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Form 1 suppressor build
bkoenig:
I'm back from the range and pretty happy with how it turned out. My .22 SBR is one of the loudest .22 rifles I've ever heard. With the can on it is much better. Bulk high velocity ammo still makes quite a bit of noise because it's going supersonic. You hear a "bang" from the bullet breaking the sound barrier a split second after pulling the trigger. Without a can it's not noticeable, but you can definitely tell when shooting suppressed. The action on this gun is also very noisy. Even with all of that it's hearing safe when running a can. I need to get my Savage .22 bolt action threaded and see just how quiet I can be.
I bought some CCI subsonic rounds, but they don't have enough power to cycle the action. That's too bad, because they're stupid quiet. All you hear is the sound of the action cycling. I'm going to try some other brands of subs to see if they'll work. The CCI's are the Quiet 22 brand which is only running about 700 FPS. That's way slower than needed, so I'm going to find something that runs just a little faster and save these for the bolt gun.
Here's some gun porn. Ignore the ugly guy and concentrate on the shiny can.
Federal bulk pack, 5 rounds without suppressor and 5 with a dry can. Notice I wasn't wearing hearing protection without the can. Stupid move on my part. This thing is LOUD.
Federal bulk pack, 5 rounds without suppressor, 5 rounds with wet can. When I'm shooting suppressed you can hear someone in the next range over (about 100 yards away) shooting. The sound of their shots is about the same as mine:
CCI Quiet 22 subsonic, 1 round:
Dan W:
Awesome job Brian
David Hineline:
You need try Winchester Dynapoints, do not waste your time with Remington Subsonics.
bkoenig:
Thanks, I will look into that. Remington anything is junk when it comes to .22 ammo. This gun will eat anything (not counting the CCI Quiet that is just under powered) except for Remington .22 ammo. Their QC is so bad that about one round out of 30 or so won't even chamber. My 10/22 won't run with it either.
sparky:
Very Nice!
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