A really SPECIAL project that you have never seen before.

[HotGuns]

Check it out.

A Freedom Arms Mini Revolver Suppressed...

A guy asked me if it could be done and I told him I'd give it a shot.

Looking at the factory barrel I decided it was too thin to even mess with. I fabricated another barrel using a cut off piece of barrel from a Ruger 10/22 that I had shortened and threaded for a silencer.
I also had to remake the cylinder pin as the factory one was too big too work.

To be honest, I didnt really expect it to work so well because most of us already know that attempting to supress a revolver is usually and exercise in futility, but in this case all we wanted to do was be able to shoot the thing without our ears bleeding and just to make it "hearing safe". These little critters are LOUD and we figured we couldnt hurt it none.

It worked. Better than I expected. While it is still fairly loud for a suppressed .22, the addition of the Huntertown Arms "B" silencer really does tame most of the bark.

Here's a picture for your viewing pleasure.

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[lead-1]

Now that is neat little piece, good job.

[waltherboy4040]

I like it, nice work.

[Jupiter7]

I dig the barrel, regardless of supressor. NAA barrels usually don't have the best bores. I'd still love to shoot it, gets my Form1 brain working.

[paul h]

Cool!

At one time I had an NAA 22 short. One of those impulse buys, just had to have it. After a couple of range sessions I realized I couldn't shoot it worth a darn and luckily it wasn't that hard to find someone else who just had to have it.

[03fatboy]

That looks pretty cool,good job

[nagantguy]

Nice work, love the naa love outside the box ideas, love a job well done.

[turtlezx]

gotta be a 1st the sup is bigger than the gun!

[MaryB]

I was always told that putting a suppressor on a revolver increased the gas that blows by the cylinder gap... did it make any difference?

[HotGuns]

Doesn't seem like it. Some does blow by but to minimize that I lengthened the forcing cone a bit to shorten up the gap.

[Hickok]

Yep and that will help to keep you from shooting off one of your fingers by accident too!:bigsmyl2:

[Ola]

That is pretty!

But putting a silencer on a revolver is pointless unless it has a gas seal like Nagant 1895.

[flyingmonkey35]

That is some beautiful work congratulations

[John Taylor]

Nice work but it does seem a little strange to have a suppressor that is bigger than the gun.

[HotGuns]

But putting a silencer on a revolver is pointless unless it has a gas seal like Nagant 1895.

That's what I thought too. The goal was to make it hearing safe. Everyone that has shot it agrees that its there. So maybe it's not so pointless?

[paul h]

There is a difference between not as effective as, and pointless. "Silencers" really aren't, but they do reduce muzzle blast to a degree. Most of the muzzle blast from a revolver comes out the muzzle, and a supressor certainly will reduce that blast.

[Ola]

That's what I thought too. The goal was to make it hearing safe. Everyone that has shot it agrees that its there. So maybe it's not so pointless? "Hearing safe".. so you can actually hear the difference? Have you measured it?

(Back in the days we tested a .38 SPL (S&W) with and without a silencer. It sounded exactly same and also the dB-measurement was exactly the same. )

[EMC45]

I like it.

[Blackwater]

Very nice work, and a very interesting challenge and concept. I have one that I've had over 30 years, and used to carry to keep from being "naked." I always figured it'd be about like a .38+P IF and only IF I could wait and make a contact wound. Pushed up and into a belly, the muzzle blast and all that soot, etc. would go into the body cavity, and I have a notion it'd sting like the dickens and make a very serious wound.

And Hickock IS right about shooting one of your fingers off. Had a friend try it, and he tried putting his index finger alongside the barrel, and using his middle finger to pull the trigger, and he dropped it in the dirt when the muzzle blast and barrel/cylinder gap gasses got him. It was funny to everybody but him and me. Him because it hurt like the dickens, and me because I had to clean all the sand out of it. At least he didn't crook his index finger over the muzzle. That would REALLY have hurt!

[jmorris]

Nice work but it does seem a little strange to have a suppressor that is bigger than the gun.

I was thinking that's a small can for a .22, what do the baffles look like?

[HotGuns]

"Hearing safe".. so you can actually hear the difference? Have you measured it?

Have not measured it but its definitely an improvement. And yes, you can actually hear the difference which is significant.


I was thinking that's a small can for a .22, what do the baffles look like?

Just regular "K" baffles.

[Ola]

Have not measured it but its definitely an improvement. And yes, you can actually hear the difference which is significant.
Very interesting. Must have something to do with the reduction of the muzzle blast. .38 SPL load we used was quite mild and the powder charge probably burned completely in the barrel.

[jmorris]

Just regular "K" baffles.

How many?

[paul h]

Very interesting. Must have something to do with the reduction of the muzzle blast. .38 SPL load we used was quite mild and the powder charge probably burned completely in the barrel.

He did mention they minimized the barrel/cylinder gap. I'd imagine if your 38 had a larger gap which could account for the difference.

[Pinsnscrews]

The gas volume escaping through the cylinder gap of the .22lr is much smaller than the gas volume escaping from a .38 load. Even if the cylinder gaps were the same, just the bore volume alone is much higher.

[Geezer in NH]

Doesn't seem like it. Some does blow by but to minimize that I lengthened the forcing cone a bit to shorten up the gap.

Please explain how opening the forcing cone lowers cylinder gap? Call me cynical on that reply

[HotGuns]

Technically not the forcing cone, but the barrel gap was minimized to reduce the gas escaping. I just made it longer than the factory barrel.
Feel better now?