From:	Firepower <DVANDERS@*****.VINU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: silencers
Date:	Sun, 30 Oct 1994 16:27:30 EST

The principle is the same.
YES, both will quiet down the noise of a shot---using internal baffles.
However, the larger the gun, the greater the amount and size of the
internal baffle system--to mute a heavy pistol, you would need one
big, ugly, troll--sized suppressor.
And it still wouldn't work the way you see on TV--that soft fffft that
you can't hear from a foot away. In actuality it takes tha sound from
something easily heard from thousands of yards away to something
that can be heard a mere one hundred yards away. Superb for the
high--powered Barett sniper rifle, with its ungodly range. No good for
a heavy pistol.
And, in answer to another, yes, a silencer will work on a SMG;
however, the constant battering of the gasses released will wear it
down very quickly indeed. My favorite trick---roll to have it fail
randomly--gives players grey hairs fast.
Also--the silencer does not mask the distinctive sounds of a gun in
operation--the snick--snick of the slide is pretty distinctive indeed.
However, a little imagination is the best way---see my next posting,
under Quiet Kills.

<Why me?>
Firepower