Reporters and guns
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Another reason for copper cladding!Yuck yuck yuck! Have you seen what is inside of a suppressor after lead ammo is shot through it? It is filthy disgusting. Double that when the suppressor is shot wet. Some of that black gunk is lead from the bullet heel and the primer.You try it first and tell me how that $200 potato tastes.
Ranb
Here is a reporter that got it much better, but the bias is still there. This is about Blackwater's export of silencers to Iraq; allegedly without the proper permits.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21565556/
"While silencers are rare in America because their possession is highly restricted, they are common props in movies and television programs, used by actors playing hit men or members of the special forces. The military uses them for covert action and nighttime tactical assaults where stealth and surprise are required, but experts say it is not clear why Blackwater guards would need them for missions such as personal protection of diplomats."
I guess the "experts" that the reporter talked to do not actually use silencers, or else they might have told the reporter that silencers prevent hearing loss during firefights, especially when used indoors.
The reporter could have also said that far more civilians own silencers than are used for movie and television program production.
Ranb
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21565556/
"While silencers are rare in America because their possession is highly restricted, they are common props in movies and television programs, used by actors playing hit men or members of the special forces. The military uses them for covert action and nighttime tactical assaults where stealth and surprise are required, but experts say it is not clear why Blackwater guards would need them for missions such as personal protection of diplomats."
I guess the "experts" that the reporter talked to do not actually use silencers, or else they might have told the reporter that silencers prevent hearing loss during firefights, especially when used indoors.
The reporter could have also said that far more civilians own silencers than are used for movie and television program production.
Ranb
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I've owned guns all my life, including the feared and hated "assault weapons!!!" and had always heard silencers were federally banned...
Um...nobody would use one of these to prevent hearing loss....lol. That's comical. They cost a lot, is my understanding, only work for a set number of rounds....ear protection is pretty cheap.
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JoeEllison
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Isn't the gun-nut hysteria over yet? No?
Someone email me when it is, ok?
Someone email me when it is, ok?
Where did you hear that any small arms were ever federally banned? Ever read the law for yourself? Please go to www.subguns.com or www.silencertests.com and enlighten them for me.
Is my irony meter broken or are you actually claiming that people do not use them to prevent hearing loss? If you could reduce your rifle noise level by a factor of 100 (20 decibels), you would not even consider it?
Silencers in the USA cost $150 and up (+$200 tax), cheaper if you make your own. A silencer that is poorly aligned to the bore will work once. Other silencers will work for thousands of rounds as long as they are not over heated. A silencer equipped with rubber wipes is probably the one you are thinking of, they last less than 100 rounds, sometimes as few as ten.
Ranb