Posted: 7/6/2010 4:17:41 PM EDT
|
I started down the slippery "class 3" slope and bought my first NFA item - a Gemtech Outback II suppressor for my Walther P22.
It's a lot of fun to shoot - especially with subsonic ammunition. 
|
|
Quoted:
I started down the slippery "class 3" slope and bought my first NFA item - a Gemtech Outback II suppressor for my Walther P22. It's a lot of fun to shoot - especially with subsonic ammunition. http://www.terryriedel.com/images/P22/SuppressedP22.jpg nice 
|
|
Quoted:
Ive had jams while shooting subsonics (Remington) through my p22.. Though I dont have a suppressor yet. Will it jam less WITH a suppressor attached or should I just stick with HV ammo? The problem with subsonic rounds is that they don't have a lot of energy - enough to kick the slide all the way back like hyper-velocity rounds do. A suppressor traps that escaping gas and forces some of the energy back into the gun. So it will move the slide a little more. ...no matter how you slice it though, sub-sonic ammo just doesn't a lot energy and that lack of energy makes it prone to cycling problems. You don't need to run subsonic ammo to keep things quiet though - you just want to keep the rounds from going super-sonic (around 1,100 fps) "standard" velocity ammo has plenty of kick and usually won't go super-sonic. I run a lot of Federal bulk pack ammo through my P22 without the supersonic crack. |