I wouldn't bother asking.

Sorry....that's a gotcha question. The russians were the first using gaskets on the front end of the cylinder and a standard suppressor. They were also the second using a trick based on one of your carriers. The US was third and most successful converting Model 29 S&W for use by Tunnel Rats in Vietnam.

The trick was not silencing the weapon but the cartridge itself. So... beefed up necked down .44 down to .357 cartridge (which in real life along with the .38 and the 9mm and the 9mm short or .380 has never been more than .355 to .356 the rest was advertising) The necked down portion was heavily built up and held a piston disc with a rod, powder loaded from the rear and the primer seated last. All that was left was the revolver actions as the cylinder turned and the hammer cocked. And the pin striking the primer.

Primer ignited powder burned and expanded and slammed the piston forward just like launching jet the bullet was propelled by that force with enough power to do the job at 50' to 100 feet'.

The explosion was contained as the disc sealed the end of the cartridge at the neck. No suppressor needed Voila the world's first but not last use of a fully sound suppressed revolver (other than mechanical action. No sonic boom so very quiet.

Some were developed for use in semi-automatic pistols as well.

This was one of the few if not only weapons designs not stolen from the Germans. But Russia was not the only country to do that. The famous Springfield rifle of WW1 fame had a Mauser Action and our courts made the government pay the royalties after that war.

No proof but one story claims Russian designer of the sound suppressed cartridge followed the design of ...you guessed it... Navy carriers launching with steam catapults. Developed by the British. Which brings us back to SaltyDog.

Silenced Revolver? Is it possible Anyone care to comment? Or is it just Hollywood crapola?

That was Hillary. "Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste." The quote originated in South America from a strategy by Carlos Marighella of Brazil who wrote Mini Manual For the Urban Guerrilla and The Cycle Of Repression used by the Tupamaros of Uruguay. Originally a way for a small underfunded and equipped revolutionary force to succeed against a very popular and completely democratic Republic style of Government by turning their moral strengths against them through creating fear and the willingness of the public to give up civil rights in order to be protected.

The tactical portion was never attacking the same type of target twice nor use the same methods or technology. Thus the government forces never knew what to defend. Tupamaros were defeated by a whisker an the the once proud "Switzerland of South America' never fully regained what it had lost. The one common factor was always ensure the target area included innocent women and children.

Gradually the increased repression used by the government at the behest of citizens took it's toll and they began to support the insurgents ....you starting to think this sounds familiar? It is. What Hillary referred was a reversal of roles where the Government uses the Cycle of Repression against it's own citizens. Gradually it evolved into the formation of the first Protective Echelon (German for Schutz Staffel) in North America and the future Directorate of Internal State Security was formed.

In giving up the moral and political values of the Bill of Rights the US lost that round - the terrorists (foreign) won and we now face domestic terrorism as a result.

TSA is but a small part of it....the only question is where will they strike next. I make a point of never attending high school basketball games recalling the movie Carrie.

Sell your soul for perceived safety and security and reap the whirlwind...

Lots of resources may be found on a google search. It's standard fare for training in certain of our military units and has been since the sixties. Oddly enough I never saw them invited to join in the new organization. But the instant expert amateurs arrived by the thousands.

Even with a semi jacketed hollow point round which means you have to polish the feed ramp among other things it's a wuss round. Useful only if you are in a part of the world where the ammunition is available in quantities. .40 cal or 10 mm to say it another way should be the minimum UNLESS you can shoot as well as i do which took forty plus years in which case a .22 will do nicely. One need s 17 round plus magazines and one in the spout precisely because it takes three times as many hits to do what one .45 cal slug will accomplish. The other rule is remember pistols are for 20 feet or less. Those being the averages and most not carrying a TC carry a combination that will the most with the least trigger pulls rather than the opposite. For revolvers the optimum at low end is a .357 Magnum rated pistol with at least a 125 grain SJHP Plus P. and a few of it's big brothers on the side. After that a 12 gauge with #4 Buck or slugs and then your in long gun territory.

True except they are part and parcel for the most part. It's time for the citizens to do something about it except....sad to say....they are part of the parcel as well. I was seriously thinking of changing the phrase Government Party to Couch Potato Party.