by: Peter G. Kokalis, N.R. Parker, Alan Paulson
Topics include: net sound reductions, bullet flight noise, ejection port flash, stamped baffles, suppressed carbine, first round pop, coaxial expansion chamber, barrel venting, superior terminal ballistics, suppressed sniper rifles, rifle suppressors, wet suppressor, sound reduction levels, integrally suppressed submachine gun, suppressor tube, submachine gun suppressors, integrally silenced, subsonic fodder, unsuppressed sound signatures, blocking nut, proprietary flash hider, preserve operator hearing, baffle stack, rear end cap, centerfire pistol suppressors
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Book Description:
Book Description -- This highly anticipated second volume in the Silencer History and Performance series provides an unprecedented look into the evolution, tactical employment and performance of historic and state-of-the-art silenced firearms suitable for close-quarters combat, long-distance sniping and other professional applications. It chronicles the production of pioneering silenced weapons used during World War II and the Cold War as well as the more sophisticated low-signature designs and tactics that emerged from the Vietnam War and again during an explosion of creative development in the 1990s. The authors have combined recently declassified materials, numerous confidential sources and years of hands-on evaluations to reveal a wealth of information about today's incredible screw-on and integral suppressors.
About the Author -- Peter G. Kokalis, one of the world's foremost authorities on small arms, is the senior editor for The Small Arms Review. Well-known to industry insiders throughout the world, N.R. Parker has published significant contributions on the history and technology of suppressors and their tactical employment. Research scientist Alan C. Paulson is the suppressor technology editor for The Small Arms Review and a member of the Institute for Research on Small Arms in International Security, the National Defense Industrial Association and numerous other professional societies.
Volume II - modern silencer performance -- This is the second volume in a series about firearm suppressor design & performance. The price reflects the rather esoteric nature of the subject and that it is not suited to the social misfit seeking to earn time in federal prison by making his own silencer; it is instead, a diligently researched compendium of suppressor evolution and performance. The primary author [Alan Paulson] has tested many rifle & pistol suppressors, some of historic significance, following a documented and scientific laboratory procedure so as to ascertain _comparable_ performance figures for various offerings. Given the unreasonable restrictions on silencer ownership by U.S. citizens, and the now extreme restrictions upon firearms ownership by British subjects and Australian citizens, it is very fortunate to have an English-speaking author undertake such an extensive project, since a similar work undertaken in countries where supressor use is rightly encouraged as the civic responsibility of a firearm owner would not likely be translated from its native language of publication. At times dry and technical, to anyone interested in the topic it is a vital reference work and a good read, especially the sections on the historical development of the various models of suppressor under test.
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