A while back when thinking about getting a Class III toy, I thought about a machine gun vs. a suppressor. I played with a friend's machine gun and noticed he was always out of ammo. They are fun to shoot, but it took 5 minutes to load the mags and 30 seconds to empty them.
Then I looked at suppressors which have a much lower cost of ownership.
Why own one?
1) They are fun to shoot. It is hard to describe but there is something about shooting a firearm that makes little to no noise.
2) My wife enjoys shooting firearms more with the can on. Less flash and noise
3) They can be used on more than one firearm. All you need is a threaded barrel and if necessary a metric thread adapter.
4) It is always fun to watch other folks at the range when you screw the suppressor on... what the heck does he have? Say, can I shoot it?
As for the life of the suppressor, GemTeck has a special to rebuild their .22 suppressors.
A while back when thinking about getting a Class III toy, I thought about a machine gun vs. a suppressor. I played with a friend's machine gun and noticed he was always out of ammo. They are fun to shoot, but it took 5 minutes to load the mags and 30 seconds to empty them.
Like others said, if you want it you want it, if you don't you don't.
You can only shoot one gun at a time. Why does anyone want to have two guns? Why does someone need a Glock when he could get a decent .22 for hundreds less? Etc. etc.
I can't justify a centerfire pistol suppressor. They make the gun too big to conceal, and aren't quiet enough to really fool anybody. They are cool, so I understand why people buy them. Not worth it to me though.
I do have a .223 suppressor and a 7.62 suppressor though, and they are both worth it to me. At the ranges I shoot with them, the use of a can makes me very difficult to pinpoint for anything in the vacinity of the target. Very cool, and practical for the way I use them.
The one that everybody should own is a .22 suppressor though. I use mine constantly! I thought I would use it the most on my threaded Browning Buckmark. That has not been the case though. I have actually used it far more on my threaded Savage Mark II bolt action. That thing is so quiet that my neighbors literally can't hear anything, and I can hit a nickel with every shot at 25 yards. The possibilities are endless. Oh, and it's cheap. The can cost me a little less than $400, and would have been cheaper if I hadn't picked one that I can also use on my .17 HMR. With a tax stamp, that puts the price at just under $600 total. It's a bargain for how much I use it.
I dont see concealment really being an issue, but it could be addressed with a properly built holster if you wanted to pursue it.
While they arent "movie" quiet, they are quiet enough to work as intended. My AAC Eco-9 using 147 grain Winchester Rangers and run "wet" is pretty quiet, and sounds about like a solid car door being closed. With some of my reloads that hover around 1000fps, it sounds like a nail gun when run dry.
When I shot that critter the other week in my carport, I was using the 147's, but the can was dry. My wife and kid were in the room adjoining it, about 10 feet away, and really thought I dropped something on the floor and didnt think they were gun shots. They know what unsuppressed gunshots from that same place sound like and my wife lets me know about it if I dont warn her first.
Now my .223's do sound like a gun went off, although you dont really get it at the gun, as there is really no muzzle blast, but the round going down range is still pretty loud.
With any of them, there are differing conditions that may make things better or worse. Weather, temperature, humidity, structures, different ammo, etc, can all make differences in how effective they are. Regardless, most of the time, the difference is enough that you dont need ear plugs, even with sensitive ears.
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