Are Suppressors Worth Buying--Your Opinions?

[Hal]

ELR LVR

What state do you live in ?
Montana didn’t finger print me when I got my drivers license.

Hal

 

[PaulyD]

It is the gentlemen's way to shoot. What is not to like about less noise?

 

[GotRDid]

It is the gentlemen's way to shoot. What is not to like about less noise?

Simply “Good Form” in the UK where Hunting is permitted.

 

[Larryh128]

I guess it helps you look cool. You still need ear protection. Shot a round you can handle and recoil is not an issue. It will change barrel harmonics so could help, could hurt but only if its an ACCURATE rifle to start with, someting else to clean, increase cost of the sport, the guys in the video games all have them. Now its everyone's choice to have one or not. But if the op thinks about it, are many folks inclined to say I spent a good chunk of a grand for nothing? Never underestimate the power of advertising and for someone to part you from your hard earned dollars, they love them. If you spent your money and your happy, good, but they are not for me.

I have shot a lot of cans on a lot of very accurate rifles, I have NEVER seen one make a rifle less accurate. If it shoots good without a can, normally it will shoot great with one. Same can be said in switching from a stock to a chassis. The cans that I use can be shot without hearing protection as they reduce decibels to a safe level, quite often I will wear them to basically have 0 noise which I sincerely believe adds to improved accuracy.

 

[Larryh128]

Simply “Good Form” in the UK where Hunting is permitted.

It's quickly becoming good form in the US, where I hunt, quite often a blind will be shared by 2 persons when we are strictly culling excess numbers. I won't share a blind with someone not using a can, and most of the guys now own them and love them after I bitched at them to buy one. LOL

 

[DGP4]

They’re great if everyone around you has one. If you are at a range and the only with one, no advantage. If you are by yourself or with someone who also has one, that’s great. I wish they were mandatory.

This!

I have to use a public range where half the guys have suppressors and half have muzzle breaks. An expensive suppressor for me is just an expensive way to increase my cleaning regime when I get back from the range. On AR rifles in particular it is shocking how black all the spent cartridges come out! If I had a private home range, it would be different.

 

[GotRDid]

This!

I have to use a public range where half the guys have suppressors and half have muzzle breaks. An expensive suppressor for me is just an expensive way to increase my cleaning regime when I get back from the range. On AR rifles in particular it is shocking how black all the spent cartridges come out! If I had a private home range, it would be different.

Overgassing is certainly a concern, and a simple solution (at least in AR style rifles) is an adjustable gas block. Likewise HuxWrx, for example, has “flow-through” design/construction to mitigate said problems.
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[USMCsilver]

This!

I have to use a public range where half the guys have suppressors and half have muzzle breaks. An expensive suppressor for me is just an expensive way to increase my cleaning regime when I get back from the range. On AR rifles in particular it is shocking how black all the spent cartridges come out! If I had a private home range, it would be different.

IMHO, the Hux cans have too much flow and really eat into the suppression.

I just picked up a SiCo Velos 762 LBP and it's nearly as quiet as my 36M and noticeably more quiet than the Hux cans I've tried.

 

[3-300s]

They are great! I put a 30 cal thunderbeast on everything from 22lr to 300 ultra mag .
Really don't use the rifles it won't fit on anymore. It's so nice, reduces the recoil, muzzle blast and of course the noise. And it's pretty cool hearing the bullet smack stuff.
Makes shooting so much more fun!

 

[NCVarhtr]

I have four, at this time, thinking about No. 5. I don't want to shoot without them. I like short barrels also. So, I'm cutting some barrels back to 20" and using a 7" suppressor. Thats the best compromise I've come up with so far. I have some very astute friends that have cut their barrels back to 18' and use 7" suppressors. Everything is a trade off.

 

[brokeasajoke]

I had similar thoughts I see written: I don't want to be on another list, I don't want to pay the $200, I don't want to wait that long, I don't know which to buy, you still have to wear hearing protection, barrel harmonics, etc etc.

I waited 11 months on my first one, about 25ish days on #2, less than 2 days on #3, and they will keep coming. I now wish every rifle I have was threaded 5/8×24.

I don't love the $200 tax, but the only real issue for me buying the first was, what to get. A large percentage get a 30 caliber can and that is not a bad idea. I'm now in the multiple suppressors for bore size and greatly prefer to use one for everything. The only "movie quiet" thing out there is subsonic. A bolt action 300 BO can be entertaining.

Yeah, I'm hooked regardless of the rifle type.

This is me. What to get? There are so many on the market now it's kind of mind boggling on which one to start off with. Serviceable with changeable end caps I "think"will is where I want to go.

 

[GotRDid]

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[DHD]

This is me. What to get? There are so many on the market now it's kind of mind boggling on which one to start off with. Serviceable with changeable end caps I "think"will is where I want to go.

Keep in mind this is like getting a long lived puppy, it's going to be around a long time so choose wisely. OK, that's a lie because once you get the first one, you'll need one for so and so caliber.

Regardless, my first was a Nomad 30 and I don't regret spending the $$ even though a Diligent Defense Enticer is close to the same thing to the point of being HUB and takes the same end caps as the DA Nomad. I've used them back to back and same same except the Nomad is $300ish more.

Then you get into 3D printed cans which now can be as quiet (more quiet in some cases) and not choke you out. They just cost more $. I skipped the Hux brand (one of the first 3D and hyped) and went Radical Defense and PTR Vent series is going to be my next. They accumulate horribly.

I do not have any threaded rifle that won't take a suppressor and not one has ever shot worse. Yes, they do make an AR15 nastier but it's worth it to me.

 

[The boogalorian]

Yes they are worth it. Just bought #8 last week.

 

[X-Caveman]

I don’t think I know anyone with only 1. Either zero or multiples. Can’t think of a better piece of gear when it comes to recreational shooting/ hunting.

 

[ronsatspokane]

They are worth it but I only needed three. One for 30 cal center fire rifle. I use on 30 cal and anything smaller. Works well on everything from 300 WSM to 6.5 PRC to 223 and I don't change the end cap to a smaller diameter hole. Just leave it at 30 cal. One for 45 pistol. I use in on everything smaller that has a threaded barrel. The only thing it is questionable on is 10mm. One for rimfire that is used on rifles and pistols. Don't regret getting them and use them when I can... No pun intended.

 

[DHD]

I bought 223 and 6.5 end caps for my Nomad because it was my ONE. I have never swapped them. I definitely don't need to change end caps now anyway, but I can see it now headed down range because I had the wrong one on. 30 cal is 30 cal.

The great thing about newer 223 cans is most are also 6mm. My Polonium and LS-5TI are and we will see when I decide to drop the $$ on the Vent 3 if it is.

 

[ronsatspokane]

I bought 223 and 6.5 end caps for my Nomad because it was my ONE. I have never swapped them. I definitely don't need to change end caps now anyway, but I can see it now headed down range because I had the wrong one on. 30 cal is 30 cal.

The great thing about newer 223 cans is most are also 6mm. My Polonium and LS-5TI are and we will see when I decide to drop the $$ on the Vent 3 if it is.

That was my concern. Leave the 30 cal end cap on.

 

[ISS]

We are in agreement here on the good side. There is no downside I am aware of after 30 years.

 

[The boogalorian]

Its hard to have the wrong end cap if every gun has its own suppressor.