TV shows do sometimes but in reality, how much noise can you suppress? I’m talking about the standard double-action, swing out cylinder with the inevitable cylinder-barrel gap, firing a typical centerfire cartridge. Is there danger of excess flash in the gap if one tried to suppress the blast on the muzzle?
Yep you nailed it, the gap means the back pressure developed by the silencer finds an outlet elsewhere. Might help a bit but I suspect it might actually be dangerous at best you would probably get muzzle flash from the gap and that can’t be good for quiet or the revolver.
Capt
It can be done.
Yeah, even if the “Bang!” was quieter, the “EEEEEYOWTCH! HOT! HOT! HOT!” from the guy behind the trigger would kind of balance things out.
The Russians were known to suppress theirNagant revolver. The peculiar camming cylinder and bullet seating in the cases elimates the cylinder gap.
Knights Armament made a horribly expensive silenced .44 magnum revolving carbine. I think it turned up in an episode of the X-Files.
If you take the time to look up more about telescoping cartridges, they have been used in other revolvers as the cartridges themselves are self-suppressing.
So, yeah, it’s been done.
Would you please summarize the video? The connection I am on is too slow for da tube. Looks like once again I am so very wrong. Well at least I am consistent
Capt
The majority of the flash and blast come out the muzzle end, but the cylinder/barrel gap is significant enough that putting a suppressor on the barrel would be pretty much pointless. I don’t really think adding a suppressor would increase it though, the slight backpressure would be really small compared to the normal chamber pressure of the powder burning.
There are some revolvers like Dan Wesson that you can easily reduce the gap to a minimal space, or you could make a modern version of the gun that pushed the cylinder forward when it was cocked to seal the gap. A lot easier to get a gun that is inherently better set up to suppress though.
You’re talking about the sealed cartridge used by US paratroopers on entering Vietnamese tunnels. Yeah but that’s a special case.
The revolver in the video is an 1895 Nagant. Unlike most other revolvers, its cylinder moves forward and seals the gap between the cylinder and the barrel. With that gap sealed, the gases exit the barrel and into a suppressor like any other suppressed weapon, thus reducing the report significantly.
Just the thing for sure-shot assassins not wanting to leave shell casings behind for the CSI kids to work on!