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Hey guys, figured I can contribute to the can discussion with some of my cans
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I use a Turbo K on my home defense AR pistol. Works pretty well, especially given how loud 223 is out of a 7" barrel indoors.
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On my try-hard 10/22 I'm using a Q Erector. With subsonic the receiver is louder than the shot. Would recommend
 
SHIGGSHOGG said:
Generally moving parts are avoided, save for boosters on pistol cans. In the US we're really into expensive cans that's can take insane abuse, often lasting longer than the gun during meltdown. This is changing because of our faster Form4 turnaround times, but if you're waiting 6 months+ for a can you don't want some plastic piece of shit.
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The electronic side is just there to power it - rather than wholly contain the expanding gas, widen the interface in all directions by pushing the air away, like a suppressor and a compensator.

My maths say it's easily possible, and if the motor can start up fast enough to be at max speed by the time you've finished pulling the trigger, you can get a "burst of air" that increases the surface area of the interface between the hot gases, and the atmosphere, reducing the pop. It would soften the noise - but I'm not sure how significantly.

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One of these, spinning, connected to a little perpendicular motor. Obviously, with a hole in the middle for the bullets to come out. Nothing especially fancy, but not something I've ever heard of being used.
 
A "tunnel of tires" is a pretty common sight on shooting ranges.
Shooting though them is like a way oversized suppressor that is pretty much stationary.
 
DocAwe said:
A "tunnel of tires" is a pretty common sight on shooting ranges.
Shooting though them is like a way oversized suppressor that is pretty much stationary.
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Yeah, same kind of idea - the fan is there to make an "invisible tunnel of tires" by speeding up the surrounding air in the same direction as the expanding gases - while also acting as a barrier for the expanding gases.

So instead of the noise of ~1g of extremely hot gas suddenly hitting cold gas, it's more like a warmy-warmy contact. Forced convection is pretty cool, too, gases cool a lot quicker if you use a power-source to mix them. Supercritical gases heat shit up really quickly but they also cool down really quickly.

Look at how much a titanium sponge costs and then think, eh, is it worth a shot for a battery-powered one?
 
BohrokSwarms said:
I do not apologize for the repetitive question I am about to ask.

How do I decide which firearm is right for me when there are so damn many and they are so god damn expensive? I have experience with the M4A1 but own none. I feel I need to be prepared.
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Lots of ranges have rentals these days.
Go spend a day and about $100 trying out some.
As far as a checklist in a handgun look at the glock19s (I'm not necessarily recommending that particular pistol) feature set and go from there.
An M4 clone is really hard to beat far as a rifle goes.
 
SHIGGSHOGG said:
The ATF is notorious for taking it up the ass, and it definitely shows by the faggy shit they say. Basically anything that reduces your muzzle report by even 1dB is considered a silencer, so holding a soda bottle stuffed with wet newspaper to your muzzle is considered a silencer. I'm sure you'd get pretty well shafted if you made a habit of stuffing a pillow on the end of your gun if you shot where ATFags frequent.
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I have no idea how it can possibly be the case that it can be harder to get a suppressor in the home of the 2nd amendment than it is here in the UK. The current plan is for them to become completely over the counter, to the great relief of shooters, dealers, and the people who administer the loicense system.
 
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I don't think I'd have the heart though to tear up a M1.
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it was a fairly clapped out Greek M1 parts kit cheap off the DCM catalog years ago. barrel was trash, a lot of the furniture was "okay" and the receiver and most small parts barring some pins or springs were also in good condition. some refinish and NOS and a new criterion barrel and it's an excellent tanker black tail or big horn sheep killer for those 200+ meter hilly/mountainous shots up around Shasta and the Cascades where i typically use it. i also keep a .300 RUM build on a 700 action if i anticipate moose or something.
Geoff Capes Vapes Apes said:
I have no idea how it can possibly be the case that it can be harder to get a suppressor in the home of the 2nd amendment than it is here in the UK. The current plan is for them to become completely over the counter, to the great relief of shooters, dealers, and the people who administer the loicense system.
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it was included in the 1934 national firearms act in the US due to (in part) efforts to curb organized crime through tax evasion laws which primarily was held to target machineguns and handguns before morphing into other things. "silencers" or suppressors were included not because they were used frequently by criminals at the time, but because of their potential use in crimes. after that, it was very very hard to remove them from the NFA (as it is almost always very difficult to repeal established law) over the years. the entertainment industry does not help this view in the public with their "pew pew silencer go brr" type action scenes in the hands of assassins, et c.
 
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Geoff Capes Vapes Apes said:
I have no idea how it can possibly be the case that it can be harder to get a suppressor in the home of the 2nd amendment than it is here in the UK. The current plan is for them to become completely over the counter, to the great relief of shooters, dealers, and the people who administer the loicense system.
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Well I do know, the gubment has been straight up fucking retarded for the past 100 years, and continue to be a downes syndrome nigger tyrant. They also like tax money and databases of people to murder or jail the first chance they get.

In Canada you can have SBSs and SBRs but no suppressors, whereas we can get all 3, but they require wait times, $200 wasted, and a lot of fucking effort when it comes to storage and transportation.
Def jelly of whatever shit the arabs can get, but I also have doubts they can get much of the Gucci stuff us Americans can get. I'd rather have a 2K AR than some rickety old WW2 gun unless I could sell it and buy more ARs. You're fucked either way, but more so you being a pajeet harboring bong
 
BohrokSwarms said:
I do not apologize for the repetitive question I am about to ask.

How do I decide which firearm is right for me when there are so damn many and they are so god damn expensive? I have experience with the M4A1 but own none. I feel I need to be prepared.
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Let's start with "What are you going to be shooting at and how far away might your targets be?"
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it was a fairly clapped out Greek M1 parts kit cheap off the DCM catalog years ago. barrel was trash, a lot of the furniture was "okay" and the receiver and most small parts barring some pins or springs were also in good condition. some refinish and NOS and a new criterion barrel and it's an excellent tanker black tail or big horn sheep killer for those 200+ meter hilly/mountainous shots up around Shasta and the Cascades where i typically use it. i also keep a .300 RUM build on a 700 action if i anticipate moose or something.

it was included in the 1934 national firearms act in the US due to (in part) efforts to curb organized crime through tax evasion laws which primarily was held to target machineguns and handguns before morphing into other things. "silencers" or suppressors were included not because they were used frequently by criminals at the time, but because of their potential use in crimes. after that, it was very very hard to remove them from the NFA (as it is almost always very difficult to repeal established law) over the years. the entertainment industry does not help this view in the public with their "pew pew silencer go brr" type action scenes in the hands of assassins, et c.
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On that M1, have you harvested game with it? Do you load your own rounds for it?
 
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On that M1, have you harvested game with it? Do you load your own rounds for it?
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yes to both. commercial .35 Whelen requires an adjustable gas plug to avoid op rod bending, but otherwise it's just the barrel and in my case, a small extension to the feed ramp of the barrel for my 200gr TTSX pills on top of 53gr of IMR 4895 gets about 2900 out of the 24" barrel. Varget would be a good swap out, but i've found that 4895 works with more loads in other rifles i have (semi and bolt) so i stick with it.

i use modified 5 round en bloc clips from here: https://www.buffaloarms.com/5-round-m1-garand-en-bloc-clip-scmgarand5.html. bought 4 and that's plenty for my purposes.
 
You know how on HK p7 the piston is on the slide?

Well it gets really filthy. One my dad has might be getting cerakoate as it's his carry.

Thoughts on doing that too? Place does the work said they will do it free with slide and they did stuff before for us and came out great.
 
Dean Pentel said:
Let's start with "What are you going to be shooting at and how far away might your targets be?"

On that M1, have you harvested game with it? Do you load your own rounds for it?
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I know what kind of firearm I want. I want a rifle/carbine. The issue is which rifle is best. There are AK clones, M4 clones, SCAR clones, all in various calibers and ranging in price from 500 to 6,000 dollars. What is a man to do?
 
Bassomatic said:
You know how on HK p7 the piston is on the slide?

Well it gets really filthy. One my dad has might be getting cerakoate as it's his carry.

Thoughts on doing that too? Place does the work said they will do it free with slide and they did stuff before for us and came out great.
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it should be okay, it's not a closely fitted part but will affect ammunition selection slightly (higher slide velocity at the extreme end of things if the coating is uneven or something.
BohrokSwarms said:
I know what kind of firearm I want. I want a rifle/carbine. The issue is which rifle is best. There are AK clones, M4 clones, SCAR clones, all in various calibers and ranging in price from 500 to 6,000 dollars. What is a man to do?
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do you have a list of what's important to you, and if not have you rented/tried a number of rifles to figure that out? there's also the logistical aspects of practice, training, supplies/consumables, and depending on your exact situation, legal requirements or restrictions. do you have to work within an existing supply chain or have to be compatible with others on some level of ammunition, magazines, accessories, et c? practical aspects of cost are part of logistics but also work into training and aftermarket support - a rifle that has boutique ammunition you don't want to shoot is an expensive paperweight you have little practical experience with.

on top of that there are purely personal preferences like handed, the general way you carry yourself, your personal needs for the rifle - does it have to be extremely compact or portable, do you need long range performance more than the typical engagement range of a rifle (about 300-600 meters) and so forth.

there is no "best". there is "best for you and the situation you find yourself in".
 
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BohrokSwarms said:
I know what kind of firearm I want. I want a rifle/carbine. The issue is which rifle is best. There are AK clones, M4 clones, SCAR clones, all in various calibers and ranging in price from 500 to 6,000 dollars. What is a man to do?
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First step would probably be pick a caliber. 5.56 is a great general round, and is a lot more comfy to shoot than something like 7.62. It's also relatively cheap compared to a lot of other rounds. Once you get your caliber decided, the pool of possible guns is smaller, so you can start moving onto use case - will you be shooting long range or short? Long barrel length is good for range, short barrel length is great for weight savings and maneuverability. Short barrel is louder though, so it's really a game of tradeoffs and what you need and what you can do without.
 
Here we see a Russian with some type of early-warning receiver, downing FPV drones with a shotgun.

This is the first time I've seen one actually being used, but supposedly they've been issued on both sides for a while now.
 
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