This is the most significant book on firearm silencers in years. Find out the story behind and incredible capabilities of modern silencers used by elite military units and secretive government agencies. Author Alan Paulson has been called "the dean of the American silencer experts today."
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Research scientist Alan C. Paulson is the suppressor technology editor for The Small Arms Review and a member of the Institute for Research on Small Arms in International Security, the National Defense Industrial Association and numerous other professional societies.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Silencer: History and Performance, Volume 1: Sporting and Tactical Silencers (Paperback)
As an active supporter of 2nd Amendment liberties, I found this book to be colorful, informative, and accurate. The photos and illustrations are outstanding. This book includes the latest information on suppressor technologies.The history and evolution of the suppressor as an invention intended for the polite use of firearms in an agrarian 19th century American to the modern military tool of assassinations is fascinating to learn. Suppressors are legal to own and use in most states, and most female shooters I know LOVE 'em!!
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Great Information,
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This review is from: Silencer: History and Performance, Volume 1: Sporting and Tactical Silencers (Paperback)
Great Information! If you're looking for how's and why's of how this stuff works, this is the book for you. It's not filled with duct tape and pop bottle concoctions. This book is about professionally fabricated items and the theory behind how and why they work.
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This review is from: Silencer: History and Performance, Volume 1: Sporting and Tactical Silencers (Paperback)
Lots of things explained in a very clear language not often seen elsewhere, usually with good sketches of silencer designs and good explanations. Might be a bit much for a complete newbie or somebody totally lacking any knowledge about physics and ballistics, but you will get guided to it. Actually, this book made my apply for a few purchasing permits for silencers, and I have not regretted it ever since. It will also explain a bit about the history and consequences of silencers, something in my opinion very important. In my opinion, the best book on the subject. I'm craving for the second and third volume!
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Silencers, which have been more properly called sound suppressors since the 1960s, are the most maligned and misunderstood aspect of small-arms development in the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
net sound reductions, primary expansion chamber, submachine gun suppressors, recoil regulator, bullet flight noise, silencer history, subsonic fodder, baffle stack, suppressor tube, ballistic crack, outer coaxial chamber, rimfire scope, domed front end cap, port blocking collar, suppressed sound signatures, reflex suppressor, unsuppressed rifles, discreet target practice, pistol suppressors, thermal diffuser, muzzle signature, inner coaxial tube, titanium suppressor, unsuppressed firearms, supersonic ammunition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sound Technology, United States, Mini Uzi, Black Ops, Silent Option, Systems Technology, Silent Stalker, World War, Ruger Mkll, Break Free, Hush Puppy, Maxim Model, Mike Smith, Precision Arms, Red Ryder, Mark White, Sten Mark, Juha Hartikka, Long Rifle, Phil Dater, Tim Bixler, Oehler Ballistic Explorer, Automatic Weapons Company, Jim Ryan, Parker Hale New!
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Silencers, which have been more properly called sound suppressors since the 1960s, are the most maligned and misunderstood aspect of small-arms development in the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
net sound reductions, primary expansion chamber, submachine gun suppressors, recoil regulator, bullet flight noise, silencer history, subsonic fodder, baffle stack, suppressor tube, ballistic crack, outer coaxial chamber, rimfire scope, domed front end cap, port blocking collar, suppressed sound signatures, reflex suppressor, unsuppressed rifles, discreet target practice, pistol suppressors, thermal diffuser, muzzle signature, inner coaxial tube, titanium suppressor, unsuppressed firearms, supersonic ammunition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sound Technology, United States, Mini Uzi, Black Ops, Silent Option, Systems Technology, Silent Stalker, World War, Ruger Mkll, Break Free, Hush Puppy, Maxim Model, Mike Smith, Precision Arms, Red Ryder, Mark White, Sten Mark, Juha Hartikka, Long Rifle, Phil Dater, Tim Bixler, Oehler Ballistic Explorer, Automatic Weapons Company, Jim Ryan, Parker Hale New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Silencers For Hand Firearms by Siegfried Huebner on page 1, page 180, and Back Matter
- The Long Rifle by Stewart Edward White on page 125, and page 260
- in Back Matter
- Industrial Park (Latin American Women Writers) by Patricia Galvao (Pagu) on page 383
- Firearm Silencers, Volume Two (Order No. 50) by John Minnery in Back Matter
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