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I think we had this discussion before, but suppressors are effective in muzzle flash suppression, not really silencing 5.56 they say. I've also heard suppressors makes detecting where shots are coming from more difficult? Don't ask me how. 🤷♀️Make sure to give us a thorough report once you tested your suppressor - I have to admit suppressors is the one thing I have no experience with in the firearms world. They are very hard to get here where I live and I've never considered them for any of my SHTF rifles.![]()
You are still supposed to wear hearing protection with the 5.56 suppressors, but I'm of course going to try a shot or two without my muffs. I hope they don't hurt my ears. lol
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So I got the 3-prong Surefire suppressor adapter on with that special adapter. I drove out to the woods after work Friday before last, briefly shot steel gong with it & it was great. Without hearing protection, it sounded like how I remembered .22LR rifles sounded like without hearing protection. Still loud, you should still protect your ears, but absolutely doable. It's nothing like when somebody fires a AR-15 before you could put your muffs on making you jump & swear.
This weekend, I was going plinking Sunday with some friends, so Saturday I went to the local gun store to pick up another Surefire flash hider/suppressor adapter, for my AR pistol.... Except none of my tools fit this one either, because flat surface they cut for the wrench's too narrow for any of my wrenches(including AR/Armorer's, crescent, etc.).
With the 3-prong flash hider from the earlier post, they had that adapter which slides onto the tip, but this one is "closed tine". I just stuck a larger flathead screwdriver in it from the side & spun it. 🤷♀️ God Surefire sucks.
So Saturday afternoon, I did a real quick trip to the woods. Other than the muzzle device installs everything went smooth. My full size 16" AR functioned flawlessly with the Surefire RC2(Daniel Defense DDM4V7 upper), and also this pistol with DD Mk18 upper.
I don't have lot of pics from Sunday, but I finally did shoot paper to see if there were any shift in point of impact. I shot 5 rounds with & 5 rounds without suppressor from 100 yards(don't judge, it was rushed lol):
I want to say that I shot the top right paper before putting the suppressor on & top left paper with the suppressor on. I don't really see any shift other than my crappy shooting. Maybe next time I can stabilize the rifle benchrest style & get more accurate results.
Couple of interesting notes:
- One of my buddies shot for the first time with his Aero Precision Lahar suppressor. While he was shooting a AR(5.56) I believe he said it was compatible upto .300WM? It seemed very effective with the 5.56, sounded similar to my Surefire.
- My wait time for the Surefire with new improved ATF check was just over a week. His Aero Precision took well over one year.
- We tried the Surefire on AR with Surefire comp(instead of flash hider), it seemed to be pushing more gas into the face of the shooter?
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