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To: papertyger
Much quieter than my Gamo Whisper in .177.

Frangible, too.

55 posted on 11/20/2018 1:58:21 PM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: gundog
The gamo whisper is a break-barrel springer (noisy), and breaks the sound barrier (even more noise). A full power .22 firing a 40 grain round at 1200 ft/sec develops about 127 ft-lbs of energy. Everything you can do to quiet that down will detract from the energy it delivers on target.

By comparison, a suppressed .25 firing a 34 grain pellet at about 1050 ft/sec (below the speed of sound, thus no sonic boom) delivers about 90 ft-lbs of energy and make less noise than striking a match.

56 posted on 11/20/2018 2:19:25 PM PST by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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To: gundog

Following the ballistics chart attached to the link you posted, the CBee only generates 40 ft-lbs of energy; less than half of the setup I described, and with a smaller cross section.


57 posted on 11/20/2018 2:33:44 PM PST by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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