There's a special layer of hell for me - silenced revolver

[PTK]

I must confess, I realized halfway through this project I shouldn't do it. I apologize.


I HAD TO! So many times I'd go out of my mind trying to counter the "you can't silence a revolver" argument, I'd try to explain that you could if you use a gas-seal revolver like the Nagant. But no, people just wouldn't listen, and I had to go and actually demonstrate it.

Purists... don't look.


link to the video

 

[lamazza]

very cool.

 

[Gordon]

WOW! That sucker is quiet. I might have to get me one of those (Nagants) for when I move to Oregon and (legally) buy a can.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

It's awesome. You're not the first to think of it, but the first on YouTube.

I like all your videos. Very no-nonsense and demonstrative.

 

[Walkalong]

Very cool indeed.

 

[PTK]

wheelgunslinger

Thanks for the kind words!

Gordon

May I suggest an inexpensive can such as the YHM 9mm Cobra and using Mike at Tornado Technologies for threading the barrel? He did absolute top-notch work.

 

[Shade00]

That's wacky! Neat video, though.

 

[PTK]

Wacky or not, you'd shoot it, we all know you would.

 

[Technosavant]

Niiiiiice. I'm guessing you used the regular 7.92 Nagant ammo and you were not involving a .32 cylinder.

Now you've got me thinking about a Nagant, since in another couple months it will be legal for us here to have suppressors (the MO law takes effect on Aug. 28).

 

[Gator]

Looks like you need to do some work on the trigger pull.

Some neat pics in this old thread.

 

[Cosmoline]

But no, people just wouldn't listen, and I had to go and actually demonstrate it.

It's an interesting experiment, but I'm surprised folks you talked to didn't know about the Soviet silencers. The Nagant was equipped with a variety of devices and saw very long service through the cold war.

 

[HighVelocity]

Very interesting. Thanks for taking one for the team.

 

[PTK]

Technosavant

I do indeed use proper ammo, in this case HotShot brand.

Gator

I like the trigger the way it is, actually. Don't know why.

Cosmoline

I showed a few people those pictures - they unanimously insisted that it was just Russian propaganda and fake.

HighVelocity

Oh, yes, it was terrible having an excuse for another fun toy.

 

[Noxx]

WOW, your silenced 10/22 is ridiculous. Good work. (and I mean that in a good way, unbelievable)

 

[PTK]

Thanks! I knew some people would eventually poke around and look at the rest of the videos.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

The NKVD used silenced Nagants as an assassination weapon, IIRC.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[ZeSpectre]

The Nagant was equipped with a variety of devices and saw very long service through the cold war.

Yeah, the Nagant is also equipped with a roughly 35 lb trigger as well

 

[PTK]

Mine is NOWHERE near that bad. Probably around 15lb, an inch of creep, and a handful of sand.

 

[machinisttx]

The DA trigger on my F.I.L.'s nagant is absolutely terrible. I think I pulled a muscle in my forearm trying to squeeze it...

You must be one stout mofo to squeeze shots off like that.

 

[PTK]

I used to make chainmail armor. My fingers/forearms are STRONG. I've not found a triggerpull that bugs me yet.

 

[Dr.Who]

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Edgar Guest

 

[rondog]

Very cool! I see your location is "South Park", are you in Colorado by chance?

 

[Magnum.35744]

Wow!!! That's amazing! The only thing I can hear is the hammer dropping. Other then that I would've never guessed you fired the thing in the first place!

 

[PTK]

Dr.Who

Fitting! Thank you!

rondog

Yes indeed! Currently in the Denver area, but I'm in South Park a LOT. I go by Schaeffer's Crossing almost every day. If you're in the area, feel free to drop me a PM, you can try any of my guns you'd like!

Magnum.35744

If you listen, you can hear the bullet hit the berm.

 

[loneviking]

Cool video. I was just looking at a Nagant revolver at my local pawn shop. That is one strange looking gun!