suppresors will they suppress high velocity

[ruger1800]

Does a suppressor work with full power .223 or .308 loads.

 

[buford t justice]

NO

 

[matthewdanger]

Yes and no. The sound will be much quieter from the shooter's perspective but there will still be a super-sonic "crack" downrange as the bullet passes.

 

[ruger1800]

how much quieter from the shooters position, could you compare to a 22lr or 9mm handgun?

 

[buford t justice]

not enough to matter, it is still going to be a loud boom and a crack,anyone within 500 yds will recognisze it as a gun shot

 

[ruger1800]

do suppressors hide muzzle flash at night better than a regular flash hider

 

[turnandshoot4]

They should.

 

[Benjamin]

Suppressors do a much better job hiding flash at night than a regular flash hider. But the AR platform Vortex flash hiders do a very good job hiding flash as well.

 

[shooter521]

not enough to matter, it is still going to be a loud boom and a crack,anyone within 500 yds will recognisze it as a gun shot

I highly doubt anyone at 500 yards could even HEAR this, much less recognize it as a gunshot and/or pinpoint which direction it came from. I was about 25 feet away, upwind, and it sounded about like a pneumatic nailer.

Full-power 5.56 through a Gemtech HALO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TF6bbbuMc&feature=player_embedded

Nobody I know who shoots a suppressed .308 or 5.56 bothers with subsonic ammo. Suppressors do a fine job of keeping the noise level hearing-safe, IME.

 

[Aszerigan]

Subsonic ammo IS fun though. And it's super quiet. Kind of a novelty.

 

[esrice]

Yes it will suppress. Now it won't be as quite as subsonic rounds due to the sonic crack, but its still much quieter than being unsuppressed.

 

[ssgjason]

I totally disagree.

not enough to matter, it is still going to be a loud boom and a crack,anyone within 500 yds will recognisze it as a gun shot