Thread: 30-223 build

Originally Posted by Vapour

The problem is not so much hitting something but stopping it. Most bullets wont open up very well at subsonic speeds. I think you need to be very close like less than 50 yards. And this helps lesson the rainbow trajectory also. Anything sub-sonic is very quiet with a suppressor.

If that's OK for deer is the bar set too low, all in the name of sound suppression? I recall a thread on this forum about using FMJ ammo on large animals, an idea that did not go down with everyone. Seems a good idea, at least by comparison.