I’ve really enjoyed running this Overt Industries 11.5 Suppressor Dedicated upper. You can run it as hard or fast as you like (I’ve run the GMR SS on it without issue), and have very minimal gas blowback. Overt isn’t the only game in town…I also really liked my Sionics 11.5 ERGP barrel. Of course, you can accomplish a similar result with flow through cans, AGB gas blocks, etc, but there’s something to be said for simplicity. What do you think?
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What do you think of dedicated suppressed uppers/rifles?
- Thread starter Bluedog82
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I’ve really enjoyed running this Overt Industries 11.5 Suppressor Dedicated upper. You can run it as hard or fast as you like (I’ve run the GMR SS on it without issue), and have very minimal gas blowback. Overt isn’t the only game in town…I also really liked my Sionics 11.5 ERGP barrel. Of course, you can accomplish a similar result with flow through cans, AGB gas blocks, etc, but there’s something to be said for simplicity. What do you think?
I'm very much a tinkerer that likes to maximize the potential of any given setup, so if I was doing suppressor things, I'd absolutely build an optimized upper for it.
Just low-budget “poors” PSA uppers with adjustable gas blocks. They all run perfect if you run consistent ammo selections.
If I can attach/detach the can easily enough, I don't see the need for a permanently attached can. I'd like to have the option to attach the can if I need/want it. But, unless it's for a "confined space" use like HD/SD or I'm outdoors where un-silenced gun shots would get me "Swatted," I don't see the need for it.
Suppressor dedicated doesn’t mean the can is permanently attached, just that the rifle is only shot with a can on it.
If you have a want or need to run suppressed, it does pay to run a dedicated rig, depending on your choice of suppressor.
I personally hate running suppressed. I usually wind up with crap all over my face, cleaning black boogers out of my nose and I always manage to burn something.
I'd imagine that running a good flow through suppressor might change things, but running a suppressor with back pressure sure can benefit from being run on a dedicated rig. Tuning an 11.5 to run with an OCL Polonium, to a point where it won't run without the suppressor, really minimizes the crap in your face and black boogers.
I personally hate running suppressed. I usually wind up with crap all over my face, cleaning black boogers out of my nose and I always manage to burn something.
I'd imagine that running a good flow through suppressor might change things, but running a suppressor with back pressure sure can benefit from being run on a dedicated rig. Tuning an 11.5 to run with an OCL Polonium, to a point where it won't run without the suppressor, really minimizes the crap in your face and black boogers.
Your comment was pretty much my experience. I had a suppressor-only Triarc 11.5 with a surefire 556. Shot great, but as lefty, did not like getting all the ejection port crap in my face. Swapped to a DA Nomad30 with the .30 cal endcap, but by then I had started down the flow-thru rabbit hole with OSS-HUX and so rebarreled that upper for those and find the experience much preferred.
What I said above, having been said, there is more than one way to skin a cat. You could go the route of an adjustable gas block, but that usually just opens a whole new can of worms. Usually forgetting/losing the tool and having to deal with carbon lock, but I do have one rig that I put together with the intention of making it as bomb proof and flexible as possible.
i put it together pretty much choosing parts that would blend well together, with adjustable gas without the usual downsides to having adjustable gas. 13.9 Criterion barrel that I opened the gas port on to overgas it. I used a Cross 11.5" handguard with a Riflespeed gas block with 2.2" knob and run an A5 buffer system with A5H3 buffer.
Whether suppressed or not, filthy dirty or not, lubed or not, I can usually keep it running by controlling the gas. And, in keeping with the whole "bomb proof" motif, I topped it with an ACOG. If I having something wet to keep dumping into the action, even cooking oil, it'll keep running.
i put it together pretty much choosing parts that would blend well together, with adjustable gas without the usual downsides to having adjustable gas. 13.9 Criterion barrel that I opened the gas port on to overgas it. I used a Cross 11.5" handguard with a Riflespeed gas block with 2.2" knob and run an A5 buffer system with A5H3 buffer.
Whether suppressed or not, filthy dirty or not, lubed or not, I can usually keep it running by controlling the gas. And, in keeping with the whole "bomb proof" motif, I topped it with an ACOG. If I having something wet to keep dumping into the action, even cooking oil, it'll keep running.
