C1 silencer

[Vincent]

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Found the picture above on the net, but no more info. Anyone have any details on the silencer, how it attached, etc?

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[AZPhil]

I can't help with how it attaches but I'm guessing that is on a Sterling .It sure looks big enough to handle the hi rate of fire... Looks like an oil filter!!!

[browningautorifle]

I'm surprised that Peter Laidler hasn't weighed in yet. He must have more than an inkling about this very item...also, I used submachine gun C1 for many years and can assure you it ain't ours. It may attach to the bayonet lugs of an L2A3 or something.

[Peter Laidler]

Mmmmmmm. Not an official silencer from the Canadian Military as Casnada purchased 'a quantity' of L34 truly silenced Sterling SMG's from the UK Military.

Quite how the 'silencer' shown (probably a moderator in fact) overcame the fact that the supersonic bullet had to pass through a gap at the end of the barrel before it even enters the main 'silencer' part is a bit of a mystery to me. That would already defeat the .............. anyway........

Oh, yes......... How is he aiming the SMG with the silencer in the way.

Just my 2c's worth

[Gil Boyd]

Looks like a posed shot with his strap obliterating his sights as highlighted by Peter, but could be a Rhodesian homemade version!!

[jmoore]

Looks like something out of a movie.

[Peter Laidler]

It's definately a Canadian Sterling SMG and Canada wasn't permitted to sell outside its own Armed Forces so that would/might (?) eliminate the Rhodesia thread. The question still remains of just how would he aim it?

[jmoore]

This seems to be from whence the image originated on the internets.

http://www.bevfitchett.com/modern-fi...silencers.html

The photo seems to be pulled from a book or similar.

ETA: Apparently from the book: Modern Firearm Silencers by J. David Truby

From viewing the book copy online (pgs 79-80) it is supposedly a terrorist trainee using an improvised suppressor. Curiously, the next page supposedly shows the author with the sema weapon somewhere n the "MidEast".

I'm done. Y'all waste time with it.

[Vincent]

Thanks, jmoore. Your Google fu is strong.

[jmoore]

Thanks, jmoore. Your Google fu is strong.

It's not too bad if you've got an hour or so to blow up! I couldn't do it the easy way...