TheArmsman wrote:There was also an experiment where they tried to make a silenced revolver.
Attached the can to the front of the barrel as usual. However, to deal with the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, a special type of round was used. Can't remember when it is, but think it was the Brits in the 60's.
It wasn't an "experiment" - They were built by Knight Armament, and supposedly called "R squared" by insiders. Built on either Ruger Super Redhawk frames(rifle version) or GP100s(Pistol version) they were available in 2 different versions - a handgun and a rifle. They were, IIRC, .224 for the handgun and .308 for the rifle. How they worked involved telescopic ammunition, like Aglifter mentioned. They used regular cases, but they would seat the bullet in a custom machined aluminum sleeve, which had an oring in the front of it. I'm guessing that the cylinders were bored so the Oringed sleeve wouldn't drag very much when fired. The barrel would have a recess machined into the back of it, to tightly seal the sleeve to the barrel when it slammed forward, instead of a conventional forcing cone. Information on them is somewhat hard to find - most of what I know comes from Paulson's book.
Frankly, suppressed revolvers, while very uncommon, have been around along time - the Soviets were using suppressed Nagants since before WW2.
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