jordanmills
TGT Addict
This will probably be close to getting me a "that only works in the movies", but maybe I can get closer.
So I have an AR-15 in 300 AAC that shoots fine, especially with supersonic loads, but is still very loud with subsonic loads. It's not suppressed (yet), I haven't paid the tax (yet). I figured that's just how it had to be with the extra gas and all.
Then on a whim, I got some subsonic 22 shorts, and they are quieter than my pellet rifle. Granted I am shooting them out of a lever action 22, so there are fewer things for it to do.
Can I get something similar with that AR-15, without a suppressor? Or even just less of a big boom? I'm seeing some stuff around about using 5 gr charges with 85-100 gr bullets and that coming out very quiet even unsuppressed. Does that sound reasonable?
Of course I don't expect an AR-15 to cycle with so little gas feeding it, so that is not a concern.
So I have an AR-15 in 300 AAC that shoots fine, especially with supersonic loads, but is still very loud with subsonic loads. It's not suppressed (yet), I haven't paid the tax (yet). I figured that's just how it had to be with the extra gas and all.
Then on a whim, I got some subsonic 22 shorts, and they are quieter than my pellet rifle. Granted I am shooting them out of a lever action 22, so there are fewer things for it to do.
Can I get something similar with that AR-15, without a suppressor? Or even just less of a big boom? I'm seeing some stuff around about using 5 gr charges with 85-100 gr bullets and that coming out very quiet even unsuppressed. Does that sound reasonable?
Of course I don't expect an AR-15 to cycle with so little gas feeding it, so that is not a concern.