As a former Type 02 FFL holder and S.O.T. before the Klintinistas put me out of bidnez, I used to deal quite a bit with suppressed weapons. I still retain one, an old VN-era SOG contract piece. It is a Ruger 10/22 and the entire barrel is a suppressor of the old M.A.C. design. It's known in the family as the "Cat Whacker". Using Remington subsonic 22 Long Rifle ammo, the loudest thing you hear is the bolt cycle and the THUMP on impact. It has a Max Effective Range of something less than 50 yards, but within that range, it is silent and deadly. If you wear a glove on your non-shooting hand, you can stop the action from cycling...
One Thanksgiving, after all 10 of the guests had eaten, I, who was also the cook and clean-up staff, secretly took 4 wine bottles out and sat them on the back fence, which abuts a big grass berm. As all were watching the telley, I stood in the hall and fired 3 rounds of subsonic hollow point across the living room- a minimum of 10 feet lateral distance and about 8 feet diagonally away from the nearest guest- and out the (open) back deck door. There was the sound of three bottles shattering and someone said, "What the hell is that?"
They looked up, saw me and in bemused amazement, said, "How'd you do that?".
I pulled the trigger again and the fourth bottle shattered, with almost no report from the weapon.
They were, shall we say, amazed.
Fun in Title II land!
A *very* cool toy.
Tom A.
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