Neat. .556 was the least affected. It really tamed the .308. And the clear winner was the subsonic 300 blackout. We shot that a few times at the cabin it was so tame. I would like to try one with a .22
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First time shooting suppressed
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September 4, 2023 at 1:23 pm #2222446
Yes sub sonic 22 ammo is relly cool. Sounds like a pellet gun. Makes alot more noise when it hits the water.
September 4, 2023 at 1:51 pm #2222451Its very cool. Makes you realize how crazy the regs are on suppressors.
September 4, 2023 at 2:58 pm #2222456Its very cool. Makes you realize how crazy the regs are on suppressors.
The regs are made by people that call them “silencers”
September 4, 2023 at 4:14 pm #2222460Its very cool. Makes you realize how crazy the regs are on suppressors.
They sure are. It took my buddy a very long time to get the stamp. It’s just a tool that can help our hearing. I see no reason how they make a gun deadlier. Just ridiculous.
September 6, 2023 at 7:57 pm #2222852<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Carter Johnson wrote:</div>
Its very cool. Makes you realize how crazy the regs are on suppressors.They sure are. It took my buddy a very long time to get the stamp. It’s just a tool that can help our hearing. I see no reason how they make a gun deadlier. Just ridiculous.
The ones making the rules have watched to many movies and believe the sound the movie puts in.
Reef WPosts: 2887September 9, 2023 at 8:04 pm #2223333Hiram Maxim named them silencers in 1902 and the NFA regulation is from 1934. I guess movies did have sound for a few years by that time though
October 16, 2023 at 7:03 pm #2230533Once upon a time I had one of the original Hiram cans. It was specific to a 22 RF and the bore was offset (not right down the middle). I will state right here and now that it was as quiet (muzzle signature) as the very best cans made today and at any price.
The rifle that I have had since the middle 80’s is a Rem 541S that AWC fitted their “Ultra” suppressor to. The barrel is ported so that the velocity of CCI Mini-mags is 900-950fps. From the bags, the rifle will shoot inside of a 25 cent piece at 50yds. Plenty good enough.
DO NOT try this at home: I stood next to the target (10yds away) as a friend fired at it from 50yds. He was a 2-time Natl Service Rifle Agg champ and I trusted him to break good shots unerringly.
As he fired the rifle, I could hear ZERO noise from the muzzle whatsoever. Not the slightest hint of sound at all. In the last 10-20yds the bullet traveled before it hit paper, I could hear a “ziiip” through the air and it was definitely the projectile. When I would take the rifle squirrel hunting, the loudest sounds were the click of the firing pin and the impact of the projectile on the squirrel’s nutcracker.
When I first got the rifle, I tested velocity, grouping and power at both 50 & 100 yards. Even at 900-950fps, that 40gr solid would go straight through a pine 2X4 at 100 yards…every time. It is by far and away the most fired rifle of any that I have ever owned. A lot of 100rd packs of CCI Mini-Mags have gone down that barrel. Gotta be upwards of 20,000 rounds. Maybe 30,000….
October 23, 2023 at 11:55 pm #2232026I went grouse hunting a week ago in northern MN and the guys in the camp did a little shoot ’em up session for the Saturday, post-lunch itinerary. A couple of the guys had suppressors on 5.56, 300 Blackout, 9mm carbine, and 22LR, and I just giggled at the “uncover your ears” warnings.
I must add one or two to my stable. Too, too, too much fun!
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