![]() The sound of the bullet impact is louder than the suppressed rifle so the hogs in the sounder or coyotes don't know where you are. Now I don't consider hunting with my Valkyries or 6.8s without the suppressor. It was a time when they were in short supply so I took what was available and waited 18 months for it. When my hunting goal changed to engaging a sounder and taking multiple hogs, I went for a suppressor. I never used a muzzle device either as they only increase the barrel length and overall weight. I never needed a suppressor for hunting deer and an occasional hog or coyote. Do you have a 16" barrel? Carbine or mid-length gas? 308 or spend the extra for a titanium suppressor? Check the weight for the different options you have. I don't bother to fire any rounds for accuracy unsuppressed. I should further state, I develop my loads with the can installed. They still shoot sub-MOA with the can installed. ![]() Shift in POI is very consistent for that specific rifle. Basically, I always run with the can installed. A light-weight 18" barrel had a 21" POI shit at 200 when the can is installed. The least amount of change in bullet impact when the can is added has been 9". One more thing, the change in point of impact (POI) will change significantly when the suppressor is added. Even a couple thousands of tolerances can cause a sub-MOA load to grow to 3 to 4 MOA. BTW, close tolerance between the suppressor and muzzle device is critical to accuracy. To save weight, I would even consider a suppressor that threads directly on instead of using a muzzle device to save weight and length. I bought a suppressor that could handle the 300 WM but would not do that if I had a chance to do it again. It doesn't matter which company made the AR. ![]() I required an adjustable gas block on all the 6.8s I use, otherwise I had gas blowing back in my face and often making me choke.
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