The Guns We Own

[bobbysocks]

Yea, now all you have to do is find .22 ammo. Have not been able to score even 50rds around here since June

that isnt a problem. i have several thousand rounds of 22 lr. even have ~200 rds of sub-sonic in case i want to plink at midnight and not wake up the neighbor....lol

 

[Matt308]

Wish you were my neighbor. You have a personal invitation.

 

[GrauGeist]

I have found that .22 shorts are remarkably quiet in my Revelation bolt-action rifle...

 

[Matt308]

Heck even .22LR is just a crack in my Ruger 10/22. Really don't even need earplugs. Never shot shorts or CBs. My Dad's Benjiman .177 pellet rifle is almost as loud as a .22LR. In fact it is abnormally loud. I've always been good about protecting my hearing with both plugs and muffs. But long ago they called a range halt and I packed my stuff up into my truck. Thought I would beat them into the cab before it went hot. No muffs no plugs and standing about 25ft from the range line and someone lit off a .223. Holycrap that hurt. Bet Mike gets a laugh outta that, but I can't imagine being in a firefight with small arms and explosives going off all around me. With no adrenaline to keep me going, I literally think I would have stuck my fingers in my ears and curled up in a ball.

 

[bobbysocks]

in the old days the Rx for a cheap, legal, homemade suppressor was a 2 liter bottle taped to the end of the gun. looked stupid and only worked for the first 1 or 2 rounds....and needless to say accuracy went down the drain. sub sonic ammo keeps the bullit from breaking the sound barrier so you dont get that sonic crack. when i fire regular 22Lr from my suppressed Ar-7 ( yes it is 100% legal....with papers and everything )....all you hear is the bolt snapping back and forth and the sonic crack down range. if i fire 22 shorts or ss 22...you hear the bolt clack...and the bullit hit the tin can but nothing else. its actually quieter than my 2 pellet rifles! one night i was in the position that i had to shoot a possum. dispatched the critter without waking any of my neighbors. probably could have done the same thing with 22 shorts and a 2 liter bottle....might have to try that this weekend too...lol

 

[Shortround6]

The ear sort of shuts down after a few loud bangs, the repeated ones don't seem as loud (but then nothing seems quite as loud for quite while after, sometimes forever).

It is strange but I will fire standard velocity .22LR from my 26-28in target barrels without ear protection at times. I WILL NOT fire the same ammo from 16-18 barrels let alone pistols without ear protection and I wear ear protection in the pits from the crack of the bullets going overhead.

Even a tube 6-10 in long with an inside dia of 7/8-1in and NO baffles or front end will significantly alter the sound of a .22lr.

 

[bobbysocks]

we never wore hearing or eye protection when i was a kid in the 60s and early 70s. i never wore them until around the early 80s.

 

[mikewint]

Matt, you know I posted that a while back. Looking back we never wore any type of ear protection and I really don't remember being in any kind of pain fromthe noise. The concussions from explosives were the worst, like being hit with a giants fist and big old Phantoms coming in 20 feet off the deck. It was nothing you could ever prepare for I guess it was the adrenalin and youth. Now I'm old and more fragile and like you put on ear muffs even to shoot the .22LR and that .22WMR is like a cannon.
It was many years before I could go to a 4th of July fireworks show

 

[Matt308]

I can't imagine, Mike.

 

[GrauGeist]

I have also seen a Fram PH-8A oil filter (modified, of course) perform remarkable well for quiting down the discharge of a rifle...

As afr as hearing goes, I'll wear hearing protection anytime I get near the firing line. Ears have been ringing for years, don't want to lose what hearing I have left :/

 

[Torch]

Yeah i've seen the oil filter adapter also,interesting...

 

[bobbysocks]

i just watched the u tube video on this....$75usd + the $200 tax stamp....not bad for a supressor at all. after the first round punches a hole in the bottom of the filter it ought to be fine. once again yankee ingenuity triumphs....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haiqFcIXTqs

 

[vikingBerserker]

Hunting I never wore protection, but I always did when shooting skeet or trap.

 

[Matt308]

For that amount of money I'd rather get a manufactured suppressor.

 

[Torch]

Dont know how many rounds you can put thru a suppressor these days,but as long as you have the adapter oil filters are rather cheap to go thru

 

[GrauGeist]

The one thing that I'm not impressed with, is creating an exit hole by "shooting" it out. It seems to me that as the bullet impacts the end of the oil filter, it distorts as it strikes the sheet metal, making an innacurate aperature. The next round runs the risk of grazing or contacting the sheet metal, causing that round to go off target. That's two rounds expended so far, and if the whole idea is to quietly shoot something, especially at range, you run the risk of being off center and have quite possibly blown two attempts.

 

[Matt308]

Depending on the suppressor design, the metal baffles should last virtually forever. You only have to periodically clean it. Now those that use wipes likely degrade. Have no idea whether you can replace the wipes and the associated cost.

 

[mikewint]

The oil filter IS the suppressor and as such has a serial number on it. Filter #2 is not serialized and as such would be illegal.
There has been quite a debate going on about this and its legality. Additionally a threaded barrel is required for anything over .22
See Solvent trap adaptor

 

[Matt308]

Realized my Dad's Ruger Single Six .22LR has a missing cylinder release spring missing. Requires a special tool to remove the nut. Gonna try to use some pliers and a piece of leather to not mar it up, but so far can't get it off. Spring is only $4.95 +S&H at GunParts. Gotta find a local gunsmith that does a decent hot blueing job. Either my dad made a cold blue attempt or somebody else, as the gun finish looks like **** and is flaking off with the scrape of a finger nail.

 

[GrauGeist]

With the craziness of this last summer, I've had alot of time to sit around and do nothing. In that period of time, I realized that one of the things I've been wanting to do, is get a Ruger GP100. I know it sounds funny that I would just "remember" something like that, but life is what it is, and more pressing things have always taken my attention (and money).

Anyway, I checked into the availability of 'em and found they're close to impossible to find these days. I put in a special order at the local gunshop last month, and lo and behold, they called the other day and said it was in!

I'll be picking it up next Saturday (10 day waiting period) and it'll be a little while before I can get it to the range and run a few rounds through it, since my carcass is still in rough shape.

It's the 4" brushed stainless finish in a .357 caliber. I'll post a few pics next weekend