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Originally Posted by Warlockco
Depending on training, i.e. if they have Armory skill, they can make their own silencers. Then that solves the issue of buying. Its not unreasonable for a covert black ops team to have their own "gun nut" that mods and customizes weapons, even to the extent of making the parts himself.
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The Navy SEAL team has members with Armoury 14-15. That's enough to make a decent suppressor (though realistically, you need Machinist skill as well for that, but several ratings on the team will have it anyway).
I've wondered if 'hand-making' (at our TL, more like machining or CNC-ing) a suppressor can ever yield a dB reduction that matches top commercial models. At the very least, the tools needed to turn out a -3 suppressor in 9x19mm or -4 suppressor in .45 ACP (the apparent real-world maximum at our tech level) should be bulky, pretty expensive and you might need to illegally copy a commercial model, for which you'd probably need pirated blueprints. More commonly, a 'home-machined' suppressor will most likely be only -2 or so.