Abstract: A gun muzzle sound suppressor including a plurality of segments, wherein each segment among the plurality of segments including a cylindrical housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the each segment further includes a conical baffle fixedly attached to the inner surface of the each segment's cylindrical housing, wherein the each segment further includes a plurality of vanes fixedly attached to the outer surface of the each segment's cylindrical housing; an outer housing having an inner surface, wherein the outer housing is fitted for sliding receipts of the segments, wherein upon the receipts of the segments, the vanes contact the outer housing's inner surface; and a pair of rings fixedly attached to the outer housing, one the rings among the pair of rings being positioned muzzlewardly from a muzzleward-most segment among the plurality of segments, the other ring among the plurality of rings being positioned breachwardly from a breachward-most segment among the plurality of segments.

Abstract: A gun muzzle sound suppressor incorporating a plurality of bells, the plurality of bells including a breachward-most bell and at least a second bell, wherein each bell among the plurality of bells has a breachward throat and a muzzleward mouth, wherein the breachward throat of the at least second bell extends into the muzzleward mouth of the breachward-most bell, wherein each bell among the plurality of bells has a circumferentially extending wall, wherein the radially outer surface of the circumferentially extending wall of the breachward-most bell is radially inwardly and muzzlewardly bowed, and wherein the radially outer surface of the circumferentially extending wall of the at least second bell is substantially conic; and incorporating a cylindrical housing, wherein the plurality of bells are arranged in a linear series within the cylindrical housing.