My opinion: Suppressing gas guns is just not a good Idea.
Why, Its kinda like building a 1200 HP car and putting a Muffler on it and a Parachute behind it.
As the bullet exits the muzzle and into the can all the Gas, Carbon, Unburnt powder Etc now sneaks into the muzzle and back into the bore and even as far as the chamber. This happens every time you pull the trigger with the can on and is what is called back pressure. What it causes is a fouled bore, and a dirty chamber, as the chamber gets dirty the cases cant stick to the chamber walls and pressure rises causing ejection problems.
also because your dwelling the gas curve longer and sharper your rifle that normally runs great with the can off now over-gasses and is hard on brass and can overrun the bolt and cause malfunctions.
Corrections for this, Adjustable gas blocks. They help but they would require an adjustment every time you put the can on and that is time consuming and a waste of ammo.
Switch blocks. This makes it fast but can only be set correctly for one can and similar ammo. Change cans or go to ammo that is hotter and all bets are off. Also switch blocks can only fix the dwell time and the over gassing. The Back pressure still fouls the bore and chamber, just not as much.
Huge chambers will also fix these problems as the more room for dirt and carbon the less pressure and less problems, but now your loosing your accuracy, velocity and ruining your brass.
My opinion is if you have the need to suppress your rifle, IE for Silent Hunting, Varmint control. If your really an operator taking out sentrey's at night. Then buy all means a suppressor is for you and it will work well for those missions as long as the rifle starts out clean and the chamber is cleaned routinely.
If your not needing the suppressor and just thought it would be cool and neat , then read the above and keep your rifle clean and the chamber brush and mop handy, This is not a Stab either as I like cool shit too
Otherwise keep the cans on Bolt Guns, Pistols and Rim fires where they work well and flawlessly.
My opinion bash away if you feel it necessary.
Why, Its kinda like building a 1200 HP car and putting a Muffler on it and a Parachute behind it.
As the bullet exits the muzzle and into the can all the Gas, Carbon, Unburnt powder Etc now sneaks into the muzzle and back into the bore and even as far as the chamber. This happens every time you pull the trigger with the can on and is what is called back pressure. What it causes is a fouled bore, and a dirty chamber, as the chamber gets dirty the cases cant stick to the chamber walls and pressure rises causing ejection problems.
also because your dwelling the gas curve longer and sharper your rifle that normally runs great with the can off now over-gasses and is hard on brass and can overrun the bolt and cause malfunctions.
Corrections for this, Adjustable gas blocks. They help but they would require an adjustment every time you put the can on and that is time consuming and a waste of ammo.
Switch blocks. This makes it fast but can only be set correctly for one can and similar ammo. Change cans or go to ammo that is hotter and all bets are off. Also switch blocks can only fix the dwell time and the over gassing. The Back pressure still fouls the bore and chamber, just not as much.
Huge chambers will also fix these problems as the more room for dirt and carbon the less pressure and less problems, but now your loosing your accuracy, velocity and ruining your brass.
My opinion is if you have the need to suppress your rifle, IE for Silent Hunting, Varmint control. If your really an operator taking out sentrey's at night. Then buy all means a suppressor is for you and it will work well for those missions as long as the rifle starts out clean and the chamber is cleaned routinely.
If your not needing the suppressor and just thought it would be cool and neat , then read the above and keep your rifle clean and the chamber brush and mop handy, This is not a Stab either as I like cool shit too
Otherwise keep the cans on Bolt Guns, Pistols and Rim fires where they work well and flawlessly.
My opinion bash away if you feel it necessary.
Until then I will just have to get some more cleaning juice and patches.
