Looking at the price of airgun silencers these days yesterday. Crikey they tend to be expensive varying from the cheap end at around £60 up to over £100. Now I wonder why? Is it the manufacturing cost? ... I can't see materials being that expensive but can appreciate that there will be several steps involved in making one. Does 'design' come at a price? This leads to my 'Science of silencers' title. Are silencers 'designed' according to known parameters and so could be patented? I don't recall seeing a patent number but this could easily be because the profits to be made are too low to warrant costs of a patent or patents. Are there any publications that detail the 'science of silencer design'? Or is it all a case of 'suck it and see'....... if it works then it goes into production?
Any thoughts?
Cheers, Phil