Baldrick Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Is there any sense in getting a Hushpower? I've see that the Warrener has a suppressed 12b OU, which looks rather neat. Does the production 12b or .410 Hushpower live up to its name? If so, are they worth the investment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 There have been quite a few discussions on "hushpower" and silenced shotguns on this Forum. A Search should find you plenty of info. :( Some people swear by them. I trialled a hushpower about 10 years ago and it was like lugging a lump of drainpipe around, I didn't buy it. They may have improved things since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Baldrick, I have had a few sessions on a Mossberg pump hushpower. I normally use a Bennelli Nova pump so I have had no problem with the weight. But I am built like an ox. Have been hinting to the wife for the last two months how nice it would be to have a 'silenced' shotgun LB :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 LB How did you get on with the beast? I've been contemplating the winter rape scenario and mulling over whether or not a quieter gun might give more chances. You know the scene; 500 come in you fire a couple of shots and approx. 498 ****** off never to return. Deposit the legumes youth. Eug PS I'm similar to Arnold Swartzenegger; I speak English with a funny accent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 EM, Its a sweet as a nut, but I am use to weighty guns, and I always have the gun down when I am waiting for the shot. If you were holding it to shoulder (some members seem to do this) I imagine it would be a real pain. Shooting within spitting distance of houses is a very strange feeling. Just waiting for the gaffa's to slap a hand on my shoulder The weight is beneficial on the swing just like a quality Browning. It will be mine. LB :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 LB, How about killing range? Are you using subsonics or what? More beans please! Eug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 No subsonics!!!!!!!!!! Shooting a silenced gun, what the **** would subs add to the experience. I allways shoot No. 6, fibre 30g, express pigeon load. I can do 50 yards, but it needs to be a left to right crosser (left hander me) usually shoot a maximum of 40 yards unless I am having a lot of traffic. Then I can hit a starling on mars LB :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Shooting a silenced gun, what the **** would subs add to the experience. "Foolish boy Pike"... I seem to recall the manufacturers reccommended them. Just failing memory I suppose. Eug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProteuS Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 the manufacturers do reccomend using subsonics, as did my local gunsmith when i asked him about them, have been wondering about one for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I started shooting my 12B hushpower single (coverted from an old BSA) a couple of years ago and have hardly picked up a 'standard' gun since. I have no struggle in killing out to fifty yards providing the bird is right in the pattern and use express 6's over crops and subs in woodland. The only trouble is that the various keepers/ farmers I shoot for have got so used to the 'no noise' qualities, they rarely want me to use anything else other than the Hushpower guns! Provided you can put up with the extra bulk they make perfect sense but they are hardly the most elegant guns to go out with - what do you want, a tool or an ornament, it's your choice. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 I have tried to use subsonics in the past and have found the "delay", very off putting. I gave up on them about 10 years ago, are things any better now ? My objection to the bulk of the hushpower wasn't much to do with appearances, it was heavy to carry (I usually have to walk a lot) and I think getting use to the larger barrel and the swinging difference, could take some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 But I am built like an ox. Have been hinting to the wife for the last two months how nice it would be to have a 'silenced' shotgun :thumbs: And she how nice it would be to have a slimmed Husband??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 FM, she can wait until heaven freeze's over :lol: EM, Why the eff do you need subs when shooting silenced? To make it even quieter? Save your shoulder? I have used them and would liken them too firing black powder flintlocks!!!!!!!!!! Pike, We have started to dig a trench and soon we will only be firing Hush's God help the wimps on here :thumbs: LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 LB Why the eff do you need subs when shooting silenced? Whoa Tiger. "I only arsked". I never said you did need them, I enquired (politely) if you used them. As I said in a follow up, the makers reccommend them, so thats why I sought your view. To make it even quieter? Yes, obviously. Given that gun noise is the result of ........1) The expolsive expansion of the gases developed from the powder charge. 2) The "sonic" crack of an object moving through the air. The drainpipe baffly thingy takes care of the first but does nothing for the second. If you remove the "sonic" components, ie the load leaves the muzzle at less than the local speed of sound, then there will be a marked reduction in the noise level. Cranners, the swinging difference The ould swinging difference Eh? Jaysus I've got in some troubles with that feller now! Eug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 The Warrener uses a 20 bore Investarm o/u silenced. Cost about 450- 500 new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 God help the wimps on here :thumbs: WIMPS....WIMPS....I`ve got a new hobby shooting pigeons with a 10 bore.Does a great job on them too! and it saves face when you come back from wildfowling and she asks"get anything?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 God help the wimps on here :thumbs: WIMPS....WIMPS....I`ve got a new hobby shooting pigeons with a 10 bore.Does a great job on them too! and it saves face when you come back from wildfowling and she asks"get anything?" Does it turn them into mince Henry? Whoa Tiger. "I only arsked". I never said you did need them, I enquired (politely) if you used them. As I said in a follow up, the makers reccommend them, so thats why I sought your view. AND I TOLD YOU! LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 LB nah mate 1 1/2 oz no 5`s pics coming soon (dead patriarchs permitting-long story!!!!) :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rifleman56 Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 i think a hushpower will be great if you are shooting near houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 LB nah mate 1 1/2 oz no 5`s pics coming soon (dead patriarchs permitting-long story!!!!) Look forwary to seeing them H LB :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene molloy Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 You are all Big Jessies...this is what real men use...... Ivor Biggun......It would be great cripple stopper; just sharpen the end and bayonet them. Softies , yer just softies. Eug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Henry at home we have an 8 bore hammergun. That goes off with a bit of a bang Yours may mince em, but this plucks, draws and then flash fries them :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Henry at home we have an 8 bore hammergun. That goes off with a bit of a bang :yp: Yours may mince em, but this plucks, draws and then flash fries them :( :yp: Nice one centurian LB :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 Centurian? Don't get what you mean there Lb :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Centurian? Don't get what you mean there Lb Red, 'Nice one centurian' is from Monty Pythons life of Brian. Its from a very funny scene with Michael Palin delivering the above mentioned line while shackled in a dungeon. I love to see religion put in its place. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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