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dogtown tom · November 12, 2018, 12:28 PM

Yes, you'll need an adaptor.

The fake silencer pinned/welded to the Beretta 70/71's were strictly to earn enough points to be importable after 1968.

The internets say that the Mossad used them: https://www.tactical-life.com/firear...mossad-22-lrs/ in the '60's and '70's.

"Mossad issue" is not unlike "CIA issue", usually 90% myth, 10% fact.
That aside, the fake silencer in my eyes is probably not far off from what may have been used. An authentic silencer would be a '60's era design. Probably steel, painted and heavy. It may also have used wipes instead of baffles.

November 12, 2018, 12:28 PM	#2
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 2,620	Yes, you'll need an adaptor. The fake silencer pinned/welded to the Beretta 70/71's were strictly to earn enough points to be importable after 1968. The internets say that the Mossad used them: https://www.tactical-life.com/firear...mossad-22-lrs/ in the '60's and '70's. "Mossad issue" is not unlike "CIA issue", usually 90% myth, 10% fact. That aside, the fake silencer in my eyes is probably not far off from what may have been used. An authentic silencer would be a '60's era design. Probably steel, painted and heavy. It may also have used wipes instead of baffles. __________________ Need a FFL in Dallas/Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney ? Just EMAIL me. $20 transfers ($10 for CHL, active military,police,fire or schoolteachers) Plano, Texas...........the Gun Nut Capitol of Gun Culture, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE