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Murder in the current WIP was committed up-close with an M1895 Nagant. It's a Russian revolver that is able to be threaded for a suppressor (silencer). When the revolver is cocked, the cylinder forms a gas seal between the barrel and the cylinder.
I've seen meat rabbits shot up-close with an ordinary handgun. It left behind a grayish powder mark on their fur. I presume that's what's meant by the "powder burns" that books always talk about as being indicative of a close-range gunshot. But I don't know if the powder burns come out of the barrel (in which case, will the silencer get in the way?) or through the gap in the cylinder as the gases escape (in which case, will the gas seal get in the way?).
If someone was shot at close-range with that kind of setup (the M1895 Nagant + the silencer), would there be powder burns?
I've seen meat rabbits shot up-close with an ordinary handgun. It left behind a grayish powder mark on their fur. I presume that's what's meant by the "powder burns" that books always talk about as being indicative of a close-range gunshot. But I don't know if the powder burns come out of the barrel (in which case, will the silencer get in the way?) or through the gap in the cylinder as the gases escape (in which case, will the gas seal get in the way?).
If someone was shot at close-range with that kind of setup (the M1895 Nagant + the silencer), would there be powder burns?