SILENT HOME DEFENSE: Suppressed Auto-Pistol Shooting Techniques

摘要

Outfitting your home-defense gun with a sound suppressor is an approach worthy of serious consideration. Defense against a home invasion will likely be a very short duration affair. You won't have time to grab hearing protection, and firing multiple rounds out of a serious handgun (much less a rifle, but that's a different topic) inside an enclosed dwelling can lead to permanent hearing damage. The sound suppressor (often referred to as a "can") is an obvious remedy to this dilemma. The problem is that on an auto-pistol, the top of the suppressor body rises up considerably above the height of typical sights. You won't be able to aim the gun unless you have "suppressor sights"—extremely tall front and rear sights designed to be visible over the suppressor body.