Comments on: Ping

By: Ritchie

Ritchie — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:56:01 +0000

Even hanging from chains, 1/8″ steel diamond plate is no match for lead .45 ACP. They don’t go through, but will bend the plate into an ugly shallow bowl before long, and then I have to turn it around and shoot it back the other way. Occasionally one will try to squeeze through a tear. Even frangible bullets (www.frangiblebullets.com) leave a large dent. And it jumps around mightily. If a target were any more reactive it would run over and bite you.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:23:14 +0000

standard, barrel comes threaded. And you add an adapter.

By: David

David — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:20:00 +0000

Is that a standard P22? Looks like the barrel would need to be longer to attach the can to? Or am I missing something?

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:24:01 +0000

“I�m kind of perplexed by your choice of aluminum.

Aren�t there any hippies where you live?”

I’m sure he has hippies there, Robb, but they do tend to move around. Especially after the first shot.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:59:18 +0000

suppressors are lawful in most states, if you go through the NFA process.

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:28:01 +0000

I thought suppression was illegal pretty much everywhere in the US. How did you get away with it?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:15:17 +0000

Yeah, what DC said. If you shoot steel (and it should be steel, Aluminum isn’t strong enough for bullets) long enough you’ll eventually get shit flying back at you. I’ve never had it injure me badly, but it hurts when it happens. It’s drawn blood on some people. Angling the steel, as he mentioned, can help mitigate this.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:10:26 +0000

I’m kind of perplexed by your choice of aluminum.

Aren’t there any hippies where you live?

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:14 +0000

i was safe. but thanks for the tip on the targets.

By: DC

DC — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:44:30 +0000

I, for one, would be very concerned about those dings in the metal…I presume you’re smart enough to either hang the metal at an angle, or do something else to ensure that rounds that don’t penetrate have NO chance to “reflect” back at you, with the shape and pattern of those dents, I have my doubts about preventing that. AR500 hanging targets are fairly cheap and last forever, FWIW. Be safe!

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:22:07 +0000

I’m another one who can only do air guns in the back yard.

But the one the ever-indulgent wife bought me at NRA does 700fps – 900+ if I use the expensive pellets.

Pretty sure it would sting just a bit to get hit by one. Don’t intend to find out.

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:05:00 +0000

[...] Suppressed Walther [...]

Too cool.

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:13:02 +0000

Just a thought, but what would happen if you put some felt or cardboard over the metal? I’d imagine it would dampen the sound, allow better use of stick-on targets, and possibly even marginally decrease the chances of richochet.

By: Ian Argent

Ian Argent — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:23:11 +0000

As an aside – damn I wish I could kit hy wife’s Ruger like that! But the silencer might cause her to freak out and kill everyone she sees in The Great Garden State! /snark

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:44:31 +0000

I’d still worry more about a miss with a sub sonic 22 than one with the pellet. I’m sure the energies aren’t enough in either to cause too much mayhem, but alas the instant you put gun powder into the equation, people lose their poop.

And the air rifle, when fired in a closet (sans pellet), will make your ears ring like a mo-fo. At least, I only guess it would. I wouldn’t know that from experience or anything. Honestly.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:30:01 +0000

A bit louder in a handgun than a rifle. As I said, sounds about like a staple gun.

By: thirdpower

thirdpower — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:28:04 +0000

Really? I use Remington sub-sonic in my Marlin 81 and there’s barely an audible ‘snap’.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:27:25 +0000

the 22 is quieter than your air rifle.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:17:00 +0000

Fixing to rain? What? Are you Southern or something?

When I was in the Marines, the northerners in my barracks had a hard time understanding the phrase “Fixing to do X”. They also didn’t know what grits were.

Silly northerners.

I don’t have enough land space to do much more than the air rifle, although I would assume a suppressed .22 wouldn’t raise much more of a ruckus. I’d be more worried about missing though with a .22 than the .17 pellet.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:02:01 +0000

Not really. It’s louder than you think. Sounds like a staple gun.

By: thirdpower

thirdpower — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:01:21 +0000

Suppressed subsonic .22lr? You’ld hear your heartbeat over that.