Conventional wisdom dictates that semi-automatic pistols without fixed barrels (i.e. ones with some flavor of short recoil operated system) require a Nielsen device or “booster” to function with a silencer attached to the barrel. Without a booster the mass — the inertia — of the silencer hinders the barrel’s rearward movement under recoil and the pistol doesn’t reliably cycle.
Well, conventional wisdom sucks and the future of pistol suppressors is boosterless.
Make a silencer light enough — under approximately five ounces — and it’ll run without a Nielsen device.
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