Looking for opinions/ information on suppressors that wont cost me a arm and a leg . Looking to run a 30 cal.
Hearing protection.
Agreed on all counts.Well you should still be wearing hearing protection even with a suppressor. It probably won't be a big deal shoot suppressed without hearing protection for a time or two, like hunting or home defense, but I believe it still will damage the ears if you do it a lot. Except for suppressed subsonic .22, which is like a pellet gun.
I think smaller cans are good for this application when you are wearing ears anyway but still want to protect hearing. My AR or bolt action unsupressed is still damm loud even with ear pro because of the roof at my range. It's not nearly as bad in an open field though. A 5" suppressor makes it fine everywhere for me as the shooter with ear protection. It will still be loud to other people nearby.
Let's figure a 5.56 is like 167 decibels. Common ear pro is only 23 decibel reduction. That's still pretty damn loud to me. A small suppressor will reduce it ANOTHER 20-30 decibels.
These might for your wish list:
YHM Turbo K, Rugged Micro30, silencerco Harvester (not rated for rapid fire...only good for shooting slow and letting it cool)
Well you should still be wearing hearing protection even with a suppressor. It probably won't be a big deal shoot suppressed without hearing protection for a time or two, like hunting or home defense, but I believe it still will damage the ears if you do it a lot. Except for suppressed subsonic .22, which is like a pellet gun.
I think smaller cans are good for this application when you are wearing ears anyway but still want to protect hearing. My AR or bolt action unsupressed is still damm loud even with ear pro because of the roof at my range. It's not nearly as bad in an open field though. A 5" suppressor makes it fine everywhere for me as the shooter with ear protection. It will still be loud to other people nearby.
Let's figure a 5.56 is like 167 decibels. Common ear pro is only 23 decibel reduction. That's still pretty damn loud to me. A small suppressor will reduce it ANOTHER 20-30 decibels.
These might for your wish list:
YHM Turbo K, Rugged Micro30, silencerco Harvester (not rated for rapid fire...only good for shooting slow and letting it cool)
What in the hell is going on here???Oh and yes I will be wearing rear protection, I'm trying not to scare the neighbors horses.
What in the hell is going on here???
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The US does not have standards for impact noise (short duration noises), but Canada does.
They allow up to 100 impact events per day, not to exceed 140 dBA.
So, my .308 with ThunderBeast CB9 is about 133 dBA. So, I am probably OK with up to 100 rounds per day without additional hearing protection.
Oh and yes I will be wearing rear protection, I'm trying not to scare the neighbors horses.
It's all relative. If you shoot from some kind of redout, you'll want to wear hearing pro because of the confined space, especially shooting supersonic ammo.In that case, maybe you DO want to consider more quiet. A 5" K can will be plenty fine to the shooter with ear protection, but is still pretty damn loud to everyone else. Still, supersonic ammo is hard to get quiet anyway.