Is suppressing a .45 ACP pistol worth it?

[SharpsDressedMan]

I guess logic has no place here. "Why would you ever want to have or use a suppressor?" Answer: "Ever fired a gun?" The logic for using a suppressor is very simple. How convoluted a lawyer or prosecutor might make of this simple logic boggles the mind. The entire issue should be about any validation or invalidation of the justificaton for the self defense. What the hell does having a quieter gun have to do with any of that?

 

[Mike1234567]

Doesn't anyone here get it? A psycho with a pistol and a sound suppressor can walk through any city in broad daylight and murder at will without anyone noticing him because the SS gives its user the power of invisibility. A single killer with a SS can take out millions and millions of people in his lifetime. Also, no Investigator will ever find any clues because the SS covers all tracks. Lastly, no SWAT team will ever be a match for a guy with a SS.

ETA: (reference post #29) My post is a JOKE!!

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Oh, we get it here. However, we are talking about legally registered/background checked citizens suppressors, same as machineguns. Not saying a Class III owner can't go psycho, but we have military/police/ and other government "potential psychos" out there, too, and a backgrounded civilian might have undergone more scrutiny to possess a suppressor than police, government, or military personnel with access to same. As far as UNREGISTERED suppressors, good luck with that. There are probably THOUSANDS out there, and so far, no one has gone on a spree. After all, isn't that WHY we allow suppressors, with legal parameters, to allow for law abiding to have, and discourage the non-law abiding? I suppose a person hell bent on having an illegal one will do so, but he probably can in even the most restrictive environment (Russia, China, etc).

 

[thorazine]

Doesn't anyone here get it? A psycho with a pistol and a sound suppressor can walk through any city in broad daylight and murder at will without anyone noticing him because the SS gives its user the power of invisibility. A single killer with a SS can take out millions and millions of people in his lifetime. Also, no Investigator will ever find any clues because the SS covers all tracks. Lastly, no SWAT team will ever be a match for a guy with a SS.

Mmmmkay.

 

[withdrawn34]

lol folks, Mike was clearly being facetious. Lighten up

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I'm all for a joke, but giving nuts (some that probably follow THR) ideas they don't already have sometimes backfires. Ever read the Tom Clancy book "Debt of Honor"? I have always wondered if it influences 9/11..........

 

[GreyCoupe]

In a SHTF situation, I want the easiest to shoot weapon I can get. A suppressor is unwieldy. I want my bad guy to be discouraged from advancing and convinced to vacate the premises. If your aim is not red hot in a life or death situation, it will not be aided by a suppressor, and if all the bad guy has to fear is the noise, I want it as loud as I can make it. If bad guy is rational, the sound of your .45's business end is a big plus.

Besides, lots of smart folks believe that in a self-defense situation, a pistol is only what you shoot until you can get to your shotgun.

Your and your family's ears will clear [albeit potentially damaged], if you have acted swiftly enough to interdict an in-house threat...

 

[Bobson]

Just thinking with my keyboard here, but wouldn't any holster with an open muzzle-end work just fine?

I thought of the obvious problem of a long draw if the holster was mounted on the belt, but what about a thigh rig? Say a Blackhawk SERPA on the thigh, for example? Even with a 8"-9" suppressor, the draw length would be about the same as if it were a normal belt-mounted holster.

 

[Eyesac]

I don't know about you guys, but w/ a can (w/ neilson device) I don't get the reliablilty I'd want for SD. With the same load in the same gun with the same barrel, I get 100% reliablilty. With the same set up + a can, I get a failure to feed every once in a while...

 

[wally]

My FNP45 requires full power 230gr ammo to function, Nothing changed after adding the Osprey. Wolf Ball is full power enough - ran about 300 rounds through it with the can on so far, no where near as dirty as I expected afterwards.

 

[devildog66]

A friend put a Silencerco Osprey on a Glock 21 and the weight of the suppressor was nearly unnoticeable. Remarkably well-made and amazingly simple to mount and unmount. Simply put, I covet the same for my .45.

 

[wally]

I put my Osprey45 on my Glock 17L with a Lone Wolf threaded barrel.

My "standard" 147 gr load functioned fine with the stock barrel, but I was disappointed to find that the load wouldn't reliabley cycle with the LW barrel -- suppressed or not.

Upped the powder to near max and function was near perfect except for a couple of failures to lock back on the last shot. I couldn't really perceive any difference in the shooting from the extra 0.2 gr powder. Its a sweet shooting combination.

Wolf 9mm functioned perfectly in it, but it was significantly louder because of the supersonic velocity.