Thread: Suppressors - Am I missing something

I wonder how much the conversion of kinetic energy into heat would actually reduce percieved recoil? Cooling the gases would reduce volume as well?

Originally Posted by Sidney

I wonder how much the conversion of kinetic energy into heat would actually reduce percieved recoil? Cooling the gases would reduce volume as well?

No, the volume is constant (the container) but the pressure would reduce. PV = nRT. That is why the gases limp out of the suppressor. I would say the pressure would drop a lot. Compare the mass of the gases (roughly the charge) to that of the suppressor.