Thread: New Hardy suppressors

Originally Posted by tui_man2

every ones cans go at some stage there would have been a fair few of each.
Gun works run old school KISS cans not the best but keep chugging away with good rep
Dan runs new technology cans pushing the boundrys to be the best. lightest shortest forward with good reduction in noise as well so are hard well in my opinion impossible to go past.
Only heard of his older ones going, new ones are very well made an engineered

+1 I started experimenting in the late 80's on centerfire supps. Had all manner of sizes, configurations and weights. Had all manner of problems as well. Glad I never tried marketing them back then. The first effective one, for full load centerfires I seen, was a Tiffen one. It was a simple but effective design. Cooper was the only commercial/military one at the time, that come out with a can for the AW, it was only used with subsonic 7.62.
It has steamrolled from there over the last few years. Trying to meet the demands of lighter and quieter suppressors you are surely going to have problems.
I reckon what is available in NZ are all reasonably similar apart from a bit of weight. You can only work with materials and machinery that are available and I personally think simple is best.
Good on kiwis trying to improve on their product by experimenting. But at the end of the day a centerfire supp is never going to get any quieter than say a .22 mag so I dont see the point of getting one that is slightly quieter than the other. Reliability, safety and weight and cost are all that really interest me.
If you are paying some of the prices I have seen on some supps ($700-$800) you are been had, IMO.