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From: Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject: Gas Venting
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 15:05:03 +0200
And finally, Mongoose expressed himself by writing:

<snip>

> If it vents gas behind the silencer, isnt't that gas going to make a
> bunch of noise?

I don't think so. The gas is already cooled
down and subsonic, and the only thing you do is
creating a second opening at the end of the barrel.
It won't produce more noise than the end of the
barrel itself [you know, where the bullets exits,
I cannot recall the exact english word atm :( ]

arclight

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