Posted on 08/17/2017 1:35:37 PM PDT by marktwain
President Teddy Roosevelt was a big fan of silencers. The only silencers available to him were Maxim silencers. A silencer for his take-down model 94 Winchester 30-30, above, cost $9.70 in 1909. He used the rifle frequently on his Sagamore Hill estate on Long Island, New York. It was the classic use of a suppressed rifle. He used it to cull pests without disturbing his neighbors, the Duponts and the Tiffanys .
From rarewinchesters.com:
Whenever Winchester introduced a new model, Roosevelt was quick to put it through its paces. He acquired an 1894 similar to all his other rifles in extras and embellishments and used it on an antelope hunt. His "little .30" as he called it, was able to knock down a good sized antelope at a distance of more than 180 yds. After witnessing the fantastic shot and the irrefutable and immediate results, his guide said that the gun was just "aces" in his book. He also used a Model 94 outfitted with a Maxim silencer at his Long Island home "Sagamore Hill" so as not to disturb neighbors when varmints were in need of culling.The Sagamore take down 30-30 model 94 Winchester was not President Roosevelt's only silenced firearm. When he traveled to Africa for his specimen collecting Safari, he took two other silenced rifles.
"And so on the 27th of February Loeb let Winchester know they would be receiving "from General Crozier [US. Army Ordnance] a Springfield rifle and a 405 Winchester rifle, both fitted with Maxim's silencers, and one of them with an arrangement for shooting at night, together with 200 Springfield cartridges. Please add t these 100 cartridges for the 405 Winchester and the cleaning apparatus, with oil, and have them put in a case that will enable the President to use them on the steamer..."
TR knew full well that he could hardly spend some three weeks at sea and resist the temptation to open his tin-lined cases and shoot. The two rifles with silencers would solve that problem nicely.President Roosevelt understood and appreciated Maxim silencers. He used them for their intended purpose, to prevent annoyance of his neighbors and fellow travelers.
They are not used in crime there.
Deregulation of these hearing protection devices would be nice.
But they better not have a nuclear weapon........................
It’s not like one size fits all.
LOL!....NZ is a nuclear free zone.................
Antifas should fear whispering death. All that rioting & noise where a suppressed rifle shot would not be heard.
When firing a suppressed .22LR bolt action rifle, about all you hear is the firing pin going "click." You could take down an entire riot and they would never figure out what is going on.
This solution was actually promulgated by no less a mind than Col. Jeff Cooper.
Suppressors are very simple to make.
I got a silencer and I had to get a special case for the gun to carry the paperwork you must present if asked. What BS! Also, it took 1 week to purchase it and see it ... but it had to remain in the gun store's safe until the paperwork came through 3 years later!!!
“You could take down an entire riot....”
Just concentrate on the leaders. Or do like Sergeant York and pick off the rearmost first.
.22 ammo is once again cheap and plentiful.
:^)
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