This seems very unlikely. A VP is an exotic weapon that would be difficult to obtain, and relatively few gun sellers/distributors would have one in stock. For those wondering, a VP differs from a standard pistol quite significantly. Most ordinary handguns are either slide-based guns or revolvers. If you've seen a 1911 or a Beretta or whatever, the slide is just the part at the top of the gun that moves back and forth when you fire, and you all already know what a revolver is. A VP on the other hand is actually neither - while the design resembles one of the slide pistols, it's completely manually operated, essentially a bolt-action handgun. This is deliberate - the sound of the slide slamming back and forth between shots is actually quite loud once you deal with the noise from the explosion, and the opening where the brass casing is ejected also provides a route for gas to escape the chamber without going through the suppressor, so making it manually operated removes a source of noise. The design is very similar to the Welrod pistol developed for use by British special forces in WW2. Basically I'm saying this is a really weird gun that has very little purpose outside of murking people and it's very unlikely he had one.
Also worth noting, in regards to US firearms law, suppressed weapons and suppressors join automatic weapons, explosives, anti-material rifles, and sawed off rifles/shotguns as one of the few kinds of firearms that are restricted. You have to register with the government in order to legally purchase one. What does this mean? If this were an ordinary handgun, he could purchase the gun legally without registering and either source a generic suppressor from the black market or manufacture one himself to screw onto the muzzle. The VP however has an integral suppressor - it's not an addon or accessory, it's built right into the gun, you can't get a VP without it. This means you'd have to get the whole unit as a package deal, either from the black market (with great difficulty, as this is an exotic item), by stealing from an existing owner, or by registering and purchasing one legally, which is much more difficult and expensive.
The intended purpose for the modern versions is mostly to murk animals with the least inconvenience possible for the user, I'd imagine the bolt action would partially be so you don't have to go picking up empty casings from the floor.
Not making any claims about whether or not this weapon was used, i think @OutrageousHairdo@hexbear.net makes a very valid point about how difficult it would to obtain one and how easy it would be to track people who do that through legal channels. Just saying that the casings found would not contradict this story.
What I meant was that it makes it very easy to just manually eject into a designated bucket or something if you're going to be just straight up shooting animals in the head in some horrid room.
Compared to using just a suppressed automatic handgun where it ejects automatically.
This seems very unlikely. A VP is an exotic weapon that would be difficult to obtain, and relatively few gun sellers/distributors would have one in stock. For those wondering, a VP differs from a standard pistol quite significantly. Most ordinary handguns are either slide-based guns or revolvers. If you've seen a 1911 or a Beretta or whatever, the slide is just the part at the top of the gun that moves back and forth when you fire, and you all already know what a revolver is. A VP on the other hand is actually neither - while the design resembles one of the slide pistols, it's completely manually operated, essentially a bolt-action handgun. This is deliberate - the sound of the slide slamming back and forth between shots is actually quite loud once you deal with the noise from the explosion, and the opening where the brass casing is ejected also provides a route for gas to escape the chamber without going through the suppressor, so making it manually operated removes a source of noise. The design is very similar to the Welrod pistol developed for use by British special forces in WW2. Basically I'm saying this is a really weird gun that has very little purpose outside of murking people and it's very unlikely he had one.
Also worth noting, in regards to US firearms law, suppressed weapons and suppressors join automatic weapons, explosives, anti-material rifles, and sawed off rifles/shotguns as one of the few kinds of firearms that are restricted. You have to register with the government in order to legally purchase one. What does this mean? If this were an ordinary handgun, he could purchase the gun legally without registering and either source a generic suppressor from the black market or manufacture one himself to screw onto the muzzle. The VP however has an integral suppressor - it's not an addon or accessory, it's built right into the gun, you can't get a VP without it. This means you'd have to get the whole unit as a package deal, either from the black market (with great difficulty, as this is an exotic item), by stealing from an existing owner, or by registering and purchasing one legally, which is much more difficult and expensive.
The intended purpose for the modern versions is mostly to murk animals with the least inconvenience possible for the user, I'd imagine the bolt action would partially be so you don't have to go picking up empty casings from the floor.
As you can see in this video by the manufactuer, the VP9 does eject the empty casings when the bolt is pulled back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMCBIXhPT4U
Here's a pdf about the gun from b&t:
https://bt-ag.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VP9_2020_04.pdf
Not making any claims about whether or not this weapon was used, i think @OutrageousHairdo@hexbear.net makes a very valid point about how difficult it would to obtain one and how easy it would be to track people who do that through legal channels. Just saying that the
casings found would not contradict this story.
What I meant was that it makes it very easy to just manually eject into a designated bucket or something if you're going to be just straight up shooting animals in the head in some horrid room.
Compared to using just a suppressed automatic handgun where it ejects automatically.
Ah, i see.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
There's also pellet guns which need no cleanup at all.