I've only ever heard a suppressed .22 pistol in real life and the sound of the action was louder than the report of the pistol. I know that you can't suppress the crack of a high speed bullet, but what would you compare the sound of a suppressed mid range center fire to? A hand clap? A door slamming? a bicycle tube popping? Car back firing? What? We can use suppressors here for hunting, but as I understand it the Europeans are way ahead of us in this technology. A UK Government hunter from another forum a few years back used a suppressed 6.5x55 and it read like the suppressor threaded on to the end of the barrel, but the suppressor came back over the top of the barrel instead of out in front of it. I've yet to see one like that advertised.

My other auto is a .45

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