Pop bottle silencers?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Pop bottle silencers?

Posted: 1/21/2002 3:50:46 PM EDT

Anyone have any information on the legalities or fabrication of such a device? I remember seeing a website sbout it once but couldn't find anything today when i looked for it.

Posted: 1/21/2002 3:53:10 PM EDT

[#1]

If forced to guess I bet you would pick illegal.

Posted: 1/21/2002 3:57:17 PM EDT

[#2]

LOL,
A while ago Cobray, or SWD came out with a pop bottle adaptor that threaded onto an M-11. When I lived in Texas a friend of mine had one. Worked okay for like 1 shot. Stupidest thing I have ever seen, but mildly entertaining.

Posted: 1/21/2002 3:58:14 PM EDT

[#3]

You mean like when your rifle's barrel accidentaly falls and gets lodged into the top of an empty 2L bottle? Then you try to get it off, but you can't with just your hands. So, you decide to shoot it off, and then to your surprise it fires quieter than before. Eventually, the heat of the rifle firing will make the plastic plyable and allow you to remove the 2L bottle.

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:01:01 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
You mean like when your rifle's barrel accidentaly falls and gets lodged into the top of an empty 2L bottle? Then you try to get it off, but you can't with just your hands. So, you decide to shoot it off, and then to your surprise it fires quieter than before. Eventually, the heat of the rifle firing will make the plastic plyable and allow you to remove the 2L bottle.

lol

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:03:31 PM EDT

[#5]

I dunno I thought in the old movies they always used a pillow?

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:15:39 PM EDT

[#6]

I tried it once....er.. I mean I heard of a guy who once tried it.
He used a 10/22. The bottle made it twice as loud.

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:24:13 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I tried it once....er.. I mean I heard of a guy who once tried it.
He used a 10/22. The bottle made it twice as loud.

The bottle shouldn't be empty...at least that's what I'm told.

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:36:59 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I tried it once....er.. I mean I heard of a guy who once tried it.
He used a 10/22. The bottle made it twice as loud.

The bottle shouldn't be empty...at least that's what I'm told.

I don't know. I had just seen Under Siege at the movies and thought it would be cool to try.

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:42:16 PM EDT

[#9]

if one of these where to get stuck on the end of a weapon, I think SUBSONIC ammo would work best for getting it off.....supressors dont eliminate the sound of the round going super-sonic...

Posted: 1/21/2002 4:58:24 PM EDT

[#10]

I think Paladin Press actually has an entire book on this. "For Educational Purposes Only." I saw Steven Seagal do it in a movie by just taping the bottle over the barrel. I am sure that this is very illegal, so don't tape a pop bottle onto your carry 1911.

Posted: 1/21/2002 5:17:50 PM EDT

[#11]

Highly illegal.
It was determined that just the thread adapter alone would be considered a suppressor, and subject to a $200 tax. They kinda disappeared after that.

If you need more discussion on this subject, post it again in the legal section...

Posted: 1/21/2002 5:18:13 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
tape a pop bottle onto your carry 1911.

I'll pay $2.00 for anyone who sends me a pic of that

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