22LR pistol’s report by up to 30 decibels.
Maxim developed his suppressors out of a personal desire to be able to plink without disturbing his neighbors.
#HATTIP MAXIM PISTOL SERIES#
At the beginning of the 20th century the Maxim Silencer Company developed a series of highly effective sound suppressors for both pistols and rifles. It is likely the name of SilencerCo's new pistol is a hat tip to the designer of some of the first suppressors, Hiram Percy Maxim Jr., son of the famous machine gun designer. Suppressors, however, are no new invention and in fact date back to the early 1900s. The popularity of suppressors in the firearms community is certainly on the rise with more than 902,085 registered in 2016. With the weapon's fixed barrel, this provides a stable mounting point that will retain zero. It also has a red-dot mounting point cut into the suppressor assembly above the barrel. Interestingly, the Maxim 9 has a Keymod attachment point, commonly seen in rifles, rather than an integrated rail. It also made the smart choice of having its pistol feed from readily available Glock magazines rather than a proprietary one.
#HATTIP MAXIM PISTOL MANUAL#
Like most modern pistols, SilencerCo has moved away from manual safeties and opted for a trigger-blade safety. Instead, it has a breech block, which runs on two guide rods that connect to the barrel housing.
The pistol uses a proprietary delayed blowback action with a fixed barrel it does not have a recoiling slide like conventional pistols. The pistols balance is apparently surprisingly good with the weight of the action offsetting the weight of suppressor. The suppressor does add weight, with the Maxim 9 weighing 37 or 39 ounces unloaded, depending on configuration. In its short configuration, the Maxim 9 is comparable to the overall length of a Glock 17L. While the Maxim 9 appears bulky and muzzle heavy, when compared to a conventional pistol equipped with a suppressor, it is dramatically shorter. Unlike many integrally suppressed firearms, the Maxim 9 does not have a ported barrel, where holes are drilled directly into the barrel instead, it has an unported barrel that retains the projectile's normal velocity. Suppressors, however, do not affect the crack made by supersonic ammunition downrange. This reduces the velocity and noise made by gases as they leave the barrel. The suppressor assembly at the front of the pistol uses a series of baffles and expansion chambers to allow the propellant gases to expand, decelerate, and cool. The slightly shorter configuration without the removable suppressor cell is just under an inch shorter, at 9.54 inches, and is hearing safe when using subsonic loads. In this configuration, it is reputedly able to make all 9mm ammunition, including hot +P+ defensive loads, hearing safe.
#HATTIP MAXIM PISTOL FULL#
At full length, with the removable expansion cell attached, the pistol's overall length is 10.75 inches. Taking the technology used in SilencerCo's Salvo 12 shotgun suppressors, the Maxim 9 is modularly configurable in two lengths. The Maxim 9 is an integrally suppressed 9x19mm pistol.
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