#supressors

[warchirfsminitures]

Supressors from Imperium Magazine. They look cool from an anime - Gundam - perspective, but otherwise a dumb concept. The recoil on that cannon would be incredible.

Next up: eliminators

[thatwasuzi]

[tendie-defender]

Trump says he will have 'serious look' at banning silencers on guns because he doesn't like 'idea' of them as he defends right to own semi-automatic weapons that can be a 'tremendous amount of fun'

Trump says there would have been less casualties at Bataclan

President Trump said many Americans 'have a tremendous amount of fun' with guns and use them for sport. He was being quizzed by Piers Morgan

Savior of the second amendment my fucking ass. Supressors are already overly regulated to the point you have to wait nearly a year to actually take ownership of them.

[fuckyeahguns-ig]

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[historicalfirearms]

Early Firearms Suppressors

The first viable firearm suppressors appeared at the turn of the 20th century with a series of patents being granted on various designs between 1909 and 1920. Some of the first granted were for designs by Hiram Percy Maxim, son of Sir Hiram Maxim - inventor of the machine gun, who established an engineering company. Initially Maxim's company was focused on the burgeoning automobile market. It was not until 1905 that Maxim began developing a series of designs to moderate sound. 

The drawing from Maxim's March 1909 patent, #916885, showing his first design intended to spiral gases into vortices (source)

Initially he experimented with valves, vents and bypass devices. He eventually finalised his basic idea and developed a series of practical suppressors; these were sold by the Maxim Silent Firearms Company, which would later become the Maxim Silencer Company.

With the success of Maxim’s silencers a number of rival designers and companies began developing their own designs. The early 1910s saw a flurry of designs patented. Some of these are featured above. 

These included: 

James Stinson’s ‘Gun Muffler’ (US Patent #959400)

George Childress hemispherical expansion chamber silencer (US Patent #953943)

Charles H. Kenney’s 1910 silencer which had a large pre-expansion chamber (US Patent #1017003) 

Andy Shipley’s 1910 patent was one of the first to suggest porting the firearm’s barrel (US Patent #971083)

Major Anthony Fiala’s spiral baffle silencer (US Patent #1341363)

Harry Craven’s shotgun silencer (US Patent #984750)

Eugene Thurler’s 1911 patent which used a bayonet style attachment system and used deflecting cones (US Patent #1000702)

Herbert Moore’s gas trap (US Patent #1080154) 

R.M. Towson’s 'Recoil Neutralizer and Muffler’ which was little more than an unconventional muzzle break for both small arms and artillery (US Patent #1390658)

The most successful competitor to Maxim was Robert A. Moore who patented his first silencer design in 1910. Developed for large calibre hunting and military rifles Moore's design used a large gas chamber which sat beneath the rifle's muzzle. (US Patent #956717) Moore would go on to compete against Maxim during US Army rifle silencer trials just before the beginning of World War One. The civilian market for firearms silencers began to decline during the Great Depression and was dealt a severe blow in 1934 by the National Firearms Act. Maxim’s company subsequently moved away from firearms suppressors and focused on industrial and automobile mufflers, while the company is no longer family owned it is still in business. Today, suppressors are enjoying a resurgence in popularity with many new manufacturers offering a variety of designs and a serious political effort is being made to remove them from the NFA.

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[tendie-defender]

"Donald trump will be the savior of the 2nd amendment"

"Bumpstock ban is just part of his 56D chess moves"

"8 year assault on your 2nd Amendment Rights is over"

You dumb as fuck if you Trust Donald Trump with your gun rights!

[the-eternal-crusader]

Ryan Turton has added some #supressors to his Crusade. What do you think of them as a Unit choice? #theeternalcrusader #eternalcrusade #blacktemplar #blacktemplars #blacktemplars40k #blacktemplar_40k #spacemarines #spacemarines40k #adeptusastartes #thelastwall #warhammer40k #warhammer40000 #40k #warhammercommunity #warhammer40kpainting #paintingwarhammer #paintingwarhammer40k #paintingwarhammer40000 #miniwargaming #paintingminiatures #justputpaintonit #gamesworkshop #gamesworkshop40k (at The Eternal Crusader) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUUJIqqNP0e/?utm_medium=tumblr