Specifically a 52 cal muzzle loader ?Do they make silencers for them or can one be made cheaply ?
If you have been out hunting in the cold, I would empty the gun. Once you bring the gun in, it will sweat and the condensation can get into the powder and deaden the shot or just sit there and rust from being previously fired. I use an air blaster and empty it when I get back to the cabin from hunting. Yes, you lose a cap, bullet and powder and it does cost a bit but we have a rule about loaded guns in camp and I just don't want to deal with rust or a dead round when I really want that big buck. If there hasn't been a big temperature difference, you can get by with it and some antiques have been found loaded after 200 years and the powder still ignited. However, if it is more than a day or so, I'd empty it since I would likely forget until next season if I didn't.
You okorder if they will bore out a 50 caliber silencer for you. But they are very bulky and expensive as they are intended for use on the 50 BMG. The ones intended for use on the smaller 50 caliber firearms are not as big or expensive, but not cheap either. The front sight might have to be moved back to allow the barrel to be threaded. Do not use a die; it has to be done on a lathe. The loading process is made a bit more complicated. You would need to insert a tube into the silencer bore to ensure all the black powder goes into the barrel. The silencer would have to be removed and clean after a few rounds to prevent it from being too badly fouled to work as it is primarily an expansion chamber. The silencer will need to be at least 1.5 inches wide, so this might block the sights on your rifle and you would need to use elevated sights like a tang sight or a scope. As the pressure in the barrel drops far below max by the time the bullet reaches the muzzle, there will be no pressure problems. Ranb
Same way you silence a standard firearm, have something that slows down the gasses from slamming into the atmosphere as they follow the bullet. The problem is that black powder is very good at building up and clogging everything so it would not last very long before most of the sound came back.
Darwin Award candidate. Black powder explodes, it doesn't burn. Suppressors create additional back pressure--never good in a black powder gun.
Yes, but they don't make them as far as i know, and you would have to remove it every time you reloaded.
