[geeks] Geek-gun?

[Geoff Reed]

it's the exhaust gases from the explosion to propel the projectile, not the 
projectile itself that makes most of the noise, that's why most silencers 
are a simple gasvent that attaches at the end of the barrel to release the 
pressure more gradually.

At 06:40 PM 6/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
>As long as it's subsonic in speed, it can be silenced.
>
>You can silence handguns in .45ACP which is a damn big pistol bullet.
>
>- Rob
>
>On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, alex j avriette wrote:
>
> > > 8. Stick a silencer onto the end of the resulting object and you start
> > > to
> > >    give serious thought to wondering what would happen if your friendly
> > >    neighborhood ATF agent saw it.
> >
> > out of curiosity, how do you silence a half-to-one pound potato flying
> > out of a "geek gun"??
> >
> > doesnt it displace a LOT of air??
> >
> > alex
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