It’s worth noting that nearly none of the people you see testing suppressors online use a pistol with a slide that is locked so it doesn’t cycle, shooting through a suppressor that has the right type of “lube” applied, with rubber wipes at the very end to let the bullet through then reseal the suppressor for a few shots, before they’re completely shot out.
You don’t get a lot of silent shots, and you’ve got to rack the slide yourself for each of them, but they do get quite a bit quieter than the suppressor mythbusters think they do, running their dry, open suppressors in semi auto.
It’s worth noting that nearly none of the people you see testing suppressors online use a pistol with a slide that is locked so it doesn’t cycle, shooting through a suppressor that has the right type of “lube” applied, with rubber wipes at the very end to let the bullet through then reseal the suppressor for a few shots, before they’re completely shot out.
You don’t get a lot of silent shots, and you’ve got to rack the slide yourself for each of them, but they do get quite a bit quieter than the suppressor mythbusters think they do, running their dry, open suppressors in semi auto.