{"id":28492,"date":"2025-12-13T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/pss-russias-silent-captive-piston-handgun-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:00:12","slug":"pss-russias-silent-captive-piston-handgun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/pss-russias-silent-captive-piston-handgun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PSS: Russia&#8217;s Silent Captive-Piston Handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6RDS92zBv6k?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The best firearms reference books: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PSS is a semiautomatic pistol using captive piston ammunition to achieve a comparable level of sound suppression to a .22 pistol with a good normal suppressor. It was developed to replace a couple multi-barrel derringer style captive piston pistols in Soviet use, with the semiautomatic action and (6-round) detachable magazines making it suitable for a wider variety of missions than the previous guns. <\/p>\n<p>It was given the GRU catalog designation 6P28 and entered service in 1983. It fires a cylindrical steel projectile weighing 155 grains at about 620 fps, with a noise of 122 dB (1m left of the muzzle) as measured by silencer legend Phil Dater. Mechanically, the design takes its fire control system from the Makarov but uses a floating chamber system to cycle reliably with the unique ammunition. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the pistols were available for commercial export by Russian state-run export companies, although that ended in 2018. 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