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smallest pistol with a silencer

TsurenTsuren Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited May 2005 in Ask the Experts
Hi guys.

Could you advise me the smallest pistol with a silencer?
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  • MRBEANMRBEAN Member Posts: 562 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As I understand it, silencers are very hard to get legally. Apparently, there's some kind of liscence or permit you need. Then there's the obvious suspicion of why you need/have one. As far as the gun goes, I'm not even sure which ones can be fitted with one. However, the smallest ones I know of are derringers, NAA minis(.22 and .17 cals only), and kel-tech(9mm, .32, .380). All of which are very inexspenive to buy.[;)]

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  • woodmanwoodman Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Then there's the obvious suspicion of why you need/have one.

    They are legal is some/most states. You have to pay a $200 "stamp tax" to the Gov't. It is a regulatory fee, more than a tax, making it illegal, but it is the Gov't, right?

    Silencers used to be commonly available, as I understand it, for a few dollars at the hardware store. You have one on your car, lawnmower, etc, right? If they were easy to get, I might not have hearing damage.

    The smallest gun? A .22LR, probably.
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  • MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One of the smallest would be a Beretta Bobcat(I think that is the name) in 22 LR with an SRT Odessa can. Check srtarms.com for more info.

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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How about a Pen gun with a Pencil silener ...

    Ya know, like a matching set!
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe that Mooseyard is referring to the Beretta Model 21A. At one time I used to see the Beretta 851 (Minx) in .22 short with a suppressor, but I believe you needed to replace the barrel with a longer, threaded one.

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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is possible to build suppressors that are integral to the gun, so that they either are, or appear to be part of the barrel to cut down on the overall length, but even with those you still need a certain amount of length for them to work properly.

    This is the gun and silencer in question (bottom) from the SRT website. As you can see, the overall package is about the same overall size as the Ruger above it [edit **I mean the Ruger *WITHOUT* the obviously attached silencer! (see comments below)]. Some people like the Walther p22 silenced, so that could be an option too for a relatively small quiet gun.


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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    If that Ruger is "unsilenced; why is the front sight so far back from the muzzle, and why does the barrel appear to swell just past that seam?
    Iver Johnson TP-22 is the smallest I've seen firsthand, but would a zip gun with a 2-liter pop bottle taped to its' barrel count?

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  • MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gunnut, you are right, the Ruger is silenced. I think what Beantown was pointing out is that the Beretta w/can is about the size of the ruger not including the can. I don't think he meant to imply that the Ruger was unsupressed.

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  • allrndcowboy123allrndcowboy123 Member Posts: 318 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did you know that in some Euorpean countries it is illegal to go shooting without a silencer? You are fined quite extensively. Anyway, I have seen the Ruger with an integral silencer around the whole barrell. It just looked like the bull barrell model. Pretty slick.
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  • aztilemanaztileman Member Posts: 122 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    here is the ruger http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=31999208 but for this is what i would get http://www.autoweapons.com/photosv/nglockwtitan.html

    travis
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