I was watching an episode of Monk. In the episode, the murder was committed by making a homemade silencer by taping a glass bottle over a pistol. This would apparently silence the weapon somehow. Is this actually possible?

Yes this is possible. I have taped a milk jug to my M1A .308. I filled it with foam and that really help in noise reduction.

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Originally posted by JD7802:
Yes this is possible. I have taped a milk jug to my M1A .308. I filled it with foam and that really help in noise reduction.

I don't suppose that you know that making a device and attaching it to a firearm for the purpose of making a suppressor is in fact a violation of Federal Law.

Actually, I guess since you posted your crime here on an open forum for all to see, you didn't know that....Well now you do.

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Originally posted by JD7802:
Yes this is possible.

No it's not. Not to the human ear, anyway. You would need very sensitive instruments to measure any noise reduction.

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I have taped a milk jug to my M1A .308. I filled it with foam and that really help in noise reduction.

I don't believe you.

I might be wrong since I've never tried anything this asinine, but it appears that the blast effect,concussion, would shatter the bottle.

Yeah, I would think the bottle would shatter.