Re: SG - New Israeli's _ Eureka Miniatures

Amongst the list of new goodies from Eureka was:

>Sniper (Gauss Rifle with Silencer?) 

Um, I don't think you could silence a gauss rifle if you tried.
The firing mechanism is already silent by the fact that it's 
electromagnetic not chemical, so you probably won't have any exhaust 
gases to worry about. But the whole point of a gauss rifle is to 
throw a very small penetrator at very high speeds. I don't think 
you'll be able to do much about the sonic boom.
I'm could be wrong, been a while since I read about this sort of 
thing.

And anyway, well all know there's no such thing as a silencer, only 
sound suppressors. ;-)

	Cheers,
		Steve
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