Thread: .22lr suppressor

Thank you everyone!!!!!

I used a DPT for a long time but eventually switched to an ASE eco for my 22s and leave the DPT for the 17hmr.
They have about equal noise reduction, maybe the DPT is slightly better but the ASE is far far easier to clean.

The baffles in the DPT more difficult to remove harder fouling tha the one piece core of the ASE. If I cleaned them more often it probably wouldn't be so bad but I got sick of trying to scrape out tbe inside of the DPT baffles.

Normal hunting use and a bit of target shooting wouldn't be so bad but with a lot of use the fouling builds up quickly.

My Hushpower Braveheart is still going strong after 4k+ rounds. When it breaks, I will try something else or buy another Braveheart.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

You can't shoot much 22lr through your suppressor.
After 500+ rounds they need to be cleaned or lead and carbon fouling will build up very heavily and cause accuracy to turn to shit.

Wow that's an assumption and a total load of bullshit at the same time, excellent.
Mate I was going to give a long and wordy reply but I don't have the time.

To keep it brief I live in Central Otago and get given ammo and paid at times by farmers to shoot rabbits so your assumption that I don't shoot much 22 lr is incorrect .
I never clean a suppressor , yes they do get a lot of gunk in them and I shoot sub sonic which is dirty stuff.
Explain to me how a dirty suppressor causes loss of accuracy ?? the projectile isn't being affected by touching the fouling, internal volume maybe fractionally reduced but that doesn't effect accuracy and some people think a dirty suppressor is even quieter.

I run a DPT ( totally frozen together ) on a 17HMR and a Hardy rimfire suppressor on a 10/22, between them they consume 7000 plus rounds a year and are never cleaned but both rifles are very accurate.
Clean your rifle , clean your bore but cleaning your suppressor is not needed and the statement your accuracy will turn to shit is total rubbish.

Just to show I shoot, the jar is full of 17 HMR fired brass, about 5500 rounds in there and collected in under 16 months, that's a fraction of the 22 ammo I shoot..... if cleaning your suppressor makes you feel better then by all means do it but I got better shit to do with my time

Whoa @viper...a bit to much caffeine this morning?
I agree it doesn't affect accuracy. I've had a suppressor on my papoose for nearly 20 yrs and that's a one piece unit , I couldn't clean it if I wanted to but the rifle is still pinpoint accurate. That said I occasionally take our dpt's apart and give them a wipe simply because I can. Call it pride of ownership...

@Ftx325 yeah maybe one too many , sorry if the reply seemed a bit abrupt but I don't like assumptions when you could ask a polite question and have an informed conversation that we maybe both could learn from as well as other interested forum members.

All good @viper.... just giving you shit.
You are right about the amount of invaluable information available from members here... bloody gold mine if you ask the right questions....and good helpful blokes too... even the caffeine overdosers

If you piss off a viper you most likely will always get bit :-D

I’d get one that can be taken apart for cleaning, not to say one piece don’t work. the sonic method not doing much. During the lockdown I had shot nearly 5000 rounds through, Although in 4 suppressors I am glad they are the sectional ones.

Originally Posted by viper

Wow that's an assumption and a total load of bullshit at the same time, excellent.
Mate I was going to give a long and wordy reply but I don't have the time.

To keep it brief I live in Central Otago and get given ammo and paid at times by farmers to shoot rabbits so your assumption that I don't shoot much 22 lr is incorrect .
I never clean a suppressor , yes they do get a lot of gunk in them and I shoot sub sonic which is dirty stuff.
Explain to me how a dirty suppressor causes loss of accuracy ?? the projectile isn't being affected by touching the fouling, internal volume maybe fractionally reduced but that doesn't effect accuracy and some people think a dirty suppressor is even quieter.

I run a DPT ( totally frozen together ) on a 17HMR and a Hardy rimfire suppressor on a 10/22, between them they consume 7000 plus rounds a year and are never cleaned but both rifles are very accurate.
Clean your rifle , clean your bore but cleaning your suppressor is not needed and the statement your accuracy will turn to shit is total rubbish.Attachment 149478

Just to show I shoot, the jar is full of 17 HMR fired brass, about 5500 rounds in there and collected in under 16 months, that's a fraction of the 22 ammo I shoot..... if cleaning your suppressor makes you feel better then by all means do it but I got better shit to do with my time

I've tested it with both my suppressors and after 2 bricks of CCI standard velocity through them they need cleaning.
Groups will clearly grown to almost double the size and get more fliers, I don't know what exactly causes it but it happens for both my DPT and ASE, and my Tikka and CZ.

I even posted a thread years ago comparing groups before and after suppressor cleaning.
I guess I was wrong about you not shooting much 22 but I'm not wrong about cleaning rimfire suppressors.

I ended up buying a DPT suppressor form Wilsons Hunting when I picked the rifle up today. Thanks for all the help!

Hmm I must clean mine, probably had 10000 rounds through it since last clean. Don't seem to notice any difference. Usually fire between 250 and 500 rounds of .22 per night so bugger having to clean them all the time