Thread: The Cons of Suppressors .........?

Originally Posted by logesearle

Hey I wasnt complaining about the weight

Did you flick the Mae onto someone Logan ? It is a seriously heavy bit of stainless eh

I have a Hardy GEN4 suppressor on my T3 7/08 (20" tube).

Cons:
- It reduces recoil
- It reduces noise
- It tightened up my groups (marginally)
- It increased my shooting confidence
- It is very lightweight
- It is nice and compact - minimal length

I absolutely hate my suppressor.... piece of sh*t alright!

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I have a Hardy Gen4 being fitted as I type . . . . . yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Join the fight against normality, fit a lounder................................

.My 223 is suppressed but the more thought I give it the more likely it is that my new gun will be suppressor less and wear a brake on the range only,
gives me an excuse to buy another gun later if I need a suppressed rifle in a "mans" calibre for when the dog is with me.

I don't think a suppressor actually "removes" much in the way recoil it just removes the bloody big bang which gives a perception of less recoil

A suppressor traps a lot of the gasses which follow the bullet, in an unsuppressed rifle they exit the muzzle like a rocket engine and continue to drive the rifle back after the bullet has left the muzzle. A suppressor traps these gasses along with the bang and releases them slowly so thus you do get a reduction in recoil as there is less thrust being generated by the gasses.
It makes more of a difference in an overbore calibre as there is a lot more gas being pushed out of a narrow bore.
A brake uses this gas and reverses the thrust, thus dramatically reducing the felt recoil.

I was wondering when someone was going to mention differences of muzzle brakes and suppressors.

Con: cost to bloody much

When at the same point; do I suppress my 270WSM(150gr berger at 3160fps)? I went down the removable muzzle brake route, now shoots like a 223 and cost less than $240 fitted.

Hearing protection should still be used with suppressors, therefore, might as well get the recoil under control.......properly.

Carry the brake in my belt or Bino pack, thread protector on and ready for the quick shot in the bush. Once found an animal at distance, time to put the brake on. The point of impact change with it on or off is not significant at 250 yards (is only 1.5" high and 0.5 to the Left with it off).

Originally Posted by Pengy

Did you flick the Mae onto someone Logan ? It is a seriously heavy bit of stainless eh

Yeah decided I didn't really need it, and the gun ended up being quite heavy with the suppressor + Boyds stock + bipod + VX3

Ugly rifle is only human opinion deer pigs goats etc don't care they are dead going to be dead or running away.....


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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

Ugly rifle is only human opinion deer pigs goats etc don't care they are dead going to be dead or running away.....


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Thats like saying "ugly women are only a human opinion, they all have vaginas!" :p

Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

Con: cost to bloody much

When at the same point; do I suppress my 270WSM(150gr berger at 3160fps)? I went down the removable muzzle brake route, now shoots like a 223 and cost less than $240 fitted.

Hearing protection should still be used with suppressors, therefore, might as well get the recoil under control.......properly.

Carry the brake in my belt or Bino pack, thread protector on and ready for the quick shot in the bush. Once found an animal at distance, time to put the brake on. The point of impact change with it on or off is not significant at 250 yards (is only 1.5" high and 0.5 to the Left with it off).

Who's brake did you get?

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Originally Posted by puku

Who's brake did you get?

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Put one of Dean Maisey's Quatromax, fitted by Robbie at Gunworks. Dont let anyone tell you that you need a directional brake, maybe on a larger caliber, but certainly not on a 270WSM.

Ill dig out some photos and video of it in action.

Originally Posted by Uplandstalker

Put one of Dean Maisey's Quatromax, fitted by Robbie at Gunworks. Dont let anyone tell you that you need a directional brake, maybe on a larger caliber, but certainly not on a 270WSM.

Ill dig out some photos and video of it in action.

Or get the Varimax QC and have no point of impact change with the brake open or closed! ;-)

Originally Posted by puku

Who's brake did you get?


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Video showing the brake in action.

Originally Posted by Matt2308

Or get the Varimax QC and have no point of impact change with the brake open or closed! ;-)

If I did it again, I would be running one of these Varimax QC too.