Wanted: Moderated Pistol or one a moderator could be fitted to

[Korium]

As per this thread.
If anyone has anything suitable please let me know.

Cheers.

[jinx]

Go for the Falcon FN6 or FN8, they can both take a moderator, though the FN8 may end up a bit front heavy.

[eredel]

Go for the Falcon FN6 or FN8, they can both take a moderator, though the FN8 may end up a bit front heavy.

I'm with Jinx on this one....if I didn't already have an FN6 I would have snapped this up with its match trigger:

http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/show...32#post2827932

Eric...

[Jim McArthur]

Do moderators really accomplish that much on air pistols? There really isn't that much of a firing sound, compared with a cartridge or BP pistol. Though I have to admit that I've never heard a comarison of an air pistol fired "with" and "without".

Jim

[Phantom Sniper]

Do moderators really accomplish that much on air pistols? There really isn't that much of a firing sound, compared with a cartridge or BP pistol. Though I have to admit that I've never heard a comarison of an air pistol fired "with" and "without".

Jim

Hi Jim,
I was amazed at the difference the supressor made on the HW95 that I was loaned at the club. And on some of the other "Specialist" target Rifles WOW a little "phut" followed by a large "Ding" as the target was hit.
I was advised to get the same silencer that was on the HW for my CP99 as the one I purchased is actually "Cosmetic" and dont make a blind bit of difference.
Of course when out hunting, the sound of a pellet hitting its quarry makes quite a loud sound, so scaring off all other quarry etc.
Tony

[Tiffster]

Hows the HW Silencer working on the CP99?

I fitted one the other day just to see what it looked like.... I didnt fire it though - was a bit worried.

[PHOBUS]

I had a proper adapter which slipped over the barrel on my Beretta 92 and held wth a grub screw then you could screw on any half " silencer but the weight was a bit weird all up front- you need something lightweight like a soundbiter . These made a difference to the sound - muffled the CRACK for garden use but I think there is only so much you can do with the replicas because of how they work .

I would imagine much better success silencing the likes of a 2240 or EB22 / 177 etc which has a more simple mech with no complicated mag systems for gases to escape through .

Carl.

[Phantom Sniper]

Hows the HW Silencer working on the CP99?

I fitted one the other day just to see what it looked like.... I didnt fire it though - was a bit worried.

Dont know yet Not been able to get to the club to try it yet.
But PaulCP99 reckons its brill on his
The time i did have the pistol with me, I didnt have the adapter
Tony

[Jim McArthur]

Hi Jim,
I was amazed at the difference the supressor made on the HW95 that I was loaned at the club. And on some of the other "Specialist" target Rifles WOW a little "phut" followed by a large "Ding" as the target was hit.
I was advised to get the same silencer that was on the HW for my CP99 as the one I purchased is actually "Cosmetic" and dont make a blind bit of difference.
Of course when out hunting, the sound of a pellet hitting its quarry makes quite a loud sound, so scaring off all other quarry etc.
Tony

Good info, Tony.

Here in the States, we don't have experience with sound moderators (which we call "silencers"), as the ones for powderburners are highly controlled by federal law - on the level of machine guns!

Air guns in general are not popular here so we don't have much experience with airgun moderators. They would be legally "iffy" here. Airguns are not (generally) regarded as firearms and are virtually unregulated, so a moderator for an airgun wouldn't be regulated either, UNLESS it could be used on a powder firearm.

Notice I say if it "could" be used: possessing the silencer, even without a gun that it fit, would still be an offense.

To be on the safe side here, it would be best if the moderator were built integral with the air gun - if it couldn't be removed without destroying both.

Second-best would be if it were very flimsy and you could convince the Federal firearms people that it wouldn't work on a cartridge firearm.

But, I'm getting way off-topic here.

Jim

[Korium]

Here in the States, we don't have experience with sound moderators (which we call "silencers"), as the ones for powderburners are highly controlled by federal law - on the level of machine guns!

Not quite. You aren't stuck with 1986 vintage moderators as you are with MP5A2s.
They are getting quite popular apparently, despite the expenses. Pistols like the Walther P22 and Ruger, which have moderators available for backyard shooting are what's causing it I think.

The process isn't much worse than what we have for them here, yes, firearms moderators do require a license.

[Jim McArthur]

I'll have to look into that, Korium: though I'd still be breaking the law, shooting a silenced .22 rimfire in my backyard!

Jim