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Can you recommend a silencer? - WSAR15 - 12-30-2018
I would like to buy a silencer. I assume I go the 7.62 size?
Can you help me and guide me to the better ones?
Thanks,.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Bigs28 - 12-30-2018
Thunder beast arms, silencerco, crux
Can you recommend a silencer? - grayfox - 12-30-2018
yes on the 7.62, more flexible.
+1 on the thunder beast ones, they have an ultra-7 that's really good.
Mine is still waiting for its get outta jail card...
Can you recommend a silencer? - aaholland - 01-01-2019
I have the Gemtech Dagger.
Can you recommend a silencer? - 1Shot - 01-01-2019
"I would like to buy a silencer."
Duct tape works pretty good placed right over their mouth. LOL Could not resist it. I think you are looking for a suppressor.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Wheelhorse - 01-01-2019
I'm sure there are others just as good but I'm totally happy with my Silencerco Omega 30.
My only regret is not buying one years ago.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Bearcatrp - 01-01-2019
Use a Sandman-s on my 12 inch Grendel. Don’t have to wear hearing protection. Built like a tank.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Breeze - 01-01-2019
running the Thunderbeast ultra 9 on an 18 inch and 12.5 inch build
Can you recommend a silencer? - RANGER - 01-04-2019
Depends on barrel length and purpose.
For "precision" guns I like lightweight and direct thread. For a "hard use" gun and shorter barrel a little heavier suppressor and QD mount is the way to go.
I have two Thunder Beast and both are lightweight but use a FLash Hider mount.
I also have a very lightweight direct thread QuickSilver Ti can (they are out of business) I use on a precision .308. I like that it doesn't require too much torque on the barrel threads (Rokset) and mess with harmonics
A couple companies make a "hunters" suppressor that uses material that isn't designed for full auto or prolonged shot strings. It is very light weight and direct thread. I think Gemtech and Griffin Armament make a version.
I also have a Griffin Armament M4SD-K that is VERY durable and handles full auto and short barrels no problem. Heavy can though and not something I'd use for a "precision " gun. (They make a .30cal version that can be used for 65G)
Anyway, lots of cans but decide what the rifle will be used for.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Klem - 01-04-2019
[quote=Bearcatrp]Use a Sandman-s on my 12 inch Grendel. Dont have to wear hearing protection.QUOTE]
Bearcat,
How many decibels does it shave off the top?
Can you recommend a silencer? - RANGER - 01-05-2019
1Shot Wrote:"I would like to buy a silencer."While the common term is suppressor, the ATF as well as the Maxim patent calls them "silencers"
Duct tape works pretty good placed right over their mouth. LOL Could not resist it. I think you are looking for a suppressor.
Toe-MAY-toe
Toe-MAH-toe
Can you recommend a silencer? - Bearcatrp - 01-05-2019
Klem Wrote:[quote=Bearcatrp]Use a Sandman-s on my 12 inch Grendel. Don’t have to wear hearing protection.QUOTE]I don’t have a decibel reader but I know I have to wear hearing protection without the suppressor. Decided to try the sandman-s without hearing protection just to see if it rang my ears. Was surprised. Don’t think I would shoot all day without protection but it’s doable if needed. Sounds the same as my 300BO shooting supers.
Bearcat,
How many decibels does it shave off the top?
Can you recommend a silencer? - Klem - 01-05-2019
Bearcatrp Wrote:[quote=Klem]
I don’t have a decibel reader but I know I have to wear hearing protection without the suppressor. Decided to try the sandman-s without hearing protection just to see if it rang my ears. Was surprised. Don’t think I would shoot all day without protection but it’s doable if needed. Sounds the same as my 300BO shooting supers.
I think we're on the same songsheet. If you start with the premise than no high-power, centrefire suppressor is ever hearing-safe then whatever you do with your ears is on you.
Can you recommend a silencer? - RANGER - 01-05-2019
Bearcatrp Wrote:[quote=Klem]
I don’t have a decibel reader but I know I have to wear hearing protection without the suppressor. Decided to try the sandman-s without hearing protection just to see if it rang my ears. Was surprised. Don’t think I would shoot all day without protection but it’s doable if needed. Sounds the same as my 300BO shooting supers.
I found out through trial and error (which was later confirmed by an industry pro) that different materials will sound different. A "steel" can versus an "aluminum" can versus a "titanium" can all can shave the same decibels but sound much different due to the pitch they create.
My Ti cans definitely ring different than iconel steel.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Nodak - 01-05-2019
I use a Crux 6.5 Saxon. It's light, quiet and most important, precise. Same accuracy and POI with can on or off.
Can you recommend a silencer? - Kilco - 01-06-2019
Doesn't Larue make that new suppressor rig that almost eliminates blowback?
I shot a suppressed 5.56 AR once, and the face full of gas and complete filthy mess it made inside the rifle made me very apprehensive towards suppressing one of my ARs..
Can you recommend a silencer? - snarkscarbine - 01-06-2019
Thunderbeast is excellent. Ive heard great things about Crux, too. Mack Bros also makes some good ones from what I hear.
My main advice:
- ignore Db ratings. Theres no uniformity for testing, and published Db ratings are routinely shown to be wrong. Most silencers are within a few Db of each other.
- length isnt everything. My favorite silencers are 5 and 6 long, and theyre not meaningfully louder than my 9 can.
- skip the QD mounts. It doesnt take long to thread on a 5/8-24 can, and youll never need to pop it on/off within 3 secinds anyway. Theyve been shown time and again to introduce accuracy problems.
- lighter can be better. Itll change your harmonica less, but it could also completely not matter.
Can you recommend a silencer? - scroder - 01-06-2019
Thunderbeast is the cats meow in the precision world if that is important to you. They make top notch cans but are a bit pricey. I run a Silencerco 300 omega on my 6.5 grendel and creedmoor and love it. It’s lightweight and quite on everything i have put it on.
Can you recommend a silencer? - STXjake - 01-07-2019
I think Im going to be ordering a Nomad 30 and run a Q plan B for the mount. Compact, lightweight, and sounds really good
Can you recommend a silencer? - oyster - 01-07-2019
Silencerco Hunter 30