https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2014/09/intro-to-suppressors-how-silencers-work/ from AccurateShooter.com Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2014/09/intro-to-suppressors-how-silencers-work/comment-page-1/#comment-45705 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:04:54 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=55342#comment-45705 It appears that the pistol in the video is a Glock. I believe that the barrel on a Glock pivots up as the slide goes back. If you add a suppressor it would seem to increase the torque on the barrel and frame. Does long term use of a suppressor on such pistol reduce the pistol’s useful life?

]]> https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2014/09/intro-to-suppressors-how-silencers-work/comment-page-1/#comment-45690 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:49:23 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=55342#comment-45690 That’s a great graphic to explain it. To the layperson I say that must firearms make two sounds. The crack of the sound barrier (assuming supersonic) and the boom of the expanding gas. The suppressor contains and slows the ‘boom’.
Here is New Zealand we can freely own suppressors without paperwork. They are EXTREMELY common.

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