A Time For Silence

I’ve been shooting since I was around 12 years old. Today I have what my doctor calls “serious hearing loss”. I technically need hearing aides but being only 44 years old I’m reluctant to do what my doctor suggests because of vanity. There’s no cure for hearing loss, the only remedy are devices that make…

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Beyond Quiet: The Russian PSS Captive Piston Pistol

Little is known in the Western world of the Soviet silent pistols utilizing special silent ammunition. The package consists of the model PSS (Pistolet Sptsialnyj Samozaryadnyj) silent pistol and the special SP-4 captive piston ammunition. The testing performed consisted of evaluation of the basic handgun, the special ammunition, sound pressure measurements, muzzle velocity, and terminal…

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