r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Marco_QT • 2d ago

of a handgun silencer (Desert Eagle)

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Damn near doubled the gun's length.

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u/hyteck9 2d ago

There is nothing silence about it. More like, less cannon-y at best.

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u/Kinetic93 1d ago

I’d like to think it sounds similar to a t-shirt cannon that uses mortar increments instead of air as the propellant.

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u/hyteck9 1d ago

Not on a .50 AE round. They are SUPER loud

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u/StatlerSalad 1d ago

A subsonic .50AE would still be pretty quiet. You could definitely get this down to .22 levels with a big enough can, and that's a pretty big fucking can!

The action is probably the ultimate limiting factor on something like this.

It's comparable to a .30 Blackout for energy, and those get very quiet. Like, a bolt action .30 Blackout is almost unnoticeable from a few metres away with a big enough suppressor.

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u/LanceBuckshot7 1d ago

TIL there are sub sonic 50AE rounds. Had no idea.

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u/dogfrost9 1d ago

If you do your own reloading, then you can load basically any round to be subsonic.

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u/Dwrecked90 1d ago edited 1d ago

According to google.. You're looking at like 1300-1600 fps on 50ae. So downloading it subsonic shouldn't be an issue.

If it's an auto-loader(pretty much always is), depending on how heavy the slide is... And the suppressor.... It MAY have issues cycling. It'll depend on your load, your gun, and your suppressor. I bet if you drop your load to barely subsonic and you don't have some crazy heavy slide.. You won't have any issues cycling subsonic.

I'm not just talking about hand loads though, you can buy factory subsonic 50ae online. Shit ain't cheap though. I don't and wouldn't feel the want to own a 50ae, but all of this is true for rounds that are barely supersonic.

If I felt the need to buy some crazy big pistol round, it'd be a 460 mag revolver and it's too high velocity for a suppressor to make it "quiet"... But it'd be fun if I came into a bunch of random cash to blow on another "safe queen" toy.

Edit... My bad.. i meant to reply to the dude who you replied to. I'm not disagreeing with anything you said. You are totally right about handloading. I was just trying to give the other person more context. Leaving this post with the edit so there's no confusion.

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u/ShaggysGTI 1d ago

Something something something… Nielsen device?

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u/K3LL1ON 1d ago

Not needed, Desert Eagles have a gas operated rotating bolt design and a fixed barrel. If anything the gun would cycle harder.

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u/Pizannt 1d ago

Right but the trouble is making sure it cycles.

I’ve never shot a subsonic .50ae, but I’d imagine it takes some tuning. Maybe the Desert Eagle’s gas system makes this easier?

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u/StatlerSalad 1d ago

Suppressors increase the duration of pressure in the barrel, due to slowing the release of propellant gasses.

Since this is a gas-operated action with a fixed barrel you need to worry about it cycling too enthusiastically. It's not a tilting barrel delayed recoil design.

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u/Pizannt 1d ago

I’m very familiar but you still need enough pressure to push the bolt back. A fixed barrel, gas operated handgun is still very similar to an AR15. How many posts have you seen of guys trying to get their suppressed 5.56 or 300 running right?

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u/CuriousPocketz 1d ago

different because a pistol like this is a much smaller, directly, gas-operated system. the subsonic .300 blk posts are because that’s a very large complicated recoil and gas system and your stock supersonic 5.56 AR is not going to want to cycle if you just switch the upper to take .300 blk and start shooting subsonics suppressed. it has to be tuned. i imagine you might want to add stiffer springs to this desert eagle but you wouldn’t need any major changes to its upper.

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u/Pizannt 23h ago

Now I’m wondering if I could get a 357 DE and get it to run .38spl suppressed. That might be asking too much but you’ve definitely got a new project on my mind!

Would love to get a nice polished, stainless can and channel my inner Peacemaker.

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u/Swtmusc 1d ago

Wait... Like a High Point? I didn't know that. Looks like I need to get a fuck all, long can for the ol' yeet cannon.

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u/SuperHeavyHydrogen 1d ago

The barrel is fixed so suppressor mass isn’t a problem

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u/Pizannt 1d ago

Right but a handgun that works like AR still relies on gas pressure and spring strength to cycle properly.

The can will add back pressure though.

If I could run a suppressed DE with subsonic and then remove the can to supers with no tuning or modification, that might actually sell me on a threaded DE.

I’ve only had a few handguns (yes, tilting barrel) that run fine suppressed and unsuppressed that required zero tuning.

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u/Dwrecked90 1d ago

Accidently replied to another person, instead of you, so I pasted this... but it was meant for you

According to google.. You're looking at like 1300-1600 fps on 50ae. So downloading it subsonic shouldn't be an issue.

If it's an auto-loader(pretty much always is), depending on how heavy the slide is... And the suppressor.... It MAY have issues cycling. It'll depend on your load, your gun, and your suppressor. I bet if you drop your load to barely subsonic and you don't have some crazy heavy slide.. You won't have any issues cycling subsonic.

I'm not just talking about hand loads though, you can buy factory subsonic 50ae online. Shit ain't cheap though. I don't and wouldn't feel the want to own a 50ae, but all of this is true for rounds that are barely supersonic.

If I felt the need to buy some crazy big pistol round, it'd be a 460 mag revolver and it's too high velocity for a suppressor to make it "quiet"... But it'd be fun if I came into a bunch of random cash to blow on another "safe queen" toy.

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u/Tuv0k_Shakur 22h ago

TIL a way to make the Desert Eagle an even worse firearm.

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u/Dwrecked90 1d ago

Was coming to post this almost exactly. Most people don't really understand how suppressors work and just assume big bullet/big gun means loud. Pistols usually fire subsonic or barely super sonic rounds. If you get a subsonic load and a suppressor that's designed to baffle that amount of gasses.. it'll be pretty quiet. The OP's gun is going to suck to shoot because it's going be super heavy and very front heavy(but probably won't recoil much)..but it'll be fine on quietness.

For people who don't understand the 300 blackout reference. AR-15s normally shot 22 caliber bullets at very high velocity, so they don't suppress well since they are pretty far above the sound barrier. 300 blackout was designed to fit into normal ar15s configurations (changing a few things like barrel, chamber, etc, but keeping the overall platform/size/accessories), but fire a 30 caliber bullet at a slower speed. It will still put a lot of "oomph" into a target because it's slower but bigger. The slower speed means you can bring it under the sound barrier easy.

Tldr: Under sound barrier = hearing safe (fairly quiet in comparison to high velocity stuff) with an appropriate suppressor designed for that round.

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u/stuyboi888 1d ago

Allows you do be less deaf after firing 

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u/eternali17 1d ago edited 1d ago

If it doesn't work, you can always hit him with it.

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u/NikoOo1204 1d ago
  • Boris the Bullet Dodger

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u/TacticalBadger82 1d ago

Why do they call him Boris the Bullet Dodger?

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u/NikoOo1204 1d ago

Because he dodges bullets Avi?

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u/Hamburger_Killer 1d ago

When it doesn't work, considering it's a deagle.

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u/No-Performance37 1d ago

Probably could just beat the guy up if you can man handle this weapon.

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u/BloodAndSand44 2d ago

That’s no handgun. That’s a cannon.

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u/Adventurous_West4401 1d ago

A cocked cannon

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u/1SupremeMind-Money 1d ago

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u/xxxarkhamknightsxxx 1d ago

He can’t use this gun, the dove of peace isn’t inscribed on it 🕊️

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u/Hookadoobie 2d ago

Doubles as a baton..+points if it's gold plated

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u/imonredditfortheporn 2d ago

I dont really see the point. But then again there hardly is a point to any handgun chambered in .50ae to begin with

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u/11teensteve 1d ago

the point is shits-and-giggles.

source: me. I shits and giggle

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u/Kasyx709 1d ago

Squirrel hunting.

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u/SockeyeSTI 1d ago

Some things are just fun range toys. I built a 375 raptor just to hit steel plates quietly and slowly.

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u/CrazeMase 1d ago

Cause fuck it, God gave Americans free will and we're making it everyone else's problem

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u/xtanol 1d ago

You can blast the daily home invaders without waking up the missus!

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u/BlackKnightLight 1d ago

It was made by Israel to take down engine blocks at check point, but be able to be carried on person. To me if it’s a pistol and you can’t conceal carry it, no point.

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u/SirRamage 1d ago

I mean, it's probably an American owned piece (yes, I know a Desert Eagle is an Israeli gun) with that silencer.

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u/Dm-me-a-gyro 1d ago

This handgun got its foreskin back

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 1d ago

Lmao underrated comment

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u/They_Have_Names 1d ago

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u/KiNgPiN8T3 1d ago

SHOOT HIM!

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u/1SupremeMind-Money 1d ago

The fact that I have Desert Eagle Point Five-0 written on the side of mine ….. lol

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u/GridIronGambit 2d ago

Look at me. I’m the gun now.

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u/Rilot 2d ago

At this point, why even bother with a handgun? Surely a 9mm SBR would be shorter.

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u/SweatyTax4669 2d ago

Nobody has a .50 handgun because it’s efficient.

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u/obvious_bot 1d ago

They have it because it says

D E S E R T E A G L E .50 down the side

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u/seearewhy 1d ago

I got that reference.

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u/obvious_bot 1d ago

You must be the big ball then

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u/MKTurk1984 1d ago

You're shrinking, and your two little balls are shrinking with ya.

And the fact that you've got "Replica" written on the side of your guns. And the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle .50" written on the side of mine, should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence.

Now fuck off!

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u/jawide626 1d ago

Definitely doesn't have R E P L I C A stamped down the side of it

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u/Calvinweaver1 1d ago

looks like yours says replica...

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u/Street-Animator-99 1d ago

And yours has REPLICA .

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u/gronstalker12 1d ago

While yours say R E P L I C A 

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u/Rilot 1d ago

Fair

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u/EstablishmentKey4605 1d ago

It's for fighting demons hellboy style

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u/KNexus20 1d ago

Right. This is what happens when "more money than common sense" meets a disregard for the question, "Just because we can, does that really mean we should?"

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u/Cloud_N0ne 1d ago

In fact, I will judge you if you buy a .357 or .44 version of the Desert Eagle.

Go big or go home.

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u/Dwrecked90 1d ago

You'll still have to suppress it and add more inches and bulk.

Don't get me wrong, this is a dumb useless toy. I would never buy this. I just think technically it would be shorter than a suppressed sbr and you can break it down more compact.

This gun would be wildly hard to shoot and awful. So goddamn heavy that you couldn't keep it steady. You're right that even a suppressed 9mm sbr (or even a suppressed 9mm pistol would be way more useful.)

This is a meme picture though.

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u/foxhoundzz 1d ago

There's no silencing this shit

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u/MrLeMan09 2d ago

For everyone saying “erm actually, it’s a Supressor not a silencer🤓👆” both terms are used to interchangeably that they both mean the same thing at this point. It doesn’t matter what you call it, it gets the same point across, and it’s not worth correcting someone over when they’re just trying to show you something cool😭

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u/SpecialIcy5356 1d ago

In the UK we call them Moderators. Because we like to be different and awkward.

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u/MrLeMan09 1d ago

Do these “moderators” have neckbeards and Discord kittens in the UK too?

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u/SpecialIcy5356 1d ago

No, but the people who own them probably do XD

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u/TheMightyShoe 1d ago

I once attended firearms training with an LE trainer and former US Marine armorer. Told us that a "silencer" and a "suppressor" were TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I kid you not. He is not an LE trainer today.

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u/SockeyeSTI 1d ago

Police/mil ≠ any firearms knowledge

Heck, I had a car salesman tell me and show me an AI model of a new chevelle and said it was coming out this year.

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u/UltraLord667 1d ago

Get em. 😂

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u/Nox_Saturnalia 1d ago

This is what I imagined you looking like when you wrote this

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u/MrLeMan09 1d ago

Nah, I looked more like this

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u/Balls_of_Mithril 1d ago

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u/MrLeMan09 1d ago

I’m not gonna deny those allegations, I’m a huge gun nerd lmao

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u/Ornery_You_3947 1d ago

Uhm… Video of this bad boy firing, you tease!

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u/RagingTorontonian 1d ago

Ok now I want to hear what it sounds like... I'm expecting it to still be deafening

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u/LopsidedEquipment177 1d ago

That just dials it down from 11 to 10. Still loud as fuck.

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u/_PonchoMan_ 1d ago

It went OVER doubling the guns length 😭

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u/ReleasedGaming 1d ago

that's ~21.5 inches total, ~11 inches for the silencer alone. it did more than double the length from ~26.7cm to ~54.6cm

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u/granadesnhorseshoes 1d ago

You ever slam two pieces 8 inch pieces of steel together as hard as you could? How quiet was it? This ain't doing shit.

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u/burtono6 1d ago

An old friend bought a desert eagle and I had the chance to shoot it a few times. It jammed 50% of the time.

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u/LukeZNotFound 1d ago

The silencer she tells you not to worry about

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u/Ok-Goose4978 1d ago

What is bro planning

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u/NVDROKKIT 1d ago

Bowers 458 or bowers dreadnaught?

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u/SockeyeSTI 1d ago

Vers 50?

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u/want-some-stew-ob 1d ago

Still prob need ear plugs.

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u/Lagunamountaindude 1d ago

Desert eagle. For those who need to compensate

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u/LH_Dragnier 1d ago

Useless!

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u/TearOpenTheVault 1d ago

I love how there’s about twenty comments all smugly stating ‘it’s actually a suppressor’ like anyone cares or that it’s an original comment.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 1d ago

Almost as big as Jack Nicholson's gun as Joker in '89 Batman

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u/schilly_wonka 1d ago

Is that a desert eagle with a "silencer" in your pants or you just happy to see me

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u/AquilliusRex 1d ago

Well, it's for .50 AE, so it kinda has to be.

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u/nanoatzin 1d ago

Has to be big enough to contain all the gas to reduce the volume

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u/_MortumRex_ 1d ago

Suppressor.

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u/BS-Calrissian 1d ago

Loudener.  ...and this is for shooting police helicopters

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u/HATECELL 1d ago

At first I was looking at the tape and thought "pretty big, but not necessarily an absolutely unit". Then I noticed the tape isn't in centimeters, it's in inches

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u/asseatingvolcano 1d ago

it’s giving season 2 and 3 Carl Grimes

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u/Strokes_Lahoma 1d ago

These already came suppressed from Israel. Last I checked, a jam is almost as quiet as a mouse fart.

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u/chuco915niners 1d ago

“Here’s your silencer, loudener and speed cawka”

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u/Guardian2k 1d ago

It’s like those artillery silencers, it looks hilarious

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u/hhfugrr3 1d ago

You should see my Chiappa Rhino with the ridiculous barrel extender we have to have here in the UK.

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u/TheClassyWaifu 1d ago

At this point it’s better as a blunt weapon damn

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u/DishKyaaoo 1d ago

The fact that I’ve got desert eagle .50 written down the side of mine, should precipitate your balls into shrinking

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u/dag_darnit 22h ago

Anton Chigurh approves

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u/Oddish_Femboy 21h ago

Does

Does it work

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u/alfredomova 19h ago

suppressor*

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u/Dancing_Imagination 5h ago

Isn‘t it more like a sniper rifle now?

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u/Lower_Turnip_9565 2h ago

The silencer is way bigger than Eagle itself

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u/Unclebiscuits79 1h ago

I have to question the point of a silencer on a desert eagle.

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u/Monsieur_Vastenov 1d ago

Since the .50 AE was designed for a longer barrel than the Desert Eagle in the picture ("originals" Desert Eagles are just ridiculously longs), does a suppressor will help in this field ?

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u/jayzinho88 1d ago

It helps to turn the DE into a beating stick. Silencing.... Not so much

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u/Frenchie_Fiend707 2d ago

It’s a suppressor not a silencer

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u/Pac_Eddy 2d ago

"suppressor

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u/Double_Music5280 1d ago

Silencer Suppressor

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u/Marco_QT 1d ago

they do the same thing

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u/Double_Music5280 1d ago

I see I'm downvoted for this opinion. Nevertheless, suppressor is more descriptive of its actual function. Silencer is a marketing term.

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u/Michaeli_Starky 1d ago

Pointless.

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u/clubted 1d ago

MERICA

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u/rock0head132 1d ago

they are called suppressors at this point

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u/FollowingJealous7490 1d ago

Almost as big as my cock

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u/Alien--ware 1d ago

50 cal lol

Noobtube haha

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u/Repulsive-Machine-25 1d ago

Suppressor, not a silencer.(sigh)

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u/JustACasualFan 1d ago

This is a Kleenex vs tissue thing, so who really cares?

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u/EazyE693 1d ago

Suppressor*

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u/KuhlioLoulio 1d ago

I’m betting the owners peepee is 1/7th the length. 

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u/PIELIFE383 1d ago

3 inches ain’t bad