Affordable suppressor for both the AR15 & AK74

[sturmgewehr]

I had a chance to test out the new Huntertown Arms Kestrel 556 suppressor on my Colt M16 and on my Fuller AKS-74U. The can works on both and is very robustly built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texEzvXnmdk

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[rjrivero]

Nicely done video. I'm looking forward to seeing the 7.62 version. Where's that vid?

Do you have the specs on these suppressors? The 5.56 and the 7.62 versions?

 

[sturmgewehr]

The cans will be available after the first of the year, they're saying first or second week of Jan. At that point the specs will be published.

What I can say is that it's less than 7" long and weighs less than 20oz. I also have two on order for myself. I will leave the 556 on my AKS-74U and I will put the 7.62x39 can on my Saiga SGL21-94.

I will post more videos about the cans once I get mine.

 

[crazy-mp]

All stainless internals?

 

[zignal_zero]

Whoa, this definitely has my curiosity up. A 7.62 x 39 can that doubles as a 9mm? That sounds seriously cool. I had been planning on a Liberty Mystic (due to its versatility), but this shows promise.

 

[Brockak47]

thats is cool like the threading cap

 

[sturmgewehr]

Yes, all stainless.

 

[Pyzik]

Nice video. Now that we can have them here in MI, I am dying to get one.

They are just so danged expensive. Hard to justify to wife :banghead:

 

[Chopdoktor]

Come on, Pyzik, even with the tax stamp, most suppressors are under $1000 retail price. That's like a pair of Glocks, or a decent bolt-action rifle and scope! Suppressors aren't that expensive, but they ARE a pain to wait for. Took 5 1/2 months to clear my 9mm suppressor. I think I may grab the .30-cal version of this Huntertown Arms can...looks pretty great! Gotta wait until January for the reveal, though, apparently :-(

 

[Pyzik]

Come on, Pyzik, even with the tax stamp, most suppressors are under $1000 retail price. That's like a pair of Glocks, or a decent bolt-action rifle and scope! Suppressors aren't that expensive, but they ARE a pain to wait for. Took 5 1/2 months to clear my 9mm suppressor. I think I may grab the .30-cal version of this Huntertown Arms can...looks pretty great! Gotta wait until January for the reveal, though, apparently :-(

Yeah, not really in our budget. I am not in a postion where a pair of Glocks "ain't no thang".

 

[zignal_zero]

i understand that silencers can be expensive, but you wanna see REAL expense, get the machinegun bug. hell, i wish i was just craving a silencer, that would've been a lot less painful than satisfying this other urge was.

btw - i'm sure folks will notice i sometimes use the term "Silencer". some folks will even say that is incorrect that it is a "Suppressor". however, being that the first dude to ever make one called it a silencer, i feel it's an acceptable term

 

[Pyzik]

i understand that silencers can be expensive, but you wanna see REAL expense, get the machinegun bug.

I keep telling myself "some day". But for now, bump firing is good enough for me.

 

[zignal_zero]

If you can deal with a few shortcomings, you can actually get into a suppressor fairly cheap. There are plenty of $200 cans out there. They're not for me simply because I need stainless, but there are a ton of people happy with their Tac65's and other cans in that catagory.

Another idea is to get a decent lathe. Then you can (legally) build all the silencers you want and just have to pay the stamp on them.