What is that thing on Scandinavian hunting rifles - looks like a silencer ?
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You're on the right track...It's a suppressor. You don't "silence" a super sonic round the "crack" will still occur but it will be safer for all the ears in the vicinity of the rifle when fired.
Quote from an outdoor life article
"Suppressors are legal to own and hunt with throughout many countries in Europe and elsewhere. Finland is one. So are Norway and Sweden. And in the UK their use is mandatory in some cases"
Full article is a pretty good read. http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2011/02/dumbest-gun-law-ever
I hope you get a lot of good use out of your pack.
Willy
Quote from an outdoor life article
"Suppressors are legal to own and hunt with throughout many countries in Europe and elsewhere. Finland is one. So are Norway and Sweden. And in the UK their use is mandatory in some cases"
Full article is a pretty good read. http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2011/02/dumbest-gun-law-ever
I hope you get a lot of good use out of your pack.
Willy
Suppressors are legal for hunting in the UK, some other European countries, parts of the USA, and South Africa, those are the ones I know of but there may be more. In the UK the ban on suppressors was overturned due to health and safety laws which made it impossible to ban an item which acts to protect peoples hearing. I have actually hunted with a suppressor in South Africa, as others have mentioned it does not actually silence the rifle but does make it much easier on your ears.
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Silencer, suppressor, sound moderator............same thing. Kind of like calling a magazine a "clip". Everyone knows what you're talking about but there are always those who'll feel the need to correct.
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Well, to be somewhat correct, one would say that moderators is a term used in Europe, suppressors is a modern North American term and yet too many folks call the devices by the "Hollyweird" name that has been forced upon the unknowing: silencers.
Regulation 7 of the bleedin' Noise at Work Regulations, 1989, innit.
For those unfamiliar with "English":
suppress
verb (used with object)
1.to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
2.to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice,custom, etc.).
Maybe "Hollyweird" was going by the name used by the inventor and original manufacturer of silencers.
Well, the question you ask may have resulted from your quest for knowledge as being taken out of context.
But, a quick google search brought this up About 297,000 results (0.62 seconds) and this was just using UK and sound suppressors as a query.
Mind you this is for the UK https://www.durham.police.uk/Inform...irearms-licensing/Pages/Sound-Moderators.aspx .
Not Scandinavia or Finland or Denmark or any other of the European countries that may or may not allow the use of such an item.
Best Regards,
Rob
How do you like it so far ? My wife bought me one for Christmas this year. From what I read the quality seems pretty good
On the full.30 channel, sometimes they run tests on suppressors. A good one will take say an AR15
from over 160 DB down to about 138 DB. Not silent but enough to make shooting a lot easier
on the ears.
Results vary with different calibres but there is a huge difference. I wish we could use them. Maybe
then I would not have to rely on hearing aids now.
Sound reducers for firearms should really be considered a health issue. I really wish that the
term " Silencer " would go away. That name creates a false impression of the purpose of a muffler.
from over 160 DB down to about 138 DB. Not silent but enough to make shooting a lot easier
on the ears.
Results vary with different calibres but there is a huge difference. I wish we could use them. Maybe
then I would not have to rely on hearing aids now.
Sound reducers for firearms should really be considered a health issue. I really wish that the
term " Silencer " would go away. That name creates a false impression of the purpose of a muffler.
I have several rifles, fitted with suppressors, sitting in New Zealand,
you can not silence, anything that breaks the sound barrier,
With a suppressor/moderator their is a 1/4 to 1/3 reduction in noise, depending on quality of suppressor, and intensity of round,
The biggest advantage are less noise intensity of rifle shot, and that game can't distinguish the direction of shot. Often and increase in accuracy.
disadvantage, extra 300g of weight, added length of 4" if you don't cut barrel back.
Here is a couple photoes, sako .17 fireball and DPT lightweight modular overbarrel suspressor,
Sako 2506, fitted with a DPT suspressor.
you can not silence, anything that breaks the sound barrier,
With a suppressor/moderator their is a 1/4 to 1/3 reduction in noise, depending on quality of suppressor, and intensity of round,
The biggest advantage are less noise intensity of rifle shot, and that game can't distinguish the direction of shot. Often and increase in accuracy.
disadvantage, extra 300g of weight, added length of 4" if you don't cut barrel back.
Here is a couple photoes, sako .17 fireball and DPT lightweight modular overbarrel suspressor,
Sako 2506, fitted with a DPT suspressor.
