#1 Silencers aren't legal in certain countries, the U.S. is one of them.
#2 A silencer will do very little good on this gun due to the loud action. The action is louder than the report from the barrel. It would be wise to deal with that first.
#3 The biggest improvement in sound reduction can be obtained by either filling the hollow plastic stock or by replacing it with the wooden 1000XS stock available from Daisy for around $65.00
Russ S.
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i took a scrap of aluminum pipe about 1in diam x 8 in long (was originally cut from the foot of an aluminum crutch with the domed/sealed off end removed [look at one and you'll see what i'm talkin about]. make sure both ends are squared up!!!!
this pipe was close to the plastic muzzle's diamiter, but the front sight of course prevented it from slipping over. so i used a round file to cut a 2in long groove in to the pipe's wall so that it would slip over the muzzle, and around the front sight. (my file just happened to be the same width as the front post, so it fit perfectly. however, newer winch 1000x's are fitted with a redeigned, wider post. if you have a dremmel tool, use that. it'll be much easier than a file.
on the other end of the pipe, "jb weld"ed a washer that fit flush with the outside of the pipe. The hole in the washer was a little less than 1/2 in. you can try a smaller hole if you think that you can line it up well enough that the pellet won't clip it upon firing. make sure this washer is perfectly centered.
after the jb dried (the next day), insert a rod thru the washer and out the open end of the pipe. now, place the pipe in some sort of stand to hold it upright (tight fitting hole drilled thru a board) and fill the pipe with foam insulation (the rod, coated in graese, vasceline, or lots of pam, must leave behind a tunnel wide enough for the pellet to pass thru and must be lined up with the hole in the washer.)
thw rod or dowel must not be removed from the pipe untill the insulation has cured, or at least setup suffeciently.
when choosing a foam insulation, use one that will expand alot. also, find one that will cure to a soft, spongey consistancy....not one that will dry in a hard crystalized form...this is more impartant than expansion rate. (for example, "great stuff" will expand alot, but when it finnaly cures, it is very hard and brittle...not good for dampening/ absorbing sound.)
once your foam has cured, cut a disk of something firm, but not rigid, with a pellet sized hole thru the center for the barrel crown to press up against and form a seal when the suppressor is slipped over the muzzle. (i used cork, but something like a thick piece of felt or neoprene backed by another washer would work better)
in order to snug the silencer to the barrel, you're probably gonna have to shim the muzzle with something. i used white waterproof first-aid tape. it has a texture and composition similar to ducttape, but is usually more durable and easier to work with.
cock the gun and look thru the breech, you'll probably see that the silencer isn't on straight. use little rectangles of tape, placed toward the rear of the plastic muzzle piece, ina specific points dictated by which way the silencer must be canted in order to become in-line whith the barrel's bore.
this takes alot of trial and error, but when you've got it, you shouldn't be able to see the silencer when looking thru the breach.
additional notes--- after a few dozen shots, the insulation started to get torn up and impede the pellet's path, so i took a length of hollow aluminum arrow shaft, slotted it full of holes with a grinder bit, and inserted it into the silencer's bore to retain the foam.
i also used a hextool/allen wrench to scrape out the foam from about an inch deep in the tip of the silencer. i believe this allowed some of the pressuer wave that would have escaped out the front of the suppressor to rebound off the inside of the washer and be absorbed by the foam's profile.
the final test: have a friend stand say, 50 yds away, and fire in his direction both with the silencer on and off and see if he hears the difference. (it will probably sound about the same to you since your cheek is resting on the gun and most of what the shooter hears is the piston and spring slamming around in the reciever.)
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