[daylate-dollarshort]

I spent some time in the Corps and took a couple of physics classes.

This "silent bullet" article is unadulterated BS.

The recoil from a 180 grain round is something close to 40 lbs. It will make you wince twenty minutes before you fire your rifle. I'd pay someone else to fire a round of the weight given in this article. After firing twenty or so 180's during one session at the range it took a month for the bruise to go away.

Besides, why spend the money even researching this garbage. The Mousaad [sp?] killed a great many with un-silenced 22 shorts. They simply removed about half the powder from the cartridge- walked up behind their target and popped him (or her) behind the ear at close range. Extremely effective and virtually silent. Best of all---CHEAP.

This is not that complicated people. Get out the balistics book and simply do the math. Can't be done, at least not on this Earth or in this dimension. I seriously doubt these "silent bullets" could penetrate a tin-foil helmet, much less a steel one. HA!

[cinFLA]

I spent some time in the Corps and took a couple of physics classes.

The recoil from a 180 grain round is something close to 40 lbs. It will make you wince twenty minutes before you fire your rifle. I'd pay someone else to fire a round of the weight given in this article. After firing twenty or so 180's during one session at the range it took a month for the bruise to go away.

I think you should go back to school!