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I use a mix of aftermarket solid plastic/o-ring mixed wixed with some tightly packed foam rubber. If you don't have anything else, go with either the rubber or if you have the time, the foam. I can't do the paper method because my outer barrel is cylindrical, but that is just as good as the wax.
Like what silent said, solid is better for reducing vibration because something soft has a lot of play in it, which lets the barrel move around. And for the amount of noice reduction you would get out of silencing the barrel, you would notnotice it. I took my barrel out, held it between two fingers, and flicked the end. I could hear a faint acoustic guitar like sound coming from it. It was virtually nothing.
Good luck with that exam by the way. I'm sure you'll do fine.
Like what silent said, solid is better for reducing vibration because something soft has a lot of play in it, which lets the barrel move around. And for the amount of noice reduction you would get out of silencing the barrel, you would notnotice it. I took my barrel out, held it between two fingers, and flicked the end. I could hear a faint acoustic guitar like sound coming from it. It was virtually nothing.
Good luck with that exam by the way. I'm sure you'll do fine.
