The "Welrod" — A British Silenced Pistol For The Resistance

[wacojoe]

I never heard of this one before —

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...nl&date=061716

[Truckman]

Most interesting, Joe, I had not heard of the Welrod, although I've read of many of the Station IX creations...More on the Welrod from Wiki...

It reminds me of a firearm shown to me in the dead of night by a friend in the "business"...Among his many careers, he's been employed by an unnamed US agency from where I suspect he had this one on loan...It was built on a SAKO action in .300 Win Mag, and fitted with a full-length of the barrel suppressor which he said cost the taxpayers $15,000.00 alone...It was coated in a material which did not reflect the infrared light used in thermal imaging...

He said it was accurate within 1/4 MOA out to 1,000 meters, and being a bolt action like the Welrod, the suppressor was so efficient, the only audible sound it made was the firing pin striking the primer...Since the bullet went supersonic in the barrel, even the sonic crack was absorbed, and there was no muzzle flash...This was all state-of-the-art 20 years ago, and I'm sure technology has improved by now...

Naturally discharge of a firearm is prohibited by law in my neighborhood, but there is an obscure report of three shots being fired on the golf course next to my friend's house in the wee hours of the morning using a Gen III nightscope at a pre-determined target with a sufficient backstop...No ear protection was needed, and no neighbors were awakened...Our chief of police was said to be upset only because he didn't get to shoot it, but it was late and we knew he needed his sleep......Ben

[Truckman]

More on the Welrod......Ben

[wacojoe]

I had a client in the dim past whose son was starting on the drug path. After trying all the usual methods to change his son's ways, he decided to get his son's dealer arrested, so he contacted the police to clue them in. My client was a doctor and one day he went to his car in the hospital lot, when a guy with a silenced pistol slipped in his car and stuck the gun in his ear threatening him if he did not stop with the police. The fact of the silenced gun was more than enough to convince him that the dealer was serious enough to stop that plan to interfer with his son's direction.

Of course, had it been me, a regular pistol in my ear would have been sufficient, but a silencer does show a more serious conviction and professionalism.

[Truckman]

Of course, had it been me, a regular pistol in my ear would have been sufficient, but a silencer does show a more serious conviction and professionalism.

In Germany, small caliber hunting is done with a silencer to avoid disturbing the neighbors...It's considered impolite to do otherwise...Another video concerning the operation of the Welrod......Ben

[Dave Grubb]

Very interesting, thank you both.

I'm lucky enough to live far enough in the country to not need a silencer; in the unlikely occasion I would be shooting at a questionable time. Of course I can't imagine that to ever be the case.

[TriGuy]

in my grandfathers line of work during prohibition and later years the noise as well as the outcome was all part of the message being imparted

See Jacob Stein /John Drew

https://books.google.com/books?id=KZ...20drew&f=false

Lansky, Dalitz, Luciano and even Capone were regulars at my Grandfathers house

[wacojoe]

If the walls had ears...