a gun with Suppressor will the bullet gor farther with a suppressor or without a suppressor?

Answer 1

It depends on the type of suppressor used. If you use one with wipes (rubber disks), the bullet will brush up against the wipe and loose velocity. This also makes the ammo less accurate and damages the wipes enough to require replacement after shooting one magazine.

Most silencers are made with baffles that do not touch the bullet when properly mounted. Since the gases are contained in the suppressor for a brief time and still push the bullet while it passes through, velocity can actually go up a tiny bit. While the increase in velocity is insignificant, the velocity does not drop unless the silencer is not mounted straight and the bullet hits the baffles.

Since a rifle barrel (especially long thin ones) tend to vibrate and whip when shot, attaching any weight such as a suppressor to the end will change the point of impact on the target. This does not mean the gun is less accurate, it just means you need to adjust the scope or sights.

Subsonic ammo is sometimes used to lower the noise in a suppressed firearm even further. This is due to no sonic boom made by a bullet going less than the speed of sound, and the lighter powder charge. Since subsonic ammo is moving 1100 fps or less and standard ammo such as that in a 30-06 or 223 Remington moves faster than 2500 fps, the subsonic ammo will drop faster than the faster supersonic bullets. Any bullet moving slower than the speed of sound has a very curved trajectory, this makes it harder to hit a target past 200 yards away, especially at unknown distances. Since kinetic energy is proportional to the square of speed, a bullet moving at 1000 fps has only ¼ the power of the same size bullet moving at 2000 fps.

I design, build and test my own silencers, I have never had one slow down a bullet yet.

Ranb

Answer 2

For all intents and purposes, there is no difference of any kind.

A suppressor simply lowers the pressure of the gas exiting the barrel *after* the bullet has already left the barrel. Nothing that effects the gun *after* the bullet has left the barrel can effect the bullet already in flight.

You can think of it this way....if you were *really* fast, you could pull the trigger and fire the bullet at the target....and after the bullet leaves the barrel and is flying away, you clamp a pillow over the muzzle to muffle the gases and sound about to leave the barrel. The bullet is already on its way and you can't effect it....the pillow only works on the gases still coming from the barrel.

Answer 3

ANY gun fitted with a suppressor or silencer will lose a slight bit of muzzle velocity...Industry standards for those tested indicate a loss of -2.7 % on average on smaller calibers like 9MM. This drop wouldn't really have a noticeable effect on range, but will make the projectile drop a few inches on impact. Note* this only applies to "extended" ranges of 80 yards or more., and applies even less to high power rifle projectiles. Hardly anything to be concerned with when it comes to range and accuracy

Answer 4

a protracted time in the past, I heard a pair of Russian gun that makes use of a especially-designed cartridge to be as close to to silent as a threat. It in contact a a small powder value and a captive piston to push the bullet out of the barrel. As you are able to desire to anticipate, this is an extremely short-variety weapon. by ability of ways, the assembled cartridge is the comparable length as a .30-06 around. The gun used to fireplace this is a 2-shot piece concerning the dimensions of a Makarov.

Answer 5

in my experince useing a suppressor at best give you only a range of about 35 feet max and a lot of time,s less that that

Answer 6

without the suppressor

Answer 7

I think the effect would be minimal, but I agree the less build up of gasses and pressure would mean the bullet would not travel as far.

Answer 8

A bullet should travel farther without supression. Since a supressor limits the explusion of the gases it limits the distance the bullet can travel.

Answer 9

Minimal loss, not worth considering*....