{"id":99661,"date":"2026-05-06T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=99661"},"modified":"2025-12-13T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T20:51:18","slug":"pss-russias-silent-captive-piston-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/pss-russias-silent-captive-piston-handgun\/","title":{"rendered":"PSS: Russia&#8217;s Silent Captive-Piston Handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6RDS92zBv6k?si=g-aaSckjLZmH8gmZ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 13 Dec 2025<\/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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