Who Hunts Using Suppressed Guns?

[nm.otter]

Is your barrel shortened? I had the barrel on my 6.5cm cut down by roughly the length of the suppressor and outside of a bit of extra muzzle weight I think it should handle pretty similarly to before

Depending on the rifle, it could actually handle better -- and shoot better.

What kind of issues?

Possible side effect of shooting better. Muzzle weight reduces rise and may damp resonances.

I’m glad I didn’t suppress the rock and roll music of the 80s.

I worked in it -- and wore earplugs. One of the best decisions I made in my early twenties.

 

[SBR Sarge]

I can’t remember the last time I hunted without a suppressor.

300 Blk, 5.56/223, 6mm ARC, 350 Legend. Most all have been in SBR form. The SBR evens out the can’s length for easy handling.

 

[TradLife406]

Pretty sure everyone here that's in the states is hunting suppressed at this point.

 

[Walker6]

Hearing loss isn’t what I thought it would be. The volume is still there, but the details are lost. I have one daughter whose voice is in such a range that all I hear is vowel sounds. Other family members have deeper voices and they still sound ok. Add some background noise and things get worse. Plus the constant ringing. Sometimes on two different frequencies.

I blame several things.

Mine was the first generation to grow up with portable headphones. We were warned, but what did adults know? Then there were the loud car stereos, loud concerts, prolonged exposure to machinery, and the shooting. I got my first pistol on my 21st birthday. My buddies and I would go shoot it in a field without hearing protection and then laugh about how it made our ears ring.

My advice is to do everything you can RIGHT NOW with regard to protecting your hearing. Foam ear plugs at concerts, earpro when using a circular saw, etc., and without a doubt put a can on every rifle you shoot. I wish I had fully committed to suppressors just a year sooner.

Once you lose it, it ain’t coming back.

He who has ears, let him hear…

 

[3one5]

The only firearms that I own that aren't suppressed are shotguns and those might get suppressed too. The added length and weight are easily justified in my mind.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Pretty sure everyone here that's in the states is hunting suppressed at this point.

Except the states where they're illegal to own / hunt with. And there are plenty of people that aren't interested, think they're too expensive, think the process is still too complicated, don't want to give the ATF their fingerprints, don't want to thread a barrel, buy a new rifle with a threaded barrel, think muzzle brakes are better, etc.

I'd guess that suppressed hunters are still in the minority overall.

 

[FOS373]

Except the states where they're illegal to own / hunt with. And there are plenty of people that aren't interested, think they're too expensive, think the process is still too complicated, don't want to give the ATF their fingerprints, don't want to thread a barrel, buy a new rifle with a threaded barrel, think muzzle brakes are better, etc.

I'd guess that suppressed hunters are still in the minority overall.

I think this statement is very true. I was at our private shooting club yesterday, and it was busy for a Tuesday with ~ 6 other people; I was the only one shooting suppressed. Although I've been asked by numerous friends how the suppressor process works, only two (and they are father / son) have moved forward with it.

 

[Flat Range]

Save your hearing now, buy a suppressor or 2.

"Save your hearing, shoot suppressed"

I'd buy that shirt!

 

[North of 60]

Hearing loss isn’t what I thought it would be. The volume is still there, but the details are lost. I have one daughter whose voice is in such a range that all I hear is vowel sounds. Other family members have deeper voices and they still sound ok. Add some background noise and things get worse. Plus the constant ringing. Sometimes on two different frequencies.

I blame several things.

Mine was the first generation to grow up with portable headphones. We were warned, but what did adults know? Then there were the loud car stereos, loud concerts, prolonged exposure to machinery, and the shooting. I got my first pistol on my 21st birthday. My buddies and I would go shoot it in a field without hearing protection and then laugh about how it made our ears ring.

My advice is to do everything you can RIGHT NOW with regard to protecting your hearing. Foam ear plugs at concerts, earpro when using a circular saw, etc., and without a doubt put a can on every rifle you shoot. I wish I had fully committed to suppressors just a year sooner.

Once you lose it, it ain’t coming back.

He who has ears, let him hear…

1000% on ear pro in ANY loud environment. And double up for electric saws and chain saws.