12-28-2011, 09:27 PM
Yes, I've used it on my 5.56 guns, but when I've got a mixed pile I usually have it on a grendel. I have an older M4-2000 can I use on my 5.56 cans normally. If I had bought the 762SD first, I wouldn't have needed the M4-2000 to begin with.
Yes-- they are both hearing safe on 5.56, and the 762SD is hearing safe on everything else to boot. The 762SD is bigger (obviously), but it has less back pressure, so you get less crap blown back at you. I use gasbuster charging handles, but you still end up burning your eyes with the gasses when you shoot them quickly. The 762SD just burns your eyes a lot less.LOL
I originally bought the 762Sd after shooting my 10.5" grendel in my stand once while hunting without ear-pro. That was enough for me. Some people say they don't hear the shot when shooting at a deer.... I definitely heard that one. I dang near forgot I shot a deer.LOL
A good can is almost mandatory in my book. We use ARs at work, and when someone lights off next to your head and/or in a confined area it is somewhat disorienting even with ear-pro on. We use Peltor Comtacs, and the next guy's shorty going off 2-3 feet from my head tends to ring my bell a bit. With a can on that isn't as much of an issue. Outside of confined spaces and/or not stuck up against your head-- they are pussy cats. You still have the ballistic crack of course, but in the open that isn't bad at all. Even shooting out of a stand or window it isn't bothersome. It seems like it takes a distance for the sonic crack to develop.
I could wear ear-pro while hunting, but who wants to wear ears all day? I sure don't. Plus it's cool as heck to bust a buck and have all the other deer around him look around like "what the heck was that?", look at him, and go back to eating. That actually happened with the 10 point I shot. I was shooting down slope through the woods over the rest of the deer to the buck in the back. They all looked up and around like "huh???", back to eating.... It was hilarious. I don't know if they thought a branch snapped or what.
Yes-- they are both hearing safe on 5.56, and the 762SD is hearing safe on everything else to boot. The 762SD is bigger (obviously), but it has less back pressure, so you get less crap blown back at you. I use gasbuster charging handles, but you still end up burning your eyes with the gasses when you shoot them quickly. The 762SD just burns your eyes a lot less.LOL
I originally bought the 762Sd after shooting my 10.5" grendel in my stand once while hunting without ear-pro. That was enough for me. Some people say they don't hear the shot when shooting at a deer.... I definitely heard that one. I dang near forgot I shot a deer.LOL
A good can is almost mandatory in my book. We use ARs at work, and when someone lights off next to your head and/or in a confined area it is somewhat disorienting even with ear-pro on. We use Peltor Comtacs, and the next guy's shorty going off 2-3 feet from my head tends to ring my bell a bit. With a can on that isn't as much of an issue. Outside of confined spaces and/or not stuck up against your head-- they are pussy cats. You still have the ballistic crack of course, but in the open that isn't bad at all. Even shooting out of a stand or window it isn't bothersome. It seems like it takes a distance for the sonic crack to develop.
I could wear ear-pro while hunting, but who wants to wear ears all day? I sure don't. Plus it's cool as heck to bust a buck and have all the other deer around him look around like "what the heck was that?", look at him, and go back to eating. That actually happened with the 10 point I shot. I was shooting down slope through the woods over the rest of the deer to the buck in the back. They all looked up and around like "huh???", back to eating.... It was hilarious. I don't know if they thought a branch snapped or what.