Thread: Which suppressor for Sako Carbonlight 7 Rem Mag?

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

OK so the gen 6 adds 80mm extra length. For a bush hunting rifle that beats the DPT 105mm extra length by an 1".
Suppressor length in front of the barrel is most effective.
Hence given that the DPT has 33% more out the front than the Hardy, Hardy has to be a little longer out back to make up some sound recovery.
Hence the Hardy is 45mm longer (back over the barrel) and 50 gr heavier than the DPT.

So question is how much do you value that extra inch in length. The hardy gen 6 lets you have an extra 1" of barrel length over the DPT for that same overall length. Is that worth $100 and 50 grams. Your call.
I have 2 Hardy and will probably try a DPT for my next one as I'm chasing weight.

Also chase out that that suppressor review from last year. Had weights and sizes.
DPT 4 baffle aprox 22 db reduction.
Hardy Gen 6 aprox 25 db reduction
DPT 9 baffle aprox 30 db reduction
Hardy Gen5 Stealth >32 db reduction

In the end this is an argument that's no different to Ford vs Holden.
I've had 2 Hardy's from HRE and had good experiences.
Others have different experiences.
Zq

Those tests were done by hardy so I don't know how objective they were. Also a suppressor in any super sonic cal will never be quiet so while sound suppression is good as long as I can take a shot without any ringing of my ears I am happy.

The hardy have also had a lot of issues. I personally had one blow up on my 7mmRM. Seems being a sealed design they hold a lot of the gases inside and if mixed with wet hunting conditions leads to corrosion. (I will note all issues of seen have been the 80mm forward models maybe more force or less material to corrode but my suppressor get bown out with air each time or disassembled but even that didn't help the Hardy.

EDIT: MINE was not a gen 6 so they could have solved this.