Is there a difference between a suppressor and a silencer

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Originally Posted by hgreer2

All you really need are 22 short CB's, subsonic and snaping your fingers are louder.

Harry

.22 shorts are fun, but do not provide the terminal velocity nor downrange stopping power needed for much of the things suppressed firearms are used for.
Nor do they feed and function in semi and fully automatic firearms, (which is half the fun!).
Also consider that suppressed weapons are as collectable as Lugers; There are the original Maxim suppressors, Delisle carbines, The High Standard Military and Colt Woodsman OSS and CIA pistols, The Welrod, (recently seen on "Persons of Interest"). The Vietnam era "Hush Puppy', The Original Powder Springs MAC SMG and their matched cans, etc.
I agree that local laws need to be adhered to. My garage has a rated .22 backstop and my property allows me to shoot without legal entanglements. There is just no sense in riling the neighbors.

Suppressors have been demonized here in the US by liberal politicians, yet they are available across the counter in much of gun restricted Europe. Some clubs in Europe will not let you shoot WITHOUT one!