Thread: A12 shotgun suppressors

Just wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with these?
Pro's and cons?
They do state buckshot etc can not be used which is a bit of a pain.
We have a need for a suppressed shotgun and I would prefer to go with a maniatis one but because they need quite a bit of barrel length forward of the end of the mag tube it limits the options for what guns are able to be used.
Cheers for any advice!

@Fssprecision

Originally Posted by TLB

Just wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with these?
Pro's and cons?
They do state buckshot etc can not be used which is a bit of a pain.
We have a need for a suppressed shotgun and I would prefer to go with a maniatis one but because they need quite a bit of barrel length forward of the end of the mag tube it limits the options for what guns are able to be used.
Cheers for any advice!

I have been using one for a few months now (round count so far approx 1200) on a dickinson tactical pump with 13inch barrel.
It is about 30mm shorter than my Beretta A400 with a 26in barrel overall so not stupidly long. (think same overall length as most 26in semi guns)
It is fitted with a thermal reflex style optic and used for Rabbits and Wallabies (comfortably to 40yrds on wallabies and effective to 50yrds on rabbits) and has accounted for a few Fallow at 20-25yrds.
I use a load developed with and loaded by Target Products (Falcon ammo producers) which is a 40gr load of 2 shot @950fps. (I have this made in 5000rd production runs)
This loads felt recoil is similar to a standard velocity 32gr and the 36gr version feels like a 28gr target load to shoot.
The 36gr load runs out of pattern density though for rabbits at about 35yrds.
The reason for 2 shot size is to deliver killing penetration at the lower velocity and because 2 shot is used leads in turn to the 40gr load for shot count/pattern density.
A-Techs warranty cover this as intended usage and I see no signs of wear or had issue yet that would make me think there is going to be any problems with it in the near future.
Sound is described by bystanders as similar to shutting their utes door firmly.... it is impressively quite compared to result on target.

Picture tells a thousand words. Pattern is from when using 14in semi but is same out of the 13in pump, went to pump because it lowered noise heaps more being contained in closed breach (lots of extra sound escapes from the breach in the semi.)

Awesome, cheers for the info!
Much appreciated!