Thread: Ordered a 45ACP/12ga rifled insert

Originally Posted by sixtus

Interesting ideas fellas. One question is, would the 12ga barrel by itself offer any sound reduction? I dont mean to supressed levels, but say compared to a 7" pistol barrel . Would the the 20-28" shotgun barrel at least muffle the noise a bit? or would it make it louder, like a trumpet effect?

It would probably ever so slightly quieten the sound, but probably not a ton... not anywhere near an actual suppressor. Slightly different beast, but bloop tubes for target rifles are similar to shotgun overbarrels on an insert rifle barrel and are permitted in the USA, they get pretty anal over anything that could be considered a suppressor due to sound reduction.

I like cordite's idea on the monocore baffle.