I got this back in 2007 and have it set up as a 3-caliber kit -- with .22LR barrel/slide threaded for suppressor (not in photo), 9mm threaded for suppressor, and 40 caliber (no .40 suppressor yet). With 2 mags for each caliber, an LED light and Crimson Trace laser grips, and night sights.

My 9mm suppressor is the AAC EVO-9, and for the .22 I have the Gemtec Outback II and an LCW Predator. When I took the photo I had both .22 suppressors in another case with my Walther P22 and Beretta .22 Bobcat, but I had a baggie of .22 ammo in the slot for the .22 suppressor.

I do plan to pick up an M&P one of these days, and will have to look for a threaded barrel at that point. Cheers!

Are you planning to become an assassin?

Nice gun though. I miss shooting.

Damn, Larry.

That's cool. I think I need to get another Glock.

That's cool. I think I need to get another Glock.

Or an HK

Actually, I would like to get a Sig.

Actually, I would like to get a Sig.

Their US HQ is about 10 minutes from my house.

I'm bringing my HK tactical 45 to the beach this fall but I've never gotten the silencer for it. I should save up and do that.

Actually, I would like to get a Sig.

No shit! I have a P229 9mm that Bruce Gray worked on that I'm thinking of selling to fund my stat rig. Should I bring it to the meet?

No shit! I have a P229 9mm that Bruce Gray worked on that I'm thinking of selling to fund my stat rig. Should I bring it to the meet?

Bring it, you never know.

Will do!

Their US HQ is about 10 minutes from my house.

So they're the next house over?

I'm bringing my HK tactical 45 to the beach this fall but I've never gotten the silencer for it. I should save up and do that.

The bad part is that a suppressed .45ACP is still pretty loud due to the large bore (even though it is subsonic), and a "wet" suppressor will reduce the .45 sound levels to more a more reasonable "safe" level than a dry suppressor. A suppressed .22LR is fairly quiet with subsonic ammo (pitch and tone is like an air gun, although that's 117dB peak), and a 9mm is only a little louder than that (126dB) and still with a pitch and tone like an air gun. But the .45 seems to still have some boom to it (as does my supersonic 5.56x45 AR15 SBR with suppressor).

See Silencer Talk for more information (I am ColoradoPacker there), but have only posted a couple of times in the past 2 years after I got all my suppressors. Since I went on total disability 2 years ago I haven't bought another gun or suppressor, and you take too much of a loss selling them (you don't get your $200 tax stamp back, and they depreciate).

My experience is subsonic loads and a dry supressor are fairly quiet. It's not "silent" but it's not identifiably a gunshot, and it's not dangerously loud.

I only recall shooting a silenced 22 outdoors. I remember the non-subsonic ammo would produce the usual "crack" if not much or no bang. Was quite a few years ago though.

I'm not a gun guy, so can I naively ask what the point of a silencer/suppressor is in a real-world application?

Option A:

Not blowing out your eardrums while you're shooting

Option B:

They're fucking cool

I thought it was so you can shoot people without anyone knowing

and

they're fucking cool

No, that's when you use a potato

What do you have against potatos?

Nothing, they make great supressors

Nothing, they make great supressors

Cool, I have lots of potatos.

Wasn't there a guy named Phil Dater who makes/used to make silencers? Also made motorcycle mufflers?

I thought of this thread when I read this.

Gunman's potato is real head-scratcher

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

By MYLES MA

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Jersey City police still can't figure out why a man held up a gas station Sunday holding a gun in one hand and a potato in the other.

Stan Eason, a spokesman for the Jersey City Police Department, said people might have gotten the idea from movies and TV shows, such as CSI, that a potato can be used to the muffle the sound of a gun.

"In movies I've seen where they've used a potato on the end of a gun as a silencer," Eason said.

But firing a gun into a potato basically amounts to a very dangerous way to make potato salad, Eason said. "It's pretty much ineffective as far as becoming a true silencer," he said.

According to a police ballistics expert, the spud would simply explode in a gunman's face, Eason said.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said he has heard of potatoes being used as silencers before, but he's never seen a case here. "I've heard of that," he said. "I haven't seen it in reality."

The potato-wielding robber is still on the loose. He is described as 30 to 35 years old, of strong build and having red dreadlocks.

Also, he's going to be real tough to pick out of the lineup, yeah?

You'd obviously have to pre-drill the potato