Airsoft suppressors or silencers are just attachments for airsoft replicas and most of them are just for visual effects only as they add to a realistic look of the airsoft rifle, especially if you put them on your barrel instead of an orange tip you get when you buy an airsoft replica.
Like all other silencers, airsoft suppressors are actually a hollow tube made to reduce the noise coming from the barrel. Silencers on real guns are designed to silence or suppress the gunshot sound from the barrel when shooting. That loud sound is a result of the explosion and expanding gasses caused by the ignition of gun powder. When you shoot from airsoft gun most of the noises come from the main body of the replica caused by the motor, gears, and piston.
In AEGs the noise comes from the motor and gearbox, while in gas-powered guns most of the sounds come from the slide and the gas. So do airsoft suppressors do anything? Do airsoft silencers work? But there are also airsoft silencers that actually do reduce a noise coming from your replica to some extent. If you were wondering do airsoft suppressors affect accuracy, the answer is no — silencer will not help you with accuracy, nor increase it nor decrease it.
In that case get a new, more precise replica, like the ones from Tokyo Marui, Japanese manufacturer known for build quality, reliability, accuracy, and range of their replicas. However, some airsoft players reported on forums and Reddit that they actually did manage to increase the velocity on some gas-powered guns, specifically TM MK23 when they added a suppressor.
Real suppressors are metal cylinders with internal sound baffles used to slow down, cool, and reduce the energy of the escaping gasses reducing the noise from the gun. But there are some airsoft suppressors that use foam to reduce the noise to some extent.
There are many different models and people often claim that they do not work and still some say that suppressors are a must addition to their arsenal they do not want to play without.
I am going to answer the questions regarding silencers and once and for all times explain whether they have their place in Airsoft or not. The basic goal of a suppressor is to either suppress the air coming out of the top of the gun, affect the appearance or provide protection to the gun barrel.
You must not forget that Airsoft is a sport that imitates the tactics and weaponry used in real wars and operations, therefore sometimes a tool or a device that works like a charm in the real war situation may not work to its full potential when imitated. Such case is present with suppressors in Airsoft, however they do work but the effects are not that mesmerizing as you may think at first.
There is nothing more appealing in Airsoft then the realism that comes with it. Adding a silencer on your airsoft replica is going to make it more tactical and superb. If you enjoy playing games, especially the sneaky ones like Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid or Hitman or watching such movies the odds are that you will not think twice about upgrading your favorite replica with such an addition.
Some people only need this reason to add silencers into their arsenal, however there are plenty of reasons that go hand to hand with such visual reason. Some guns have long inner barrel extensions that some players may find ugly, therefore it is smart to add the suppressor at the top of it to completely neutralize its appearance. In order to understand this properly, we will need to mention different types of replicas and how they react when the silencers in attached to them.
The Foam Suppressors among the other types are the best known for their effectiveness when it comes to soundproofing. It is important to understand where the sound on the replica comes from, does it come from the inner mechanism or from the top of the gun where the air gets forced out? In case that the sound is primarily produced at the very top of the gun where the air gets out, you can attach the silencer and get some sound reduction. Gas non-blowback guns and spring guns do not rely on electric motor components and gearbox that produces the sound on its own, neither there is a moving mechanism where metal parts collide with another metal parts.
A suppressor on the barrel will, however, adjust the sound signature of the airsoft gun. Spring rifles like sniper rifles are rather quiet guns already. However, if you think you need to make it even quieter, a suppressor can bring this muzzle volume down slightly. Gas blow back weapons are hard to suppress. The majority of their sound comes from the actual back and forth operation of the weapon, not the expanding gasses. Making your airsoft gun quieter is all about tuning it to work as effectively and as efficiently as possible.
Sound is energy, and any energy not going into the creation of BBs down range is wasted energy.
0コメント