First shots with a silencer

[General Geoff]

Very pleasant and relaxing to shoot without ear plugs or muffs. Kudos to Dead Air Silencers for making a great product. Bullet impacting the berm at 100 yards was louder than the report of the rifle.



Point of impact changed a tiny bit compared to without the can but I was able to adjust for that. Best groups I could manage with CCI standard velocity were just over 2" at 100 yards or ~2 MOA. Based on the mostly vertical shot dispersion, I'm guessing it's more ammo variance than me jerking the trigger pull. At 12x magnification I can clearly see where the crosshairs are when the hammer drops, and where the bullets connect as they hit.



First 50 rounds through the can, here's to another 5,000!

 

[N555]

And now you want more?

 

[General Geoff]

Honestly, not for awhile. Most of my shooting is .22lr these days. I might eventually get a .46 caliber 'universal' centerfire can but I don't even own a pistol with a threaded barrel. My go-to for home defense is an AR-15 so might get a 5.56 can eventually. Won't be quite hearing-safe but, a damn sight less damaging to the ear than an unsuppressed string of 5.56 shots ringing off the walls.

Maybe in a couple of years.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Nice review. I been into sound forwarders. They are nice when you are behind the rifle.

 

[mavracer]

Suppressed 22s are the fountain of youth.
I have several and suppress a few CF rifle rounds, I shoot a lot more suppressed 22.
I have 4 Rimfire suppressors

 

[Spats McGee]

Nice!

 

[MachIVshooter]

. My go-to for home defense is an AR-15 so might get a 5.56 can eventually. Won't be quite hearing-safe but, a damn sight less damaging to the ear than an unsuppressed string of 5.56 shots ringing off the walls.

"Hearing safe" is a term thrown around too often in the industry, largely hanging on the 140 dBA figure put forth by OSHA for impulse sounds, and it doesn't account for other things like frequency.

You ears really are the ultimate arbiter. If it's uncomfortable, you should use ear pro.

Having said that, ARs can certainly be brought down to the level of "tolerable for a few shots without ears". The port noise is gonna be mid-high 130s at best regardless of can, which I find bothersome, but I can put up with it briefly.

However, another big perk of cans for HD is that a well designed one will dramatically reduce flash, nearly eliminate it from the shooter's perspective

This is a bolt rifle and a gas adjusted 10.5" with our Five By Five:

https://juxxi.com/video/48418/ecco-machine-five-by-five?channelName=ECCOMachine

At night:

https://juxxi.com/video/48419/ecco-machine-five-by-five-flash-suppression?channelName=ECCOMachine