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938 views 24 replies 13 participants last post by  MikeWarner  
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Hi Guys, can anyone give me good advice on a suppressor for my American Ranch Rifle 300 Black Out! I'm new to suppressors and I can't put $1000 suppressor on my $500 gun. Thanks!
 
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I may have been a little short. I just got home. Now that I took a deep breath and had a snack. You wanted good advice then you said you can't put a $1,000 suppressor on a $500 gun. Well what can you do? You get what you pay for.

It's like someone wanting to buy a new truck and saying they can't pay $40,000 because the last used car they bought was only $4,000.

I put a $900 (+200)suppressor on mine and love it.
 
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Well the Banish 30 V-2 from Silencer Central fits the bill coming in at $999 with the free tax stamp special they're doing right now.
In all seriousness suppressors are one of those you get what you pay for, I have a $850 Banish 223 one on my 5.56 Ranch and love it. I also have the original Banish 30 and it's an excellent suppressor. One thing I think you're not taking into consideration is that the suppressor is not permanently mounted to your rifle, a 30 caliber one like the Banish 30 V-2 will do anything from .17 up to .300 Weatherby magnum. Meaning if you have a .22, .223, 6.5, 270, 300 win mag, etc it can be used on them as well. So unless the Ranch is the only rifle you own, that one suppressor is not just for your $500 Ruger, but could also fit any other rifle you potentially own. That's the beauty of one like that, they're modular and adaptable.
 
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The cost of the gun is irrelevant. Consider a suppressor a lifetime investment that is compatible with multiple guns. Which is what I try to maximize.

One option is to consider a pistol suppressor. Any 9mm or .45 model will be compatible with subsonics out of the .300Blk. Of course doing double duty with any pistol you have, depending on which route you take. I've done a ton of shooting with subs out of my .300's with my TiRant .45 suppressor. You just have to remember not to use super through it.

Another option is a rifle can that can accommodate multiple cartridges. A basic .30cal can won't save any money over a multi-caliber model like the Omega 36M I got last fall. It will handle any rifle cartridge up to and including .338Lapua. So I basically use it on all my AR's and other rifles using ASR compatible flash hiders. Including my American Gen2 7mm08.
 
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If you have machinist skills or access to a lathe or milling machine you could try making your own on a form 1.
 
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I get it ... I have a IWI TAVOR X95 9mm PCC and with all the suppressor talk I had given some thought to putting one on it. And you're thinking, "oh it's just a 9mm" but it appears the ones rated for PCC are in a different class from handguns ... or so they say.

The ones I've been checking into have been $800 to $1000+. I have seen one or two in the $500 range but with so-so reviews on the cheap ones. My biggest issue is not putting a grand into a $500 rifle it's putting another thousand into a gun I already have something like $2500.00 invested in.

The TAVOR is the most expensive gun I've ever bought ($1700.oo) ... plus a SIG Romeo 5 RDS & Juliette 4 magnifier and a Timney trigger pack .... do I really want to drop another $1000.00 in one gun? I may have to wait awhile and see where the market goes for suppressors.

Kinda cries out for a cool FDE suppressor don'tcha think?

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No, any pistol can will be fine on a carbine of the same caliber. I use my pistol can on this 8" braced Scorpion and it wouldn't be any different if the barrel was 16". Only difference is that the rifle suppressor can use the ASR QD mounts.

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The other comments about using 1 suppressor on multiple firearms make sense. However, I would be very careful about using a pistol suppressor with any rifle cartridge. Also, do some research into HUB compatible mounting systems. I started out trying to use 1 can on 2 rifles with different threads using 2 mounts (the back end of the can). That was based on bad advice from a guy at Silencer Central. I ended up using the Plan B standard (Omega for Q, Atlas for Rearden, etc.). I now have Plan B compatible muzzle devices on 4 different rifles that share that first can.

I’m not saying Plan B is the only answer. In fact, I have propriety HUXWRX muzzle devices on my 5.56 rifles. Just look into flexibility - how many companies make compatible muzzle devices in various thread pitches. Only 2 of the 4 rifles that share my Banish 46 have the same thread pitch (IOW 3 different sets of threads), and I had to modify one muzzle device because of bad design decisions Marlin made.