I need a scary black gun

[retrieverman]

Once you go suppressed, you never go back.

Seems to me like a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

 

[Camo]

I’m I the only hunter left in the world that hunts without a suppressor?!?

Nope

 

[swampratt]

I’m I the only hunter left in the world that hunts without a suppressor?!?

On sub sonic they are quiet but on full load they are a little quieter but not quiet.

I an not hunting suppressed.
Buddy of mine is but I hunt a few hundred yards from him and it is still loud from his .223.
I do not need the weight and I am afraid the accuracy may suffer a tick.

I have not tested accuracy with a can vs no can.
But if I did it would be in minus weather and in the heat and see if impact area changes.
That is the clincher for me.

I have killed hogs and many of them with the suppressed .308 and home made load of 100gr cast lead powder coated bullet sent by a tiny amount of Red dot powder.
664 FPS.
Ear shot or brain shot drop like a sack of potatoes.
Spitting distance though.
22 long rifle kills then just the same.

I would not hunt deer with it though.

 

[retrieverman]

I have not tested accuracy with a can vs no can.
But if I did it would be in minus weather and in the heat and see if impact area changes.
That is the clincher for me.

I can only speak for the accuracy of 22 lr with and without a suppressor, and the bullet impacts aren’t even close. Centerfire calibers may give different results, but I’d have to see it to believe it.

Unless a person plans to use subsonic ammo, it just seems to me like a waste.

 

[swampratt]

I can only speak for the accuracy of 22 lr with and without a suppressor, and the bullet impacts aren’t even close. Centerfire calibers may give different results, but I’d have to see it to believe it.

Unless a person plans to use subsonic ammo, it just seems to me like a waste.

I almost got one.
Then my buddy who sells them asked me if the juice is worth the squeeze.
I thought on that for a bit.
I have better things to spend my money on.

I will try and hold out until they make the things legal
But even then it will be for sub sonic ammo

 

[08H3]

I can weigh in a little on the can vs no can hunting and otherwise. A few years back I decided to do a form 1 can out of titanium, at the time it was cheaper and a lot faster to do a homebrew than buy a off the shelf. Recently my BIL bought a Griffin Armament 556 can. We have shot them side by side on similar setup AR's and notice little sound difference between the two but a slightly deeper tone to mine being its 30 cal and not 22. He also has a 30 cal can too, cant comment one way or the other as we have different taste in 30 cal rifles and haven't shot them on similar rifles. We have not noticed a considerable difference in POI shift in hot/cold weather. We both have rifles we only shoot suppressed and both have a couple we don't shoot suppressed.

As for hunting with them, if able I will always hunt with a suppressor over no suppressor. Shooting a 16.5" 308 out of a box blind or pop up is MUCH more tolerable when it is suppressed I don't care who says what. If you don't like suppressors fine, but that doesn't give you any right to tell someone they are wrong for liking them and using them.... Now I do have rifles I don't shoot suppressed and equally enjoy, hell my model 70 in 243 is one of my favorite guns to shoot and no way I would thread it either, same for my dads marlin 30-30... But my 12.5" AR pistol, yeah I am running my can on that loud lil guy especially out of a blind. Yes I know, you dont get the velocity out of a 12.5 that you do a ..... I don't care, within 200 I promise its fine, and I have meat in the freezer to prove it.

At the end of the day its personal preference and for me, it is obvious. I like to that with a 30 al I can suppress most of my rifles pretty easily that I would want to. Its also benefitted me deer hunting it the past to be able to take a buck and if the Doe near him doesn't see him fall I can most of the time get a good shot on her too...

I did not, I have been busy shooting stuff and not looking to hard. I do have a kind offer to borrow one and try it out from a member on this forum. Very kind and I hope to do that early next year.

Side note - The other thread has me interested in the .350 Legend. Just for kicks.

FWIW, had a friend that tried 350 in a AR and it didn't go well for him.... had a bunch of feeding issues

 

[WoodsCraft]

I don't care who says what. If you don't like suppressors fine, but that doesn't give you any right to tell someone they are wrong for liking them and using them....

That is not how the internet works .. lol and you should know that .


The reason I don't own one is because I don't want to deal with the NFA nonsense. If they are ever removed from the NFA I would consider it . As for hunting without a suppressor I've never found the single shot I've let go to be so obnoxious I even paid attention to it .


People who hunt with muzzle brakes should be beaten with a barber strop in public though .