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Liberty wrote:

PAR wrote:

Tactical_Texan_CHL wrote:I've been kicking around the idea of getting a suppressor for .223 for coyote hunting. I've heard that using a suppressor on coyotes increases your success and is a blast! (no pun intended) Does anyone else here have a suppressor for anything? It's kind of a hastle to get one. I think it would be fun, but if others have experience with them and don't like them, then I'm going to find something way more productive to spend my money on.

The key with any suppressor is to use subsonic.

But subsonic and 223 seems oh so wrong!

I couldn’t agree more with you Liberty…there are some real issues with subsonic depending on the weapon you choose.

If it’s bolt action, there’s no real operational issues with subsonic, but there are ballistic impacts to take into account. It’s just physics that a subsonic round traveling at less than 1,000 FPS out of the suppressor will take a different ballistic path than one exiting at full speed. It also has less energy at all points along the path then the full powered load. If you’re close to your target, it may not matter as much, but if you’re farther away you may not have the knockdown power for a clean kill on the yote…and hopefully we’re all going for clean, quick kills.

In an M4 style weapon, subsonic can cause operation issues…failure to feed can be a big one due to the reduced pressures. Of course you can change some parts and alleviate the issue, but then full powered rounds can damage the weapon.

I use suppressors not so the yote doesn’t hear me, after all, if I do my part right he doesn’t hear a thing . I use them out of courtesy for the other folks that live in my area. Since much of my yote and hog elimination happens at night, greatly reducing the sound of the shot is appreciated. Loud noises at 1:00 in the morning can be a little distracting to those trying to sleep .

If you have a need for a suppressor, go the trust route and get one. If you don’t really have the need, then spend your money on more useful toys. After a couple of sessions with the suppressor, the novelty tends to wear off, and you’re left with a $600-$2,000 hunk of metal that inhabits you safe more than your range bag.

And by the way, I completely agree with srothstein comment about we need to get away from having to ask LEO for permission to own these things.

The trust route is perfectly legal, and is accepted by the BATF. You can write it up yourself, or use legal councel. But as I posted earlier, go listen to one before we take any route to purchasing...be sure you want it.

Then you need to decide which one you're going to get. Weight, mounting, material, reduction rating, and other things should be taken into account.

I do use mine for hunting, but the yotes definately hear it

It's not really that bad...you can go the trust route and sidestep a lot of the issues.

The trust also has the advantage of being transferable, so you can will it to your family.

I suggest you go out and listen to one before you put your bucks down...It's not as quiet as Hollywood would have you beleive...much the same as firing a 22