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Are there silencers for ultra mags?
Travis Hallam
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Does anyone make a silencer for hi powered hunting rifles? I can live with the recoil but the noise from shooting while hunting was deafening. The first time I shot my Sako Warbird, my ears went bad for about 15 minutes. It was like I was plugging them with my fingers. Worse was the fact that I got used to it.
If someone does, how do they effect accuracy and recoil?
Mad Dog
If someone does, how do they effect accuracy and recoil?
Mad Dog
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Mad Dog
Remember that a suppressor will stop most of the muzzleblast, but you'll still have the crack from the bullet going faster than the speed of sound. Many have said you can silence a high-power rifle to the volume of a .22lr.
A properly designed and fitted silencer shouldn't affect the accuracy at all. By THEORY, a suppressor should eliminate some or most of the recoil, depending its design and effeciency. Remember recoil is two-fold, you get some recoil by the force of getting the bullet started when the gun is fired, but most of it, by far, comes when the expanding gasses leave the barrel. This is why muzzlebreaks work, they redirect the gasses a different direction rather than straight out the muzzle.
May I suggest a cheaper alternative? Buy ear plugs... If that isn't enough, use ear plugs & ear muffs. I'm not tryin' to be a smart-@$$, but in my opinion silencers are the most expensive solution to the sound problem.
A user from Greenland has posted numerous times about making a suppressor (which is legal there, but not in the US). Maybe he'll drop by... Happy, ya there? [;)]
Greg
Mark T. Christian
Mad Dog
There's a lot of info on silencers and the legalities of them, search google and you'll find most anything you want to know. Just keep it legal so we don't lose any of our gun buddies! [:)]