Do you regret getting your suppressor?

[Woitey]

The only thing I regret so far is the damn thing not being here yet , 7 months and counting.

Therein lies the rub. Should be an OTC purchase. At best a wanted check, but it shouldn't even require that, as it's useless without a firearm.

 

[Lawnboi]

Waiting now isn’t so bad. If they make them legal, you will be waiting years for manufacturers to catch up.

 

[grappling_hook]

I just got my first suppressor yesterday. I was super excited to start getting to know it, including learning about what kind of suppression I would get as well as how it might affect accuracy and also what kind of point of impact shift I might get. So I shot with my 6.5 creedmoor in a 10-shot group without the suppressor just to re-establish a zero and a precision baseline, then put on the suppressor and shot a 10-shot group. To my surprise, the 10-shot group with the suppressor is actually the tightest group I've ever shot with this rifle-- just under .7" suppressed. No regrets so far!! Plus the sound reduction is fantastic outside of the covered shed.

"Before pic"-- Ten shots unsuppressed right before trying the suppressor:


"After pic"-- first ten shots fired from this suppressor fired over about one minute:


Obviously not everyone can count on this happening, but wow. FYI this is a Tikka T3x Lite that I had cut from 24" to 20", direct thread with a CGS Hyperion K. I was surprised by the POA shift (2 MOA low, 1.25 MOA right), but for the accuracy, I'll take it.