Talk:Baza/@comment-83.23.131.97-20171124005306/@comment-25254386-20171126225951

First, whether or not you agree with the legal or patented name makes no difference. Silencer is the correct name. Is it accurate? No. But is it the correct name? Yes.

Also, "common usage" is suppressor. Way more people use suppressor than silencer, and of those that do say silencer they are immediately 'corrected' by some gun fanatic or know-it-all.

Second, the original Maxim Silencer had stamped chambers which could technically be considered a monolithic baffle system, but it's not like the baffles modern silencers today have.

And yes, baffles ARE machined. Well, monolithics not so much, those are usually casted. Stacked baffles are though. And neither material is "soft" except for those made of aluminum, but even those can easily be machined.

There are no soft contacts in silencers anymore. As I've already explained, silencers do not use wipes anymore. The closest thing that's used are dampeners, but even those make no direct contact and they aren't all that popular anymore either.

Modern silencers do not slow down projectiles, period.