I’m with you PH. I used them in Africa, (my outfitter had them.) my kids have them on various rifle/handguns. I don’t get it. Shooting one or standing next to someone shoot one, I can’t see much difference in sound reduction either.
Are you already 100% deaf? There's a huge difference in sound.
Probably.
Must have been a pretty crappy one…
Imagine that……… 5 or 6 crappy ones….. in a row. I think Weiser might be closer to the truth. But the jokes on him………
What?
Because every single round fired without proper ear protection causes permanent hearing damage.Why not just buy 24” barreled 308 or 7-08 or 260 or any of the many slooow lemons and forget the “can”.
Depends on what you might consider handicapped. I’m having a 7PRC built right now that will have a 20 inch barrel, which will make it really nice to carry through the woods with a suppressor. This gun could easily kill an elk at 1000 yards, which is way farther than I care to shoot at one.I don’t have suppressors and never will. So my question is.. (help me understand the logic)
Why do people spend sh!t ton of money on a short barreled 300prc and suppress them, or any of the new fangle dangle flavor of the month cartridges just to handicap them velocity wise?
Why not just buy 24” barreled 308 or 7-08 or 260 or any of the many slooow lemons and forget the “can”.
How are they handicapped velocity wise?I don’t have suppressors and never will. So my question is.. (help me understand the logic)
Why do people spend sh!t ton of money on a short barreled 300prc and suppress them, or any of the new fangle dangle flavor of the month cartridges just to handicap them velocity wise?
Why not just buy 24” barreled 308 or 7-08 or 260 or any of the many slooow lemons and forget the “can”.
Why build a corvette and drive chevette speeds?
Fudds will disagree. A 150 lb deer will be way deader if it's shot through the lungs with a 300 RUM that it would be if shot with a .308
Do you have a short barreled magnum to base your opinion on? Or just assuming?
Yes, but most people greatly exaggerate the velocity loss due to ignorance. Do you have a short barreled magnum or not?
Nope. All long barreled
I've got a 20" 7 RUM that I use. How slow/fast do you think it is with 180s? Is it a glorified, expensive 7-08?
7rum @ 2825 ish?
Exactly what I thought you'd come up with. In fact it makes 3250 with a 180 Hybrid. Tell me some more about how handicapped it is.
Wowza’s
You're absolutely right. But the simple truth is that short barrels aren't the castration that they're made out to be. I used to be firmly in the long barrel camp until I had real experience with shorter barrels.
There's a ton of choices out there, all of them are a compromise in one way or another. My personal opinion is a 7" is kinda the sweet spot for most uses. Shorter ones are almost universally louder and longer ones can get annoying in some circumstances.
True. I was never willing to give up my man card for a suppressor. To each their own though.
A dude protecting what is left of his hearing is not a man card topic... a vote for Harris this November is clearly giving up your man card.
Hope they saves what’s left of your hearing 3toe.
I appreciate it. It’s honestly a little frustrating. I have worked in high decibel environments my entire career & always protected my hearing. I put that muzzle brake on that little.308 in an attempt to reduce the felt recoil to see if my grandson could hunt with it. I’m just glad he wasn’t in the stand with me when I learned my lesson.
I wanted to do a quick check on my Brown 300 Win with a factory muzzlebreak before a hunt, many years ago. Dropped the pickup tailgate down and threw a seat cushion down. Put the rifle across the pillow, leaned into the tail gate, took aim and pulled the trigger. The sound waves/shock from the discharge went out the side of the muzzle break, hit the back of the truck cab, bounced back and nearly deafed me. It was a full week before I felt normal again.
Not if folks don't wear em, and the majority of hunters don't.
I had a pair hanging less than 2 feet from me.
Some folks like ear plugs, some folks like cans… Neither one is wrong….
I use custom ear plugs and use a can.
You have to have your tax stamp / paperwork for your suppressor EVERYWHERE it goes.
Guess I am on the watch list now after looking up regulations in CA online.I'm from California where if you do a google search for firearm suppressor you get put on a watch list, so I've never considered one. I always use hearing protection when target shooting, even with a .22LR but never while hunting. 99% of my hunting is with a shotgun and for some reason my hearing isn't too bad. We got tested twice a year at the sawmill where hearing protection was mandatory, and it always came back "some hearing loss" in my left ear. My wife insists hearing is not my problem, but listening is. No cure for that.
Don't say I didn't warn you.Guess I am on the watch list now after looking up regulations in CA online.
That’s how I found out it’s a felony to have one in your possession in CA.
LMAO… Good deal Blue.
No wonder why you had that blank stare every time we talked last year… You couldn’t hear me…
My wife says that I do that too.No wonder why you had that blank stare every time we talked last year… You couldn’t hear me…
I have 2 myself now & waiting on a 3rd. You’ll be happy with your purchase.
Or maybe it was just my useless conversation or both…No wonder why you had that blank stare every time we talked last year… You couldn’t hear me…
No, it’s me. I’m pretty comfortable looking stupid. And I really don’t look at myself much anyway.
Just giving you **** blue…No, it’s me. I’m pretty comfortable looking stupid. And I really don’t look at myself much anyway.
Oh, and my wife told me “we” all look the same.
Everyone watched too many movies. Absolutely no reason to have register or ask permission for a suppressor. I can’t hear anything out of my left ear. Wish i would have screwed one on the barrel a long time agoThe permits is what is irritating to me. Especially since it's for hearing protection. The feds treat it like it's a fricken ICBM.
I’ve never gone to a heavy duty concert but I thought I was going to go deaf after setting under a set of loudspeakers at a Ducks Unlimited Banquet at the Town Hall in Annabelle, Utah, twenty years ago years ago.
Right? And besides, I don’t own any guns.
It’s very easy to get most rifle barrels threaded for a can.
I always figured switching suppressor permits for AR-15 permits would be something the gun control crowd could probably get behind.
And, I started using Walker's ear muffs the last several years due to the permanent ringing in the ears, but hate that they seem to make me the loudest hunter on earth.
