@INVAR
I disagree. My vote goes for a "hushpuppy",which generally meant a silenced 22,but the truth is they came in all calibers. I actually had a .45 ACP WW-2 M3A3 "Greasgun" from WW-2 with a suppressor on it in VN. Loudest noise was the clang that big,heavy bolt made going forward. There were LOTS of suppressed 9mm sub guns like Stens and Swedish K's,but they had to fire special reduced loads to keep from burning the suppressor (we called them silencers back them) out. I once saw a suppressed round from a Sten bounce off the wooden floor in the tent at our launch site at Dak To. The roof had been leaking and there was a puddle of water right where you had to walk going in or out of the tent,and it was slippery as hell,so someone figured he would just shoot a hole in the floor to let the water drain out. My thinking is that "If I am going to shoot a guy in the knee with a pistol round to disable him so I can capture him,I'm damn sure going to shoot him with a full-powered round and big bullet instead of a squib load."
I've shot plenty .22, bricks of it from the 10-22 and the various pistols running from the wife to the kids, but never fired a suppressed/silenced round - so I have no frame of reference.
I'll have to take your word for it.
I will state, that down in these parts showing the suitors for your daughters your gun collection in hopes of intimidating them to make sure your little girl is home at the appropriate hour, has zero desired effect beyond "Hey, I got one of those".
But showing them that I can peel grapes with a katana…. priceless beyond measure.
It's good when the boyfriends are scared to death of Daddy.