. Enjoy.
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August 2, 2010, 01:24 PM | #2 |
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Sweet dude! I like the whisper......... 44 mag?? that's quite cool!!
That would be a BA truck gun!!!! Thanks for coming! Last edited by hooligan1; August 2, 2010 at 01:31 PM. Reason: added comments |
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August 3, 2010, 09:55 PM | #4 |
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Webcomics and firearms, my two favorite vices.
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August 4, 2010, 07:26 AM | #5 |
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Both bring you into contact with really great people.
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August 4, 2010, 08:16 PM | #6 |
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That is slick! Care to share about your setup?
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I stuck with the factory barrel because I am going to be shooting cast bullets exclusively. A fast twist barrel works better with jacketed, but is not good for cast. The suppressor can be fully disassembled for cleaning and was designed specifically for shooting cast bullets. For optics I have a Russian designed, Belarus made 6x42 POSP scope mounted. The extra height is very handy for making the longer shots. The Chevron reticle makes long range shooting very easy as well. I can't remember if it's the 3rd or 4th Chevron that's the 200 yard mark. Perhaps I should write this stuff down. Top Chevron is 50 yards.
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August 6, 2010, 02:45 PM | #8 |
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Cool! I have an Old gun rag that featured this silencer in it.... long before I had silencers of my own. It's got the coaxial tube right?
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August 6, 2010, 06:48 PM | #9 |
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No, it has a non-coaxial outer tube, which functions as the blast chamber. The inner tube is coaxial to the barrel.
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August 6, 2010, 07:38 PM | #10 |
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I want to do something like this with my .45 ACP VZ 24. I think a silenced bolt action rifle (ala delisle) is a great concept.
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August 7, 2010, 04:46 PM | #11 |
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Very effective device! Thanks for the link to the toon. I read the whole series and am up-to-date on it now!
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So check up often because he's going to continue to strip. I'm doing my part to get him more readers.
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August 7, 2010, 08:31 PM | #13 |
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Nice rifle, and I'll check out the webcomic. I read several webcomics, and one more good quality one is always worth the time.
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I read about that and am going to keep it in my reading list. Sorry to hear about the loss of the big cat.
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