Thread: Suppressor, reduced loads or smaller calibre

Always always always wear earpro when shooting a centrefire rifle

Rifle

Yea I know, but I must need practice remembering, darn another reason to shoot more. Cheers guys.

In my younger days, I use to shoot a lot of bunnies, driving all over farms looking for them. Good ear plugs are more comfortable than ear muffs and yet still let you hear reasonably well while still providing protection.
I have hunted in the bush with electronic plugs and ear muffs. They amplify the sound (until you shoot) so its a bit weird. I sounded like I was making a hell of a noise walking along with them on but was actually not making stuff all noise.
Flinch wise, a noisy firearm is the biggest cause of it.
With my compensated 38 super race gun, I wear both plugs and grade 5 ear muffs. She is a noisy bitch.

The importance of earpro should be heavily emphasised in the licensing process

Hearing protection is the biggest factor I've found.

Pick your favourite .223 or .243, fit limbsaver recoil pad, fit suppressor & enjoy a very mild shooting stick that shouldn't leave you flinching. It's amazing how a quiet, mild shooting rifle quickly builds your shooting confidence as suddenly your not concerned about recoil or noise & can concentrate on the job at hand - placing the shot exactly where you want it to go

Originally Posted by rusl

Future tile will defiantly be a light recoil in rifle with a suppressor tho ☺ I just don't know how you guys shoot those big magnums, suppose being less than 60kg doesn't help.

today everyone wants a light weight rifle. and the companies make them that way. (people are getting soft, buggered if I know how they even carry an animal out)
so now everyone seems to need a suppressor because there light rifle has a fair bit of recoil. a heavy rifle tames recoil, that's why there are weight limits in target shooting.
its all relative to calibre size. a light .22 rim fire wont matter if its a light rifle. but try shooting a .50 cal in the same weight rifle (if you could get a .50 to weigh the same as a .22)

get a ackley hornet in .17 no recoil bugger all noise and cheap to reload

as others have stated above, what ever it is get it suppressed. U only get one set of ears. Look after them. You'll find 243, 6.5 Swede or 2506 all pussies with a suppressor fitted - evne with real light weight rifles. For your flinch I suggest you practice lots of dry firing, just get used to the trigger pull and click, without the bang. US snipers have to train something like 10,000 dry fires before they let them loose on live rounds. They do that for good reason.