Fake Can/Suppressor - Illegal?
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thats fine, i am in the process of becoming one.
so would a shop be fine with putting one on? take my gun and my fuppressor to them and tell them to thread it on my gun. they would be cool with that?
Find out the thread of your faux suppresor, and have the bbl threaded to match. Same as for a brake, no problems. - dan
ok cool! anyone know of any decent mock suppressors i could find? and are threads generally interchangable to accept a suppressor or a brake? because i kind of want both. swap it out every once in a while.
Seriously...why would you want to put more weight on the barrel, potentially change your point of impact...not to mention all the problems that go with it. It is like spending the money to put mag tires and a flame paint job on a Yugo. Spend the money on ammo and go shooting...or upgrade the scope. All that effort for a non functional suppressor...just for the looks? To each his own but if precision rifle is your interest, you need to put your money aside for ammo, scopes, stocks, components and all those expensive precision toys.
interesting, im not too concerned about the sound level anyways. just thought it would be a cool upgrade to my rifle.
i dont mind 'adding weight' (what 10 ounces?) because i am mainly prone or benched, point of impact isnt too large of concer since i just switched loads, dont want to change my scope, have lots of ammo, "all that effort"? there isnt much involved, having threads put on and the suppressor itself are quite inexpensive. i enjoy precision shooting (or i should say long distance shooting) but like to have little cool upgrades that go along my rifle.
would look neat but that would leave me not camouflaged, and im not going to go get a ghillie suit for target shooting..
More weight is a steadier rifle, although the barrel isn't the best place to put it. Perhaps they're shooting iron sights and want their front sight a little farther without getting a longer barrel? (Olympic shooters have barrel shrouds for that reason)
/devilsadvocate
Actually, if you leave significant length on your "fake can" it will act quite nicely as a noise abatement device... not reducing the overall sound level, mind you, but rather directing the blast and flash downrange. Much like the SPEX brake that ATRS puts out (which, by the way, is awesome now that I've had a chance to use mine extensively).
It basically just becomes a "cup" style flash suppressor that may not actually suppress the flash but will direct a fair bit of noise downrange. And it'll have WAY more much metal in it than it actually needs, but that's the look you want so it's your choice to pay the weight penalty.
It doesn't seem like a terrible idea to me, really. Whatever floats your boat!
-M
It basically just becomes a "cup" style flash suppressor that may not actually suppress the flash but will direct a fair bit of noise downrange. And it'll have WAY more much metal in it than it actually needs, but that's the look you want so it's your choice to pay the weight penalty.
It doesn't seem like a terrible idea to me, really. Whatever floats your boat!
-M
Actually, if you leave significant length on your "fake can" it will act quite nicely as a noise abatement device... not reducing the overall sound level, mind you, but rather directing the blast and flash downrange. Much like the SPEX brake that ATRS puts out (which, by the way, is awesome now that I've had a chance to use mine extensively).
It basically just becomes a "cup" style flash suppressor that may not actually suppress the flash but will direct a fair bit of noise downrange. And it'll have WAY more much metal in it than it actually needs, but that's the look you want so it's your choice to pay the weight penalty.
It doesn't seem like a terrible idea to me, really. Whatever floats your boat!
-M
looks interesting but not exactly the look im going for.
Reading comprehension fail...
I'm saying that putting the fake can on the end of the barrel makes it a "poorly designed" flash suppressor.
I'm talking about using the actual device you planned on using, but then making a functional analogy since your 'fake can's' inner channel will direct noise and blast downrange.
-M
More weight is a steadier rifle, although the barrel isn't the best place to put it. Perhaps they're shooting iron sights and want their front sight a little farther without getting a longer barrel? (Olympic shooters have barrel shrouds for that reason)
/devilsadvocate
its called a bloop tube, i just learned that a few months ago
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Barrel shroud??? Thats the thing that goes up! Right??
Great, you made me spit my beer all over the monitor.
I agree. I prefer function over form. Yes it's nice to have a tacticool looking rifle but really, if there is no function why bother? Do what pleases you but there may be better ways to spend your money. It's not really an upgrade. More of a decoration.
