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Maser · November 30, 2006, 10:28 PM

I know this may seem like a dumb question, so don't be too hard on me ok.

Anyways, from lots of reading on this forum and other forums that talk about silencers, it seems like they actually add more felt recoil to the gun. Why is that? I know what a silencer looks like on the inside and it seems to me that with the baffles it is like a giant muzzle brake. So how on earth does it ADD recoil to the gun? Is it only muzzle silencers that do it, or does it also happen with integral silencers too?

Sorry for the idiotic question, but I got 4 years to go before I can buy NFA items.

November 30, 2006, 10:28 PM	#1
Maser Senior Member Join Date: May 21, 2006 Location: Mysterious Cities of Gold Posts: 920	Silencer & recoil question I know this may seem like a dumb question, so don't be too hard on me ok. Anyways, from lots of reading on this forum and other forums that talk about silencers, it seems like they actually add more felt recoil to the gun. Why is that? I know what a silencer looks like on the inside and it seems to me that with the baffles it is like a giant muzzle brake. So how on earth does it ADD recoil to the gun? Is it only muzzle silencers that do it, or does it also happen with integral silencers too? Sorry for the idiotic question, but I got 4 years to go before I can buy NFA items.