First suppressor input

[Jermh]

Decided to drink the kool aid and have a stainless 20” Tikka 223 and an SWFA 3-9 on the way. This rifle will be used for training as well as hunting. I’ll be ordering a suppressor shortly that will live most of its life dedicated on this rifle. This will be my first suppressor. I’m looking at the AB-A10. What am I leaving on the table by not going with some double the price? Anyone bought one and wished they’d just spent the money from the get go and went with something a little lighter/nicer? Really would rather not drop $1k on a can just for a 223 but if I would be that much better off in the long run I could probably stomach it. Opinions?

 

[Q_Sertorius]

The A-10 is a great can. Just heavier than its more expensive titanium counterparts. This spreadsheet might help you make some comparisons.

Q's Suppressor Comparisons

docs.google.com

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Decided to drink the kool aid and have a stainless 20” Tikka 223 and an SWFA 3-9 on the way. This rifle will be used for training as well as hunting. I’ll be ordering a suppressor shortly that will live most of its life dedicated on this rifle. This will be my first suppressor. I’m looking at the AB-A10. What am I leaving on the table by not going with some double the price? Anyone bought one and wished they’d just spent the money from the get go and went with something a little lighter/nicer? Really would rather not drop $1k on a can just for a 223 but if I would be that much better off in the long run I could probably stomach it. Opinions?

Do yourself a favor, do a bunch of research and spend the money to get exactly what you want the first time. I own a few silencers that I dislike for a variety of reasons (banish 30, scythe) and I’m just stuck with them unless I want to give a friend a cheap deal and transfer to them.

I wish I’d researched more because I would either have 2 more silencers that I like or 2500 dollars still in the bank. While any silencer is better than no silencer, I bet you’ll buy that budget option and almost instantly wish you’d spent a bit more for the lighter version or a different silencer entirely.

Out of the 5 centerfire silencers I have, I strongly dislike 2 of them. It sucks. Avoid that if at all possible. Maybe you’re not as OCD as some of us, my dad had a dead air nomad (not ti), he wanted another silencer so he just bought another one of those and didn’t even look around to see what else was available. That works for him but not me.

 

[Ajsomp]

AB is a good company so you can get one and it’s going to do what you need - probably not the “bests”

Figure out what you really require in a suppressor before you sink the money in. If it’s only ever going to be a training can you don’t need to have it be the lightest or quietest.

But if you intend to carry it in the field, there’s a huge difference in weight between a short lightweight titanium suppressor like the air lock vs a heavy inconel suppressor