Does size/volume matter in a silencer?

[combat45acp]

I couldn't stop laughing for the picture, when Bill from NFAtalk wanted to hear his Thompson Machine SG can we just got in. CCI Mini Mags sounded Hollywood quiet!

 

[combat45acp]

That thing was the size of a Chrysler! Makes the SS 22Sparrow look like a tooth pick!

 

[Bigdee06]

If that thing was any bigger they would probably make you buy two stamps for it. Pretty sweet, I bet it does a great job too and Thompson Machine makes some good stuff. Is that a standard production model or a one off kind of thing? Pardon my ignorance but i've never seen or heard of that model before.

 

[VUPDblue]

Standard production mode. The "SG" denotes that it is for a sub gun.

 

[curraheeguns]

Standard production mode. The "SG" denotes that it is for a sub gun.

Yep, it is the standard can.


Some subgun cans are bigger then that. My AWC Mk9 on "pornstar" is bigger in girth and longer. But it is a 20 yeard old baffle design and does not come apart.

 

[GLOCKBOY]

It does matter if I understand correctly. I have a AWC MK9 on my MP5 and it is quiet. I've seen (heard) some smaller volume units (newer) and they seemed a little louder. Perhaps it was a tone difference vs a volume difference. My Gemtech g522 is about the same volume as my friends outback but has a deeper tone.