Thread: Educate this Canadian

Originally Posted by canuck hunter

WTF is up with all these suppressors? ....

I know what you mean - 20 years ago suppressors were used on 22lr rifles but basically unheard of for centrefire. I had a gap of not doing much hunting then when I get back into it, it seems everyone had a suppressor on their centrefire rifle. I have some classic rifles I will never chop or thread, but have had suppressed rifles and have one now for shooting over a dog (largely with subsonics). For me, the main reason is to reduce damage to the dog's hearing, with the added benefits of reduced damage to my hearing, and reduced recoil. Even with the unsuppressed rifles I have subsonic and reduced loads to reduce the noise and hearing damage.
One potential downside is that the general public seem to think they make rifles look more "evil", and are used for criminal purposes.