I'm looking at buying my first suppressor to put on a howa mini 223. Wanting to keep it lighter weight and keep the length down. What do you guys recommend?
Others have already made some good recommendations, but here are the questions I would ask before you go down this road:
- What other hosts do you expect to run the suppressor on? if you want it to do everything then get something in the 7" range that will be hearing safe on larger rounds but not too long/heavy for any smaller hosts (as others have said already, just buy a TBAC Ultra7 and be done with it)
- Are you open to buying additional cans in the future or do you want this to be a one and done? If yes go with a short (5") caliber specific can for this setup, 223/556 will be hearing safe out of any K sized can currently offered, then buy a bigger can for other hosts in the future
- Will this can ever be run on an AR? if so, skip Titanium and go with something with stainless or Inconel/Stellite baffles
It's your money, but I would strongly recommend that you avoid any of these "Modular" (ie. has baffles and sections that can be removed/shortened etc.). I shoot with a guy who runs a Griffin Optimus, he can never get consistent return to POI, it's loud, has really bad back pressure, and he spends all his time futzing with the different sections. Buy a second can or just be happy with one that's ok across multiple different hosts (ie. 7" 30cal can).
For what it's worth hear is what I own (and what I run each one on):
- Dead Air Sandman-K: 16" 556 Carbine full time, and occasionally 6.5 Creedmoor Bolt action when I want blast reduction but length/weight are primary concerns
- Dead Air Sandman-S with eBrake attachment: 6.5 Creedmoor bolt action full time when I dont care about length and want better sound/recoil reduction, 16" 308win AR10 (the K is WAYYYY too loud on this gun, non-starter)
- Thunder Beast Ultra 7 CB: 16" 6mm Creedmoor bolt action and 16" 6.5 Grendel AR (I shoot this gun like it was a bolt action, so not worried about abuse)