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From: snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth)
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Subject: Re: automatic .....22 magnums
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Date: 23 May 91 03:25:39 GMT
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In article <34749@mimsy.umd.edu> roc@sequent.com writes:
#
#My apologies if this is off the topic.
#
#Other than James Bond movies, does anyone have any real information
#on suppressed .380 automatics?  Assuming subsonic loads, is reasonable
#suppression possible within reasonable size?  Were/are there organizations
#that used the .380 instead of the .22 as an assassination weapon?
#
Never heard of .380 ones, but .32s yes, by quite a few European countries.
The 32 was always popular there, and it's quite easy to silence
(easier than the 22LR), having a small powder charge loaded to
a lower pressure. The Mossad does use 32s, the Browning pocket auto,
to be exact, besides the Beretta (in 25ACP) Ron mentions below.

#I've seen Beretta .22 short autos at gun shows.  They are surprisingly
#small and inexpensive.  Suppressors are available for reasonable prices.
#It'd be an interesting (although completely useless) combination to own.
#
#
#				Ron

Well, it'd be good for squirrels and such if one has jumpy neighbours,
especially if one were to put a front sight on the far end of the muffler
to increase the sight-radius.

Peter Toth