suppressors while hunting

[Scaleguy24]

Am I under the correct assumption that a suppressor and a silencer are actually very different in the way they affect the dB level of the actual gunshot? Therefore a suppressor would still be ok but a silencer would not be?

[Storm]

I was pretty sure that you could own one in Wyoming. The way it is worded on the map, with the use of the word "or" made it confusing.

I should probably modify the wording in the map legend to make that clearer. I agree it is somewhat confusing. Given space limitations, I was going for newspaper headline verbiage. My associate did the design for the map and I was limited to three colors. However, I did think about this ambiguity and decided that four colors might be just as confusing.

Thanks for the input.

[Irving]

Am I under the correct assumption that a suppressor and a silencer are actually very different in the way they affect the dB level of the actual gunshot? Therefore a suppressor would still be ok but a silencer would not be?

You are not. Suppressor and Silencer are two different words for the same product.

[Storm]

Am I under the correct assumption that a suppressor and a silencer are actually very different in the way they affect the dB level of the actual gunshot? Therefore a suppressor would still be ok but a silencer would not be?

A sound suppressor and a (sound) silencer are the same thing. Silencer is the legal term used by the ATF (probably due to the fact that the NFA law was written back in 1934). Suppressor is the industry/technical term. In reality no firearm suppressor truly silences the report of a firearm, so the term silencer is somewhat of a misnomer.

With subsonic rounds like .45 and subsonic .22, the overall sound of the firearm discharging is very quiet, but not completely silent. Most of the sound you hear with rounds like these are the click of the action cycling (on a semi-auto) and the impact of the round. On supersonic firearms, .40's, 9mm's and most rifle rounds, the sound suppressor significantly subdues the report of the firearm, but you still hear the sonic crack of the bullet as it breaks the sound barrier.

[Scaleguy24]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. now i am a more educated idiot!

[Great-Kazoo]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. now i am a more educated idiot!

Ah yes , but you're our idiot.

[SouthPaw]

Ah yes , but you're our idiot.

That damn Jim

[SpikeMike]

You know, hunting with a supressor would make more sense, or should as it would not disturb the other critters..just saying is all