Suppressing without the suppressor
CCI Quiet 22, a new round that that measures 68db at the ears so you can safely shoot without hearing protection. I wonder if it would cycle a semi-auto and, obviously, I want to run some through a suppressor just to see err hear.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:20 am
Midway has bricks in stock. I almost ordered some, but $10 to ship one brick of ammo is insane – and there’s not enough in the fun fund to buy other stuff I want. 😉
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 am
There is also Aquila Colibri (a modern take on the CB cap):
http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=AU1B222337
And if you want to suppress a shotgun (72db @100ft) without a suppressor:
http://www.metrogun.com/index.html
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 am
That would be *EXCELLENT* for new shooters.
I will have to find some.
Thanks Unc!
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:08 am
The article says they achieve the low noise level by mimicking a .22 short. Why not simply use a .22 short? Gotta be cheaper than a specialty round.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:13 am
Be careful shooting these, CB shorts, or the Super Collibris in rifles. Yes, they’re very quiet, but sometimes the bullet can get stuck in the barrel – http://fateoflegions.blogspot.com/2011/10/small-pistol-aiwb.html
I chronographed those rounds that day at 650ish fps out of that 18″ barrel, which is close to the advertised velocity of the Quiet 22s.
Just an FYI.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 am
22 Shorts and CB caps are both plenty darn loud; you are losing the supersonic “CRACK” with the slower rounds, but quite a bit of the “BANG” remains.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:47 am
The Colibris have no powder; they’re just using the primer, so they’re likely to squib in anything but a pistol.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:06 pm
At SHOT, they said the trick was in using up the powder before the bullet clears the muzzle — so no flash and very little noise. NOT recommended for suppressed use as there’s almost no difference in the sound signature.
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:36 pm
To those saying “why not use a short” (or CB), the answer is simple: proper feeding from a magazine.
My bolt gun won’t feed .22S/L properly – the round is out of the mag lips before the nose has reached the chamber, and it ends up flopping around in the ejection port.
A pump or lever .22 will work fine with S/L/LR, but bolt guns get picky.
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:09 pm
How long before the Brady Bunch goes into PSH to have these “Assassin Bullets” pulled off the market?
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:29 pm
The rep at SHOT show said they WILL NOT cycle a semi-auto. Or they may only cycle enough to eject the empty, but not enough to feed the next round.
you could probably put in a weaker spring or lighten the slide though to make it cycle correctly.
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:13 am
IIRC, in a barrel cutting test, 11 inches was what a 22LR needed to burn all it’s powder. Any additional length just caused the bullet to slow down due to friction. Can’t recall if they tested the shorter cartridges in the same test.