Hunting Rifle: Anyone Else Have No Desire for a Silencer?

[zplinker]

I waited a long time before going with a can, and should have done it long ago. Just so much more pleasant to shoot. Went with one .30 cal unit, and use it on everything down to a 204; works great.

 

[RetiredSniper]

I see a lot of folks are putting silencers on their hunting rifles, even sacrificing ballistic performance by shortening barrels.

Anyone else prefer their hunting rifle to not have a silencer? Maybe I'm old school but I don't have muzzle brakes or silencers on my hunting rifles.

YEA! I have no need for a silencer on any of my hunting riffles, or any of my riffles for that mater. Of course I live in northern New Hampshire and don't see the point or need for one!

 

[KyCarl]

I don't want one on my hunting rifles! Lots of expense and hassles. Hunting I seldom shoot more than once and my Walkers are fine.

 

[Kimber7man]

YEA! I have no need for a silencer on any of my hunting riffles, or any of my riffles for that mater. Of course I live in northern New Hampshire and don't see the point or need for one!

Well, riffles are much quieter than rifles, so suppressors aren't needed….

 

[AggieMarksman01]

Suppressors should be removed from the NFA…

 

[pony doctor]

I see a lot of folks are putting silencers on their hunting rifles, even sacrificing ballistic performance by shortening barrels.

Anyone else prefer their hunting rifle to not have a silencer? Maybe I'm old school but I don't have muzzle brakes or silencers on my hunting rifles.

Generally, barrels are threaded for attaching the suppressor and not necessarily shortened, I find muzzle velocity improves with a supressor!

 

[TXTrained]

I see a lot of folks are putting silencers on their hunting rifles, even sacrificing ballistic performance by shortening barrels.

Anyone else prefer their hunting rifle to not have a silencer? Maybe I'm old school but I don't have muzzle brakes or silencers on my hunting rifles.

It depends on where and what I'm hunting.. I did have my gunsmith/ machinist custom make me a muzzle brake.My 7mm Remington Magnum just
kicks so hard that I don't enjoy reconfirm reconfirming zero.
And I like shooting my 300 Black Out with a silencer.

 

[milo-2]

Is it just me, or is shooting a brake around suppressor guys like going to an AA meeting and cracking a beer open, you are a terrible individual, or like smoking around former smokers, how could you.
The biggest benefit of shooting a brake is solitude, people vacate.

 

[pony doctor]

Are you a democrat? Sure looks like it.

By the way I have brakes on everything. I gave my suppressor to my son-in-law.

Barrels are generally threaded, not shortened! In my experience, supressors increase muzzle velocity along with other benefits!

 

[slowshot18]

Shorter barrels + cans = modern hunting rifles.
This is a progression that a lot of young bucks who are still wet behind the ear like myself, are leaning towards (I'm in my early 30's). I have some longer barrels (26") but I always grab my 20" barreled guns for hunting due to how handy they are. Sure it limits some of my shots from 1200yds to 900yds but I'm ok with that. Making ethical shots at game at extreme distance has many other factors besides losing some speed due to barrel length.
I'm also a big baby and prefer a suppressed rifle over a brake or nothing at all, just like how I don't like shots at the doctor's office. I'm 6' tall and 230lbs so I can handle whatever is out there, but why make something less comfortable than it needs to be?

 

[Another Casual]

Love my suppressors. Don't currently have one on my hunting rifle sure to the barrel contour, but often wish I did.

 

[Miller27]

Unfortunately my hunting rifles have the BOSS system, no can! I see no new rifles in my future as I have no interes in "sexy" calibers. The classic ones suit me just right.
I do have supressors on my black guns and like those.

On the contrary, the boss system is threaded I believe with a standard 9/16x24, so you should be able to use an adaptor and/or a 9/16 threaded can mount with no issue. In fact you could still use the turning function with a can, you just won't have the index scale to reference that the brake bodies have.

 

[wernerpd]

Using a suppressor is a personal decision. For me, I use them every chance I get. After 20+ years flying for Army Airways and having tinnitus and a high frequency hearing loss, I will do everything in my power to preserve my hearing as much as possible. Probably the biggest impediment to more people using suppressors is the ridiculous hoop jumps one has to go through to own them in the first place. I guess it's all part of that definition of "shall not be infringed..."

 

[Kmccord]

Honestly, if I'm polite enough to put a muffler on my car, why not one on my gun?

I get that it changes ballistics. Not a huge fan of how much length most add. But a BIG fan of the noise reduction, and one can design it differently to account for length and weight, and adjust ballistics accordingly.

And no desire to be a Fudd. Times change.

I was watching a show Pigman, he had a 338 Lapua they were hunting hogs from about 100 yards under a red light, the ranch he was on had a suppressor they put on his rifle, he shot at the hog under the light and aiming for the shoulder, broadside, he blew the nut sack off the hog. The suppressor changed his POI, I never knew why they never tested it before hunting with it, they castrated the boar with a 338 Lapua from 100yds, never found the boar, cracks me up when they showed it in slow motion.