Pond James Pond
New member
I am toying with the idea of getting a suppressor for my AR. Barring any major reason not to, it would pretty much stay on the gun once I've got it.
I'd like to get it for the reduced fatigue of shooting .223, noise-wise, the fact that it will look very cool o), but also because I have read that they are effective as flash hiders as well as going some way to working as a compensator.
I can understand the flash hider aspect but as a compensator? Is that true?
If so, I understand that a dedicated compensator will do a better job, but if a can is able to mitigate some of the recoil, then bonus, because I've seen what a compensator does to IPSC stage times!!
Where I live, provided you are a member of a sports-shooting club, you can just walk into a shop to buy a suppressor.
I say that so that members are not swayed by arguments about the red tape that might surround them in the States.
To down side is that I am limited to, literally, only a couple of models made by Ase Utra, in Finland. The NorthStar 3B-.25 for sure and perhaps another, and they are not very cheap.
I'd like to get it for the reduced fatigue of shooting .223, noise-wise, the fact that it will look very cool o), but also because I have read that they are effective as flash hiders as well as going some way to working as a compensator.
I can understand the flash hider aspect but as a compensator? Is that true?
If so, I understand that a dedicated compensator will do a better job, but if a can is able to mitigate some of the recoil, then bonus, because I've seen what a compensator does to IPSC stage times!!
Where I live, provided you are a member of a sports-shooting club, you can just walk into a shop to buy a suppressor.
I say that so that members are not swayed by arguments about the red tape that might surround them in the States.
To down side is that I am limited to, literally, only a couple of models made by Ase Utra, in Finland. The NorthStar 3B-.25 for sure and perhaps another, and they are not very cheap.