In another 20 years...

[Ckleeves]

Well considering in 20 years everything will be prefit compatible and you could screw a new barrel on in about 5 minutes I doubt it’s a real issue.

I’m not sure if comparing 5 minute barrel swaps to tattoo removal is a very close comparison?

 

[mtmuley]

Suppressed magnum. Best of both worlds

Nope. mtmuley

 

[Sheltowee]

Oh the irony goes deeper than that. No mention of a 6.5 CM, but I had to suppress the giggle as he walked back to his lifted white GMC that had a giant MTFU sticker in the rear window.

I shit you not.

Conversely, was at the range a while back and the benches are a little too close to one another. Tacti-cooled out Green Beret cosplay-type was shooting a braked Ruger Precision at 300 yards directly next to me. My bench was perfectly situated to get a blast directly from Hell’s maw every time he touched a round off. Wasn’t so much the loudness but the physical pressure wave hitting me like a Louisville Slugger over the head.

During one of the cold periods, I was making chitchat with Seal Team 6 Semper Fi operator dude: “What do you have there, 300 PRC?”
Guy that watched American Sniper once too many times, sneering: “6 CREEDMOOR.”
Me: [Internally:My brother in Christ, maybe golf is more up your alley if you’re braking a pop gun like that.] Oh, nice.

 

[FairWeather]

I have yet to shoot a suppressed rifle. You all make me want to, try it if just to see what all the hype is about. My wife hates shooting, but only because of the sound and recoil. Makes me wonder if slapping on a suppressor might change her attitude.

 

[brockel]

While I understand the in and outs and the why of suppressors, it's my personal choice to not use them. Maybe someday, but I am not there yet. On another site, one is almost ridiculed for shooting a magnum and not shooting any rifle that is not suppressed. Funny stuff. mtmuley

I’ve got a rum at the smith getting bobbed at 20”. Stay tuned

 

[brockel]

Who keeps a gun for 20 years!?!? Just the thought of that scares me

 

[brockel]

I have yet to shoot a suppressed rifle. You all make me want to, try it if just to see what all the hype is about. My wife hates shooting, but only because of the sound and recoil. Makes me wonder if slapping on a suppressor might change her attitude.

Coworker got his first suppressor the other day. First text I got from him after shooting it was “suppressors are f*cking awesome. Can’t believe I didn’t do this years ago”.

 

[mtmuley]

I’ve got a rum at the smith getting bobbed at 20”. Stay tuned

I know you like the short barrels. Me, not so much. Just different ways of going about it. mtmuley

 

[Sheltowee]

Coworker got his first suppressor the other day. First text I got from him after shooting it was “suppressors are f*cking awesome. Can’t believe I didn’t do this years ago”.

Once you go suppressed, it is hard to go back.

 

[mtmuley]

Once you go suppressed, it is hard to go back.

Doubt it. I've fired suppressed rifles. I'm OK with my naked barrels. mtmuley

 

[Richard22]

There are no right or wrong answers here but something that becomes a matter of choice. My point is that much like tattoos, a gun owner's opinion may change down the road.

One of the best choices I ever made was to invest in a good pair of Walker Disrupter earbuds. I had to see for myself if the technology had reached the point where noise suppression and being able to carry on a normal conversation, all while listening to audio streaming could happen at the same time. Yes, it has. And it didn't require any permanent and drastic alterations to my firearms.

 

[mtmuley]

Who keeps a gun for 20 years!?!? Just the thought of that scares me

I still hunt with a 721 my Grandfather gave me when I was born. I'm 59. mtmuley

 

[Steiny77]

I have one on a pistol and am not too impressed by it, not nearly as quiet as I had expected.
Don't want one on a rifle. Rifle suppressors are uglier than the old Polychokes they used to put on shotguns.

 

[rogerthat]

Doubt it. I've fired suppressed rifles. I'm OK with my naked barrels. mtmuley

You always were ear pro? Just curious

 

[mtmuley]

You always were ear pro? Just curious

Nope. mtmuley

 

[brockel]

Nope. mtmuley

I can’t do it anymore. I hit something with a hammer wrong and my right ear rings the the rest of the day. Left ear rings 24/7 no matter what.

 

[mtmuley]

I can’t do it anymore. I hit something with a hammer wrong and my right ear rings the the rest of the day. Left ear rings 24/7 no matter what.

I know the deal. Drunken range sessions with a .357 and years of a framing nailer got me. mtmuley

 

[Straight Arrow]

All I can say is that after decades of firearms' blasts and jet turbine engines, as well as smaller engines, without hearing protection ... right now I have these ('don't have profanity strong enough or appropriate) electronic hearing "aids" provided by the VA that still cause me to loudly exclaim "WHAT?" all day long to my poor wife!

And in most hard surfaced public venues I have no idea what a speaker is saying. Wear hearing protection!

 

[VikingsGuy]

I wouldn’t mind a “no brake” rule at the range (for any cartridge). Shoot whatever you like, but then live with the recoil and muzzle rise you chose. Don’t divert your recoil into powder blast in my face. I am a big fan of you do you until you make your problem into my problem. Basic courtesy. Nothing unmanly about being responsible for your own sh*t and expecting others to do the same.

 

[noharleyyet]

I’ve got a rum at the smith getting bobbed at 20”. Stay tuned