Suppresser recommendations for AR-15/ 5.56

[ReservoirDawg10]

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Why? Serious question.

 

[mountainarmory]

Dead Air is dead to me now due to past issues and then spotty CS after an issue. Subsequently, so is KGM.

YHM makes decent stuff. But heavy. Don't feel like they do anything particularly well either.

Yeah, yhm caught a bunch of crap when they changed their warranty when people were running dead air mounts on yhm cans lol!

I think the YHM stuff is pretty light. Especially if you ditch the phantom adapter and throw a kurz on.

 

[mountainarmory]

aem5 and ocm5 are definitely the quietest

I have no scientific data to back this claim up.... BUT
Shooting a DD MK12 with an OCM5 and shooting another 18" rifle length gas, very similarly setup rifle with a Rex MGX with 8 baffles is extremely hard to tell any difference.

Those are the two quietest 556 rifles I've fired. OCM5 is an excellent can.

 

[BigMike]

I'm a dead air guy. They've caught a lot of flack recently but my favorite can is still the sandman S.

 

[stainlineho]

I'm a dead air guy. They've caught a lot of flack recently but my favorite can is still the sandman S.

Sandman-S is a good can. I like my mil version, no issues firing .308 or 6.5cm out of it. Not the quietest or lightest but it sounds good to me.

 

[stainlineho]

AEM5 on Tikka bolt gun - sounds much quieter in an open space not surrounded by trees. Also a tin roof is above me in this video.

 

[Twitch2120]

Considering you will be running a gas gun, I would focus more on back pressure than the quietest option. Gas in your face kinda sucks. DMLS cans can probably give you the best balance. Huxwurx or CGS would get my vote.

 

[Hayata]

From the outside looking in - is there no standard to measuring a can's performance?

Kinda like 0-60 times from a car magazine. It is what it is.

Ya gotta appreciate everyone's opinion and experience - where's the data to back it up?

 

[BigMike]

From the outside looking in - is there no standard to measuring a can's performance?

Kinda like 0-60 times from a car magazine. It is what it is.

Ya gotta appreciate everyone's opinion and experience - where's the data to back it up?

Weight, mount, restrictions, sound reduction to a point and back pressure increase, to a point.

 

[Twitch2120]

From the outside looking in - is there no standard to measuring a can's performance?

Kinda like 0-60 times from a car magazine. It is what it is.

Ya gotta appreciate everyone's opinion and experience - where's the data to back it up?

Pew science is trying. Measures sound data in milliseconds and uses said data to extrapolate relative back pressure.

Otherwise its the age old convention that to quiet a rifle you have to slow and hold the gas coming out the end of the barrel. Cans that do this the best are usually quietest BUT holding that gas in means it's holding inside the barrel and gas system as well. Which means you're gonna have more gas in your face. To alleviate, some manufacturers have turned to stepped apertures in their stacks and monocores. This allows gas to escape faster BUT thats gas that makes noise out the business end. Louder can with less back pressure.

The new hotness is DMLS (direct metal laser sintering) or in layman's terms, 3D printed. These designs aren't subject to a lathe or mill and those limitations. Huxwurx and CGS have been doing this the longest. A can like the Hyperion meters as well as the nomad L or magnus but has better flow characteristics. Still restrictive but better.

At the end of the day you get sound reduction or backpressure, no free lunch.

After you decide how much you hate yourself and your friends, pick a use case. A hunting can that suppresses 20 rds a year, you want weight savings. Go titanium.

Hard use that will eat mag after mag out of your 5 inch AR? Get a wonder metal. C300, inconel or stellite. Weight is gonna be whatever since you need the heavier material and it's properties.

Need a generalist that isn't gonna see super hard use? Find a can that leverages hybrid materials so you get some weight savings but won't lose your titanium stack if you get it a little toasty. These designs (sico chimera/omega) can do a lot but short barrels and Uber magnums are a no no.


All this to say, you won't stop at 1 can. Pick a use case and buy a silencer that best fills that case