Gun Silencer Sales Surge Ahead of New Rules

wsj.com ^

[Red in Blue PA]

Gun retailers report a surge in the sale of gun silencers ahead of a new round of regulations aimed creating roadblocks for popular ways of purchasing the gun accessories. WSJ's Ashby Jones discusses on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero.

[manc]

Can’t o0pen the link here, but is this a state law or the feds overreaching again?

[al baby]

The best silencer i know of is dont tell anyone you got some

[Red in Blue PA]

They are cracking down on trusts. The upside is that instead of being allowed to deny a silencer purchase, a Sheriff is now only notified of a purchase, and has no Veto power in the purchase, the way the law was meant to be.

[Bogie]

For crying out loud, just screw on an old lawnmower muffler.

[manc]

Thank you for that.

[cyclotic]

I read recently, probably on FR that the guy who invented the car muffler also invented the silencer.

[Sasparilla]

Contrary to popular belief, a silencer does not quiet a gunshot sound to a tiny pooftt sound.

[KingLudd]

“Gun silencer”. Haha. Where’s that image showing everything is an AK-47?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Correct. The average “silencer” quiets the dound down by about 30-35 dB.

[Tailback]

Bingo. It’s more of a “pewww” sound. Especially noticeable on a snub nose revolver.

/sarc

[Bogie]

Yeah, makes sense.

[UCANSEE2]

In the words of ‘Pike’ in the movie A-TEAM, “It’s a SUPPRESSOR”.

[jwalsh07]

Hiram Maxim.

[RC one]

Which is irrelevant to me as I live in Ohio and we already voted to take that power away from the CLEO. The new rules are designed to increase friction between consumers and sellers and manufacturers. They serve no other prupose than to F with us.

[Red in Blue PA]

Correct. The average “silencer” quiets the dound down by about 30-35 dB.

However, because decibels are logarithmic, every approx. 3 decibel increase is about twice as loud, so saying a silencer "only" cuts the decibel level by 30 is misleading to those who do not know this scale.

[FreedomForce]

Subsonic .22 ammo with a supressor is pretty danged quiet, but generally speaking, you are correct.

[Blood of Tyrants]

A gun shot is 140 to 160 dB, so 105 to 130 dB is still plenty loud.

[wrench]

“For crying out loud, just screw on an old lawnmower muffler.”

Or an oil filter

[Red in Blue PA]

My 300 Blackout is about 119 decibels suppressed and from a few feet away you can barely hear it. I believe I saw a scale which had a BB gun rated at 97 decibels.