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Theohazard · July 24, 2013, 01:05 PM

I was just talking to a co-worker of mine who is both a long-time revolver enthusiast and a long-time suppressor enthusiast. While he agrees that a suppressed revolver will be a little bit quieter overall, he thinks it will actually be louder from the shooter's perspective.

He likened it to shooting with a muzzle break: Just as a muzzle break shoots gasses to the side and upwards making the gun sound louder to the shooter, a suppressed revolver would send even more hot, loud gas sideways out of the cylinder/barrel gap making it sound louder to the shooter than it does unsuppressed.

Now I really want to try this! I just need to find a cheap revolver to thread and then put my 9mm suppressor on it.

July 24, 2013, 01:05 PM	#15
Theohazard Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2012 Location: Western PA Posts: 3,829	I was just talking to a co-worker of mine who is both a long-time revolver enthusiast and a long-time suppressor enthusiast. While he agrees that a suppressed revolver will be a little bit quieter overall, he thinks it will actually be louder from the shooter's perspective. He likened it to shooting with a muzzle break: Just as a muzzle break shoots gasses to the side and upwards making the gun sound louder to the shooter, a suppressed revolver would send even more hot, loud gas sideways out of the cylinder/barrel gap making it sound louder to the shooter than it does unsuppressed. Now I really want to try this! I just need to find a cheap revolver to thread and then put my 9mm suppressor on it. __________________ 0331: "Accuracy by volume."