silencers on spudguns

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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jackssmirkingrevenge
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With springers though you don't really get much muzzle blast, it's more a question of the piston slamming against the cylinder - commercial PCPs with a proper silencer tend to be actually silent, with springers no matter how good the silencer there always is more noise.
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Regardless, it still worked damn good for a pen in a pen.
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CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon

Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
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