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

[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