Suppressors, maintenance.

[devon deer]

We know them as sound moderators in the UK, they have been around a long time, I have owned them, but for my own reasons I don't anymore, well except on my .22
Just a little advice, this is based not on personal experience as I always maintained them equally as well as I did my rifle, but based on some expensive painful experiences of hunters in the UK.
Take a read on this link, it will explain it better than I, http://www.ivythornsporting.co.uk/content/18-sound-moderators#top_care_tips
I only write this as I have noticed a relaxation of the rules in some parts of the US and their increasing popularity.
Hopefully it will save you some headaches.
Cheers
Richard

 

[cowboy]

Good explanation and info, this makes perfect sense.

Is there much use of muzzle brakes in the UK? Muzzle brakes are becoming more and more popular here in the western states. I'd like to see a similar knowledgeable maintenance article on brakes.

 

[turbobrick]

Interesting. I’ve owned suppressors for 12 years or so, and I’ve never seen anything remotely close to this, and I leave them attached 100% of the time. I could see this if you were shooting corrosive ammo, but at least in the US that stuff is uncommon in general and even less uncommon to suppress. Also, the cans in the US are typically overbuilt in structure and materials since we expect them to be long term investments due to the cost and time required to acquire them. Many European suppressors are actually built to be disposable like the ones from Glock, since the regulations are much more relaxed in some areas.

 

[devon deer]

Good explanation and info, this makes perfect sense.

Is there much use of muzzle brakes in the UK? Muzzle brakes are becoming more and more popular here in the western states. I'd like to see a similar knowledgeable maintenance article on brakes.

I have no idea in relation to muzzle breaks, but sound moderators are very popular, people look at me strangely now I don't have a can attached on the end of my rifle, not that I can at the moment as I sold my screwcut rifle a few weeks ago and my .243 has not been threaded.
My next rifle won't have a screw cut barrel either.
Cheers
Richard

 

[devon deer]

Interesting. I’ve owned suppressors for 12 years or so, and I’ve never seen anything remotely close to this, and I leave them attached 100% of the time. I could see this if you were shooting corrosive ammo, but at least in the US that stuff is uncommon in general and even less uncommon to suppress. Also, the cans in the US are typically overbuilt in structure and materials since we expect them to be long term investments due to the cost and time required to acquire them. Many European suppressors are actually built to be disposable like the ones from Glock, since the regulations are much more relaxed in some areas.

You might have a point there, the prices have come down a lot over recent years, maybe quality has as well.
But when I had my Browning I always left the Wildcat T8 moderator attached, it wasn't until it was mentioned to me by a friend that the potential issue of damage came up, if you Google it there have been people with the issue of damage to the crown.
Cheers
Richard