Suppressor for 18” 6mm creed

[Radar1419]

I’m looking for a suppressor for my 6mm creedmoor with an 18 inch barrel and this will be my first suppressor so I’m a bit unsure about what to look for. Should I go for a 30 cal can, a dedicated 6.5 can or are there 6mm options. Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Judd]

I would do a 30 cal can if it's your first...then you can use it on anything up to 30. It is a bit like a sickness and it won't be your last.

My next 30 cal can...I want a Unknown Suppressor Reaper or Dead Air Nomad XCTi. Unknown is adding a relex to their Reaper and it's causing me pause at the present moment...so I'll likely go that route and wait on the reflex.

An AB Raptor 8 isn't a bad selection for someone new dipping their toes into the suppressor pool...I'm not saying that because I own one because I don't but they are darn close to a great do all can that isn't too heavy and doesn't stick out to far past the barrel.

There are a lot of great cans out there and things are changing with the usage of 3D printing it seems weekly. Airlock is getting a lot of great press recently and I have a Nano (it's a 22 centerfire can) inflight from their 1/1 release.

Good luck and welcome to the sickness haha

 

[shayes11]

A window into the sickness... I bought one of those 30 cal Blem Reapers, havent received it yet, and then got in on the OGs-6 group buy because I already want one for each rifle.

 

[Huntnpack 2]

I’m looking for a suppressor for my 6mm creedmoor with an 18 inch barrel and this will be my first suppressor so I’m a bit unsure about what to look for. Should I go for a 30 cal can, a dedicated 6.5 can or are there 6mm options. Any insight would be appreciated.

@Radar1419 I would recommend you contact
@Cory_Shoot2Hunt for information & recommendations.

 

[whoop]

i think the og6-s is still going for a rokslide group buy.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Don’t agonize over it. Nearly everyone I know approaches getting his first can like a “good girl” deciding to give up the V-card. That includes me.

As long as you don’t buy a Scythe Ti, or anything else made by that company, it’s hard to go wrong.

Get a Reaper, AB Raptor 8, Nomad Ti XC, TBAC UL 7, etc. if you want a good all-around can.

Get an OG 6.5 or 6S or an Airlock 6.5 if you want a more specialized hunting can.

Get an AB A-10 if you want a good budget can.

 

[WyldGoose]

If you don’t own a .30 cal rifle or plan to shoot one suppressed, don’t bother buying a .30 cal suppressor. Just get a 6mm can.

 

[Sabot]

I’m a fan of the scythe ST. You can configure it in 2 lengths, not too heavy either.

 

[Cory_Shoot2Hunt]

I’m looking for a suppressor for my 6mm creedmoor with an 18 inch barrel and this will be my first suppressor so I’m a bit unsure about what to look for. Should I go for a 30 cal can, a dedicated 6.5 can or are there 6mm options. Any insight would be appreciated.

Shoot me a message and I can give you my opinion and can even shoot you my number if that helps. I’m sure we have a can that fits your needs perfectly and if not I can give you an honest different suggestion. At the end of the day I like to see people 100% happy for their exact usage.

 

[Styger]

I think for a first can if you own multiple guns is a 30 cal. The CMMG cans look to be a good price as well as the OC and Stacy's.

 

[glock233]

The era of utility do-all cans is over. It was a function of tax stamps. Get a good 6.5 can, which will work on a ton of things but do better with 6mm than any 30 cal can.

Airlock 6.5. OG 6.5. My current faves.

 

[Styger]

If only the Airlock cans were available. I want one or two actually.

 

[TxLite]

As long as you don’t buy a Scythe Ti, or anything else made by that company, it’s hard to go wrong

Get a Reaper, AB Raptor 8, Nomad Ti XC, TBAC UL 7, etc. if you want a good all-around can.

How quickly people have forgotten the Sierra 5 debacle and how Dead Air literally went radio silent on fixing people’s blown up suppressors. There were folks waiting over a year to get their can replaced and waiting months to get any sort of response from DA. SilencerCo has been fixing and returning cans within a week or two.

I’ve got 3 SilencerCo cans - including a scythe - that are all regularly shot on sbr’s and 18” 7prc/6cm/22-250, etc, and none have had a failure with thousands of rounds across them. Obviously there’s a portion of the Scythes that have blown up, and in no way am I saying they can’t or won’t, but to write off the entire company’s product line is so dramatic.

 

[Gtscotty]

I still think a .30 Cal can is a good place to start for a general purpose bolt gun can, that's where the largest variety of options are, and they work quite satisfactorily on sub-calibers. Understand you're specifically buying for a 6mm, but if you have rifles in any other sub-.30 cals that you have an inkling that you *might* want to shoot suppressed, I'd go ahead and cover those with a .30 cal, because once you start shooting with cans, you're going to want to get everything threaded.

There's a reason .30 cal cans are so popular, and it's not just that everyone is ignorant of sub-caliber cans. I think I ran various .30 cal cans on pretty much everything from .223 to .30 cal chamberings for a solid decade before getting smaller caliber cans, it works fine for almost all uses, and you can always buy the narrower use case stuff later after your already able to suppress everything.

Anyway, I'd agree with Q_Sertorius's list and there are other good ones too. My latest is an Echo Zulu Altitude .30, and so far it sounds quite good to me on .223, 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm and .30. My Nomad Ti has long been my go to hunting can, either way you go I'd recommend Ti for minimum weight and hub compatible for maximum flexibility and future mounting options you might one day be interested in.

 

[justin davis]

Thunderbeast Magnus or Ultra 9 6.5

 

[wind gypsy]

Don’t agonize over it. Nearly everyone I know approaches getting his first can like a “good girl” deciding to give up the V-card.

That's a great and funny analogy.

 

[wind gypsy]

I'd look at SAW Orev or that echo zulu altitude but there's lots of good options. OG 6.5 if you're concerned about length, US reaper, nomad XC, Raptor 8, LPM mach s, and a bunch of others would all serve you well.

 

[Willie IV]

I'm kind of in the same boat as the OP. Don't own a can but very interested in the Airlock ZG's. I have a 7PRC and a 6CM. I don't see myself going larger than the 7PRC so I think I'll start out with the ZG 7mm and use it on both. Eventually seeing what Air Lock brings to market for the 6mm.