14/05/2026
Ozzie Reviews dropping the hard facts!
A firearm suppressor or silencer as they’re often called, are freely available in New Zealand, the UK and many other countries, however they are prohibited for licensed shooters to use at the range or out recreationally shooting in Australia.
What do they actually do?
- They reduce the recoil of the firearm making it more enjoyable to shoot
- They reduce the loud boom caused by firing a round
- They significantly reduce noise complaints from residents near shooting ranges
- They comply with Workplace Health & Safety laws regarding safe noise levels when using fi****ms
What they don’t do?
- They don’t completely silence the shot as 99% of fi****ms shoot a bullet at supersonic velocity, meaning over the speed of sound, which means that the bullet still creates a loud noise as it breaks the sound barrier during flight, you cannot silence this from happening as it’s pure physics
- They don’t turn you into an assassin. A licensed shooter doesn’t randomly start assassinating people because they attach a suppressor to their firearm, that’s Hollywood BS and if it were true, we’d see countless shootings with them in those countries where they are freely available
- They don’t increase the speed that the firearm can shoot nor do they make the firearm more powerful, they are simply a device similar to a muffler on a car, it doesn’t silence it, it just reduces the noise to a much more tolerable level
But the antigun mob in Australia keep pushing their emotional catch phrase of “only assassins want silencers”.
I think it’s time to ignore the catch phrases and simply look at the facts on suppressors.
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