40yrd headshot with the bsa super10 22. airgun

[Ratsmasher 36]

i might be wrong but it looks like its got the bull barrel? - no need for silencer

You are wrong, that is not a bull barrel and with a bull barrel you still need a darned silencer. See my post for a BBC photo!

oh...i didnt know that never mind i do now thanks moley...What does a bull barrel actually do then?

[secretagentmole 1,701]

It has silencer baffles built into the shroud. This is for the American market primarily as you cannot have separate silencers over there, they have to be part of the barrel. They do not work as effectively as an external silencer, hence Mini Me wears a Twink on the end of the shroud, to make life even quieter!

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

hahaha asif they arent allowed seperate silencers ... fail

[Phantom 631]

hahaha asif they arent allowed seperate silencers ... fail

 

Mike is correct, they are prohibited under Federal Law

 

Tony

[milegajo 595]

I believe New Zealand outlawed external silencers, so I agree the bull barrel is for exports. I wonder as to their reasoning for such a ban in countries not so fearful and over regulated as the British regarding firearms. I believe Freud had an amusing quote on the fear of guns, will find and post it for shits n giggles.

[milegajo 595]

A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud. The British to a tee. No pun intended...

[Phantom 631]

SRT

 

I remember this one a few years ago

 

http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-413563.html

 

Tony

[kanny 20,611]

well i knew yanks had to be as loud as possible but i didnt know it was a crime to be quiet

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Tell me this ,why the overwhelming need for a silencer on an airgun anyway .Get a grip lads ,no need .lol.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

If you do not know why a silencer is necessary then there is no need to explain that a moderated rifle makes less noise, noise which will alert quarry elsewhere on the permission. In fact sometimes it is possible to get two or more shots off on a flock of pigeons that have roosted using a silenced air rifle, using an air rifle without a moderator means one shot then they all go. Do try to keep up!

[davyt63 1,845]

Tell me this ,why the overwhelming need for a silencer on an airgun anyway .Get a grip lads ,no need .lol.

 

hi FD

in some ways I agree regarding a spring rifle,but to use a PCP with out a silencer in a horse paddock in the day or night,you will only cause distress to the horse's.as its even louder as one of those long training whip's.

and I personally would like the horse's relaxed when I am shooting in there paddocks (not while they are in them of course) because these area's are closed off, due to the amount of rabbit holes,in different parts of the paddocks.

 

so to answer your question YES! for PCP's , NO! for spring rifles

hope this helps

 

regards

 

Davy

[77 si 21]

nice shot pal.