HOW GUN SILENCERS WORK

“A silencer is a device attached to the barrel of a gun, either part of the integral design or as an after-market addition. The purpose of this device is to quiet the sound of the gun firing. Silencers were developed at the beginning of the 20th century by several scientists who were actually working on developing mufflers for motor vehicles and realized the device they had invented had other applications. The term silencer is a misnomer and is not used by the firearms industry for several reasons. Silencers received some very bad publicity as they were used in many spy and gangster films, giving the suggestion that their only purpose was crime and murder. It is also an inaccurate term as very few silencers effectively stop all the sound of a gun firing. The purpose of the device is to instead quiet the sound and render it unrecognizable as gunfire. For that reason, these devices are more commonly referred to as suppressors… Now, find out how gun silencers work.” w/ photos. LINK