Can A Silencer Be Fitted To A Luger

gunbugs · 03-23-2014, 10:17 PM

A couple points here.
A suppressor doesn't quiet the bullet, it only captures the gasses escaping the muzzle, and allows them to expand and cool inside the suppressor, thus quieting the muzzle blast.
If the projectile, or bullet is still supersonic, it will make a noise as it breaks the sound barrier at approx. 1100 feet per second, a small "sonic boom".
There may be residual noise that escapes the breech when it opens, as there may be residual pressure from the firing of the cartridge, and the suppressor contains the muzzle blast, instead of allowing it to escape freely into the atmosphere. It thus may cause some "back pressure". Most folks who own "cans" can speak to this.
The oil filter adapter is ATF trouble waiting to happen. The minute you screw an oil filter onto the muzzle of your firearm, you have an un registered NFA item. ATF does not have a sense of humor about this. You should have VERY deep pockets to pay an attorney if you plan on having to fight the feds in their courtroom.
Just buy a commercially made can and pay the tax. Way cheaper and easier. Plus, a well made can is kinda nice.

Dick Herman · 04-06-2014, 11:00 PM

There is an interesting narrative in "Borchardt & Lugers" (B&L). Volume III, page 1421 on "Silencers." One of the pictured Lugers has details similar to the pistols shown in Datig and Kenyon. In B&L the narrative refers to silenced Lugers as part of the UK MoD Pattern Room collection. The article refers to this type pistol development by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). The SOE supplied this type pistol to the Resistance during WWII.

nukem556 · 04-11-2014, 11:28 AM

Supposedly Roy Boehm, one of the first Navy Seals, clipped one of Castro's boys in the Dominican Republic in the late '50s with a suppressed Luger.

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03-23-2014, 10:17 PM	#1
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 681 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,227 Times in 414 Posts	A couple points here. A suppressor doesn't quiet the bullet, it only captures the gasses escaping the muzzle, and allows them to expand and cool inside the suppressor, thus quieting the muzzle blast. If the projectile, or bullet is still supersonic, it will make a noise as it breaks the sound barrier at approx. 1100 feet per second, a small "sonic boom". There may be residual noise that escapes the breech when it opens, as there may be residual pressure from the firing of the cartridge, and the suppressor contains the muzzle blast, instead of allowing it to escape freely into the atmosphere. It thus may cause some "back pressure". Most folks who own "cans" can speak to this. The oil filter adapter is ATF trouble waiting to happen. The minute you screw an oil filter onto the muzzle of your firearm, you have an un registered NFA item. ATF does not have a sense of humor about this. You should have VERY deep pockets to pay an attorney if you plan on having to fight the feds in their courtroom. Just buy a commercially made can and pay the tax. Way cheaper and easier. Plus, a well made can is kinda nice.

04-06-2014, 11:00 PM	#2
Dick Herman User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 302 Thanks: 496 Thanked 356 Times in 138 Posts	There is an interesting narrative in "Borchardt & Lugers" (B&L). Volume III, page 1421 on "Silencers." One of the pictured Lugers has details similar to the pistols shown in Datig and Kenyon. In B&L the narrative refers to silenced Lugers as part of the UK MoD Pattern Room collection. The article refers to this type pistol development by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). The SOE supplied this type pistol to the Resistance during WWII.

04-11-2014, 11:28 AM	#3
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Supposedly Roy Boehm, one of the first Navy Seals, clipped one of Castro's boys in the Dominican Republic in the late '50s with a suppressed Luger.