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Opinions on getting a suppressor? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/liberalgunowners

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I've been wanting a suppressor for my rifle for awhile, but with the incoming administration I'm worried about having my fingerprints on file due to the tax stamp. On the other hand, I'm seeing a bunch of people recommending suppressors on the subreddit and they don't seem to care. Is my worry reasonable or unfounded?

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[–] givesomefucks 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfounded.

And since they switched from hardcopy to e-file the wait can be less than three weeks when it used to be 18+ months.

But, if you don't want to be on record "linear compensators" are nowhere close to the same thing, but they "move" the noise all downrange. So for whatever you're shooting at it's loud as fuck, for everything behind the gun it's really quiet. But nothing close to silencer quiet.

When I shoot my 10mm pistol (supersonic) at an indoor range, the echo coming back is louder than when it fires. But I'm sure you can find someone who's actually measured the change in decibels from using them.

But if you put one with subsonic rounds, it's probably going to be quiet enough for what you want

Or just do the stamp

[–] BombOmOm 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seconding on just do the stamp. It sucks that a piece of safety equipment* requires special security checks, but a suppressor is nice to have.

They also lower recoil, which is not something I was expecting, but makes perfect sense after thinking about it.

*Guns are loud enough to damage hearing. Lowering that volume improves safety.

[–] givesomefucks 3 points 1 week ago

Guns are loud enough to damage hearing. Lowering that volume improves safety.

That's why I've been a huge fan of linear comps.

They don't do enough that you can skip hearing protection (except maybe a .22) but they still drastically reduce the hearing damage.

What's crazy is apparently no one has done tests, I couldn't find a single source where they measured how loud it is with and without one.

I think it's being intentionally avoided by manufacturers because "anything that reduces the decibels" is the ATFs definition of a silencer, and these are grey area because it just "directs" the noise (and also the flash). So they don't want to quantify any reduction in decibels.