Author Topic: Am I crazy or... (Read 772 times)

Mman · « **on:** July 09, 2003, 11:48:09 AM »

Looking to get a .22 for plinking and tree rats. Am kind of sold on a 10" for the portability in the woods. Now the crazy part... Has anyone out there put a supressor on a .22 T/C? Like to plink at the lake, but the neighbors get a little upset, almost as much as when I run my nitro R/C boat. Am I on the right track with lenght and caliber. Any input would be helpful. Thanks

securitysix · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2003, 12:23:52 PM »

You might consider .22 Shorts, .22 CBs, or the Aguila Subsonics rather than suppressing it. That might still not get the noise level down to where you want, but it might, and it could save you a couple of hundred bucks.

mutwagn · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2003, 01:40:21 PM »

It might save you a trip to club fed to shoot the subsonic or powderless ammo, unless you get a suppressed barrel that has all the proper federal paper work with it. Andy

norm · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2003, 01:51:31 PM »

check out the SSK website under tactical weapons. nice little suppressed contender with folding stock. nothing but money,lots of paperwork and a clean record from stoping you. the cheaper route is the aguilla colibra's, no gun powder. quiet and work well.norm

Mman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2003, 03:58:43 PM »

Thanks guys. I would be willing to go thru the hasssle of class 3 if I thought it was worth it. Will try the mentioned ammo, was wondering if anyone had triedm this, and if so what barrel lenght? thanks

myronman3 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:41:53 PM »

i have a 15 inch custom barrel chambered for 223. i use a chamber adapter and shoot vermin with all kinds of low report 22 ammo, cci 22 cb shorts being the quietest so far. i have tried remington sub sonics, aguila sniber sub sonics, cci cb longs and cci cb shorts.
to those who use the aguila ammo: was it the same sniper sub sonics you tried? mine were not all that quite. or was it a differnet ammo they make?

les hemby · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2003, 04:55:43 PM »

aguila makes some that are just primer and bullet no powder it makes more noise hitting phone book in hallway of our house than actually going off i shoot them through a 10'' bull my son has a blast with them we live in city limits so cant shoot outside this is the answer for everyday practice.

Bug · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2003, 01:32:35 AM »

I also thought that a suppressd .22 would be neat. The only problem is that most .22 LR rounds are supersonic. I went to a local class 3 manufacturer and tried out a couple of suppressed .22s. With regular ammo, they weren't all that quiet. Definately more quiet than a regular rifle, but would still draw attention. With CB longs, they were very quiet. The bullet hitting the target was louder than the shot. I finally decided that it just wasn't worth the trouble. The full auto, suppressed 10-22 he had was really neat. Now a suppressed .44 Mag running a 250-300gr cast at about 1000fps would be a whole 'nother ball game :-D >>>>>>>Bug.

GREYGHOSTt · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2003, 03:22:59 AM »

unfair most states do not allow the use of supressors for hunting! :shock: