Building a lightweight rifle and wonder how light i can go and still safely hang a suppressor off the end? Id like to go with a #3 at 26" long but not sure it wont flex with the suppressor. thoughts?
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The weight of the suppressor flexing the barrel causes the shift from what I've seen. In my experience (5 suppressors on about 20 different rifles) as long as it's a good quality suppressor, and the barrel is threaded correctly you should not get much left/right POI (I've seen no more than 1/2 MOA on any of my rifles), but you will get a lower POI based on the flex of the barrel. On a short/fat barrel I've seen as little as 1/2 moa shift downward. On the long thin barrels as much as 4-5 MOA. This is mostly with a Thunderbeast Ultra 9 and Ultra 7, so these are among the lightest weight suppressors out there. I would expect significantly more POI shift with heavier suppressors, but I haven't personally tried anything other than the Thunderbeasts.So the suppressor caused the shift or the weight of the suppressor pulling on the barrel?
I guess I'm more worried about the weight rather than muzzle diameter. 30 cal