30 30 subsonic5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In order to make a round that suits your suppressed needs for these demands, you will have to make it yourself. Even rounds marked “subsonic” are not guaranteed to perform optimally under the conditions you know you will be shooting. However, it’s rare to find off-the-shelf ammunition that can eliminate this sound under a wide variety of conditions such as different barrel lengths, altitudes, and atmospheric conditions. The loudest noise of a suppressed round is the “sonic crack” associated with a bullet breaking the sound barrier. Suppressed shooting and handloading really go hand-in-hand. This provides the nice added benefit of having a wide variety of bullet options to choose from when perfecting your own custom load. 312 bullets intended for this caliber shoot just fine through them. 32 H&R Magnum in my 10″ T/C pistol.Īll the T/C barrels made in this caliber are actually. 32 H&R Magnum. Specifically, I settled on the. 308 Winchester, but in the last few months I’ve settled on one of my favorite suppressed. 30 caliber suppressor for several years now, a ‘Thundertrap’ by AWC Systems Technology. I’ve had various T/C barrels threaded for it and have tested it on a number of different. That is the other reason I have long been fascinated with shooting suppressed - no need to scramble for a pair of headphones or fumble with ear plugs when a good shot presents itself in the field. I first came across the quote as a reference in another book, Silencers In the 1980’s-which I read when I was young and impressionable-it has stuck with me the 20-odd years since then.īeing a single-shot Thompson/Center (T/C) handgun hunter, I have been exposed to the blast of rifle calibers out of short, handgun-length barrels more times than I would like to count. It’s a quote from a WWII SS officer in Devil’s Guard, a book about the First Indochina War. I can trace my interest in shooting suppressed all the way back to those 4 sentences. So whenever given a chance we killed in silence.” By the time their leaders decided what to do, it was too late for them to do anything but flee or perish. The initial shock and the ensuing panic usually prevented the enemy from executing necessary defensive measures. “The soundless death coming from the ‘nowhere’ always shattered the guerrilla morale. ![]()
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