|
Serious question for those of you who feel bad for the wabbits - how do you think they die in nature, left to nature's devices? I'll help you out by eliminating one answer before we even get started - I don't believe a wild rabbit has ever died of old age.
As far as suppressors, I do have a fair amount of experience with them. Think of an RSR style muffler on a 911 vs. open megaphones - they take the edge off, but not much of it. Suppressed firearms are, for the most part, still pretty damn loud. One still needs hearing protection to shoot them. The only exceptions are closed breach (bolt action, single shot, etc. - no autos or revolvers) guns that would be "quiet" anyway. Sub-sonic ammo in a full length .22 rimfire rifle, and stuff like that.
What we see in the movies is simply impossible. A high velocity rifle emitting a muffled "pop" is just not ever going to happen. The sonic boom of the bullet passing is every bit as loud as the "bang" from the exiting gas pressure, and a suppressor only addresses the latter. And not all that well at that. Even the "silenced" 9mm pistol is pure Hollywood myth. A suppressed 9mm pistol is still louder than an unsuppressed .22 pistol.
__________________
Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
|