Quieter suppressor!

[Rich Coyle]

About a year and a half ago I purchased a Thunder Beast Ultra Nine. By the time I was allowed to get it sixteen months later I needed shoulder surgery. So I loaned it to my son-in-law. He is on the paperwork. He installed it on some kind of .308 black rifle. (I'm not a gun nut. I just like to shoot my bolt rifles.)

Saturday I went over for the fights and he told me it's getting quieter. He said with sub-sonic it's now about like a sort of muffled hand clap. In February I hope to discover how quiet it is on a 6.5 Creedmoor.

 

[geo4061]

What caliber? What bullet? What barrel length? I hope that's true. Just got mine and it is not quite enough to not wear hearing protection.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Over time the baffles and insides of the can will get coated in carbon from the gasses exiting the muzzle. This can help to muffle the sound as a sort of sound-deadening material. It won't necessarily make it quieter, but it will change the pitch of the can, to a deeper sound, which can appear to the ears, to be quieter.

 

[Rich Coyle]

What caliber? What bullet? What barrel length? I hope that's true. Just got mine and it is not quite enough to not wear hearing protection.

The one he was shooting the other day is a .308 Win firing 200 grainers. I think the barrel is 16" to 18". When I bought the suppressor the guy fired one supper sonic and one sub sonic. When I tried to duplicate the sound for my son-in-law I had to cup my hands in order for the sound to be quiet enough of the sub-sonic.

 

[Cuz]

A bolt gun will be quieter than a semi auto