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Can you recommend a good legal source for suppressors these days? I wouldn’t mind hanging one on my Kimber. Never fired a suppressed weapon at all.

I'm mostly familiar with .22LR suppressors, and just got a .380 as well (but haven't shot it yet). I understand that Major Malfunction is a pretty big distributor, so if you check out their Pistol section it'll give you at least some idea of what's on the market:

http://www.major-malfunction.com/maj_malf_5u_011.htm

For a 1911, you'll have to get a sort of threaded barrel, but I'm pretty sure any suppressor company you buy from can explain how you go about attaching the suppressor properly.

Bear in mind that most calibers/loading won't be "movie quiet" in a handgun, though since .45 is already subsonic it'll be pretty quiet. On a rifle, with a really big suppressor, you can get 100% ear-safe though. I've seen some .44 Mag rifles with huge fat cans (imagine three cola cans stacked together) that were quieter than clapping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zia1VzdBGQ

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/Racer351/SilentDestroyeronPorch.jpg

(how do I get the pic to show up? It's pretty awesome)

.22 loaded sub-sonic is cool stuff. It's like throwing rocks. Quiet, accurate, and very dependent on learned skills.

Part of the reason politicians don't like suppressed sub-sonics.

If they see what I can do with a .38 ball bearing and a couple of strips of surgical tubing.... they would outlaw that as well.

/johnny

how do I get the pic to show up?

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Bear in mind that most calibers/loading won't be "movie quiet" in a handgun, though since .45 is already subsonic it'll be pretty quiet. On a rifle, with a really big suppressor, you can get 100% ear-safe though. I've seen some .44 Mag rifles with huge fat cans (imagine three cola cans stacked together) that were quieter than clapping:

Roger on the no movie-quiet. TV and movies create absurd expectations in so very many ways. Interesting thought on the .44 rifle; one of my favorite guns is my lever Ruger .44. Fantastic little rifle.

Thanks!

MM (in TX)