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  2. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The US National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 defined silencers and established regulations limiting their sale and ownership. [21] Both the US Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) use the term silencer. [22] Hiram Percy Maxim, the original inventor of the device, marketed them as "Maxim Silencers ...

  3. SilencerCo - Wikipedia

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    Firearms fitted with SilencerCo suppressors. Sparrow 22, which is compatible with multiple calibers up to 5.7×28mm and rated for full-auto fire. Warlock 22, a .22 LR silencer that weighs 3.0 oz and reduces sound to 114.6 dB. Spectre 22, which handles a range of ammunition from .22 LR to 5.7×28mm.

  4. Subsonic ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Combined with firearm sound suppressors, subsonic ammunition may significantly reduce sound levels compared to normal ammunition. [4] Specific reductions depend on the ammunition and suppressor. The peak sound pressure levels of a Remington 700 .223 caliber bolt-action rifle firing high-velocity (supersonic) ammunition using a GEMTECH G5-5.56 ...

  5. Sound suppression system - Wikipedia

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    The launch pad built by the Soviet Union beginning in 1978 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for launching the Energiya rocket included an elaborate sound suppression system which delivered a peak flow of 18 cubic metres (4,800 US gal) per second fed by three ground level reservoirs totaling 18,000 cubic metres (4,800,000 US gal).

  6. Wind Talker sound suppressor - Wikipedia

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    The decibel rating level is 25dB. The Wind Talker can be mounted to any rifle with either a 7.62 mm or 5.56mm bore diameter as long as it utilizes a Vortex flash hider. The Wind Talker sound suppressor is in the military inventory system as NATO Stock Number: NSN 1005-LLL-997965, utilizing the same NSN number as the M14DC which it replaced. [1] [5]

  7. SIONICS - Wikipedia

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    A SIONICS suppressor attached to a MAC-10 SIONICS (acronym for Studies In the Operational Negation of Insurgents and Counter-Subversion ) was an American company producing firearm suppressors . It was founded in the 1960s by Mitchell WerBell III , a former OSS officer.

  8. Dead Air Silencers - Wikipedia

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    This due to the requirements of US commercial customers who must procure a different Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tax stamp for each silencer they own. [5] Their first silencer was the Sandman series. [3] In 2018 Dead Air introduced Key-Mo, an adaptor which allows the use of Silencerco silencers with Dead Air muzzle ...

  9. Sound exposure - Wikipedia

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    Sound exposure level (SEL) is a logarithmic measure of the sound exposure of a sound relative to a reference value. Sound exposure level, denoted L E and measured in dB , is defined by [ 1 ]