Super Squirt, Is it a squirt gun or isn't it? Options

[Kyoto Kid]

So, during a session where one of the characters was using the Ares Super Squirt the question of recoil and weapon noise came up.

In M&M [SR3] the Super Squirt was most definitely a squirt weapon which mixed equal amounts io DMSO and a chosen chemical compound from two reservoirs into a single stream. The attraction here for several of mu characters was of course the lack of any noise or recoil.

The SR4 version is described as firing a gel type round that bursts on impact releasing the DMSO/Compound cocktail. This of course would not make it a true squirt [exotic] weapon and thus it would then fall under pistols skill. The weapon would also use compressed air or CO2 to fire the projectile rather than a powder propellant (similar to tranq dart weapons currently in use). In this case, the way I would see it is there would be a bit of noise (maybe like a pellet gun or air rifle), but not the loud bang of a standard firearm since no explosive charge is used and the projectile also is not breaking the sound barrier.