Which Suppressor?

[Pitt300]

I have an email from Freddy @ AAC that states:

"If the cartridge generates less pressure than a 300win mag and the bullet is 308 or smaller in diameter you should have no problems."

This is one of the reasons that I purchased the 762sd!

[mooster1223]

Well thats great news! I'll be able to use my SD on the 300 win mag & 7mm rem mag.

Jim

[Artful]

I have AAC Cyclone - at the Time I researched my purchase, it wasn't the quietest can for sub or supersonic loadings but it was in the top for each catagory - Although if I was limiting my budget and purchasing now I would buy YHM 7.62 and get FH's for my Whisper, FAL and AR15 and use the same can on all of them.

My cyclone was made in 2005, and is NOT rated for use in 300 win mag only the newer cyclones without the plug welding are listed as able to be used on 300 win mag and you
have to take into acct the barrel length as it determines pressure of the muzzle blast the cyclone has to handle. As far as litigation goes, I wouldn't want to touch your case as all the maker's sell cans with enough statements as to when their intended use is and not warrentied for any other use either expressed or implied.

[Fudmottin]

I just looked up the YHM Phantom 7.62 (YHM-3400). It looks like a good value.

This is going to be my first .30 cal can obviously. And I've already amortized my AWC Raider over four different rifles now (all threaded). I'm not clear if the flash hider uses the 5/8"-24 standard. My whisper will be an AR15. Well an upper anyway.

One thing I like about a threading standard is that it is easy to get any barrel made to that standard.

I think Artful has a point about using .300WM in a standard 7.62. Depending on how the suppressor was made, I may or may not feel confident doing it. I might as well just bite the bullet and buy the Thundertrap. Although with all the warrantees reading about the same, and 30-221 being hand loaded, there doesn't really seem to be a warrantee.

Well I've got a list. I'm checking it twice. Um, what?

[Medic650]

I have the YHM SS Phantom 7.62 and have been pleased with it. On my Whisper AR all I hear is the buffer spring and action. I've shot it on my 308 with subsonics and it sounded like a pellet gun going off. The Phantom didn't do well in http://www.silencerresearch.com/ tests for some reason. For the money I'm still not disappointed. I also have the QD and am shooting it on 5.56 also.

[Cornholio]

Is there any kind of consensus on which is the quietest .30cal suppressor for SUBSONIC use? Most of the time when 30cal suppressors are metered, it is with full-power supersonic ammo. I'm more interested in subsonic performance.

[Pitt300]

Seems like my AR Whisper w/762sd & subsonics metered somewhere around 114db @ Longview shoot.
It's on Silencer Research's website.

[kdiver58]

Here's a pic with my AAC Cyclone 2008



Here's a link to the Liberty Can's web site. It's another can maker
I was introduced to at AAC's shoot.
I'm in the blue shirt a shooting a Liberty Cans Suppressor
at the 2008 AAC silencer shoot. David's a great guy.
He will warranty the can no matter what and build
you exactly what you want.


http://libertycans.net/blackraven.html

[Fudmottin]

That video reminded me that I keep forgetting to get a brass catcher.

Must say I'm impressed with the noise level reduction.

While it may well be ideal to tune / optimize for a particular load, I expect or at least hope to be able to use whatever can I end up getting on a .300 Win Mag or at least a 7.62x51. I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of noise reduction for versatility.

It's looking like I'll have plenty of time to shop for the can. Thanks to all the panic buying going on, the parts I need for an AR-15 upper are really hard to get. I have an order in with DPMS. But the lead time is 4-6 months. That's no typo. I'm going to see if I can find the bits I need locally so I can cancel that order and have the upper built sooner.

It's ironic that I can get a custom upper for less money than a lot of off the shelf units.

[mooster1223]

Originally Posted by Fudmottin

It's looking like I'll have plenty of time to shop for the can. Thanks to all the panic buying going on, the parts I need for an AR-15 upper are really hard to get. I have an order in with DPMS. But the lead time is 4-6 months. That's no typo.

4-6 months is about what you'll be looking at for a can if you can't find what you want locally. Make sure if you order from out of state that the dealer has "can in hand". It will take 4-6 weeks to get the form 3 done (dealer to dealer transfer), who knows how long to get your CLEO to sign off on the form 4 and then another 12 weeks at the BATFE.