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Last year I used a 16" Douglas barreled upper with a 1lb 9" .30 cal can and it was a little long and heavy. This year I'm gonna use a 12.5" upper and unloaded weight as pictured is still 9.4 lbs so I'm wondering if it's even worth it. For you seasoned hunters, does shooting 1-2 rounds suppressed make a difference if you use electronic ears?
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I do not use ears if I am using a can.
Starting next year my deer hunting setup will be a 6.5 Grendel AR with a Saker 7.62 and no ears. Should have been this year but I'm building the rifle and there was a problem with the Cerakote so... Ah well, there's always next year.
Yes I've been using can's hunting since it was legal in my State - which is a number of years. I do realize that cans are not OSHA hearing safe, but when hunting deer where there will be at most 2 shots during rifle season I don't wear ear pro during this season suppressed.
Also I don't worry about rifle weight much as I'm not walking far to a stand or blind, once on stand or in a blind weight is a non issue except for reducing felt recoil. I use my 762SD which is 23 oz mounted to a Rem 700 Varmint with the barrel cut to 20" originally it had a Manners T4A stock and a NF F1 Scope - she was a relatively heavy pig around 16 lbs. Now it sits in a HS Precision Stock so I dropped some weight cutting the 26" barrel back and going to a lighter stock, but if I had to hump it regularly or if I were pushing deer back in the NE, I'd be using something a bit lighter and more handy.
I like hearing the deep thud of the bullet hitting meat.
I hunt with a can every chance I get. I hate bringing / wearing ears. I have much worse hearing in my left ear from many rounds hunting without ears in the last 20 years. If your wearing ears reguardless, why hump the can around unless you have short hikes into a stand.
I hunt with a LMT MWS and wear ears. The rifle weighs at least 11lbs with scope and all and I'm not going to add any additional weight to it with a can. Besides I like having the sound magnification. I've picked up a ton of deer coming in a lot sooner than I would have without the ears on.
I have hunted a lot with a supressor (SilencerCo Specwar 7.62), and killed deer, elk, and coyotes suppressed, however i hunt a lot of mule deer and elk in some pretty nasty rugged terrain that requires a lot of hiking, and I started leaving the Can at home for weight and mobility reasons if it's going to be a lot of hiking.
Thanks for the replies. I've decided that since I won't not be hiking much (a few hundred to a thousand yards at most and might have an ATV available) I'll leave the 30P-1 attached and will be using it in conjunction with Sordin ear pro to minimize any potential hearing loss.
I use my can hunting as much as I can. As some have mentioned if I'm moving more then I leave it at home and if I'm stationary (tree stand) I take it.
I used my can for the first time this year hunting elk. It was extremely nice not to have to deal with ear pro.
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Yes, I'm a 300BLK hunter for most things using 115 brown boxed goodness...
I've only recently starting hunting with a suppressor, and have never worn hearing pro while hunting in the past. Unless weight and/or mobility are a concern ( which doesn't sound like the case), I think you've be fine.
Just got my 6.8 build finished and now working on the .308, both will always be using the can. My dad has hearing loss from once or twice a year unsuppressed and unplugged in just the last 5-10 years, so no way am I going to allow myself 3-4 decades of damage.
Both of my hunting rifles (.308 and 300blk) have shared a specwar762 for several years. Great can, but heavy. This year (well, last year) I sprung for an omega9k for the 300blk. I hardly notice it's on there.
I don't use ear pro when hunting with a can.
I hunted last year for whitetail deer with my 16" BCM carbine and a SilencerCo Harvester which is less than a pound, 13 oz I think. Weight is a non issue. I have never hunted big game with hearing pro and I usually have hunted elk with 45-70 govt and more recently .30-06. Maybe someday I'll regret it but I've never heard my rifles report when firing at live targets. That said in the future now that I have the Harvester I will try to only hunt with it. I don't know if it's real but the deer seemed really disoriented when there sister got shot, I talk myself into believing it's because without the muzzle report giving them as localizing a sound the sonic crack alone didn't give them a direction to flee. They seemed to freeze more than I was used to...could be me just trying to be even more enthusiastic about my first can though.
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What is this brown boxed goodness?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickman
i have always wanted to used silencer for hunter deer or bears but i haven't been able to get my hands one one most dew to procrastination, but i am sure it wil be fun to shoot and still maintain hidden position.
I don't have to hike that much and so I use a can on my .308 bolt gun. It is so nice to be able to shoot without ears and without having a ringing in my ears the rest of the day. Even if I did hike I'd be tempted to at least carry my can with me and try to attach it before I took a shot.
I have a 338 win mag that I want to take the muzzle brake off and put Sig adapter on for suppressed hunting.
It's not my Goto gun, but could become my goto if I got it dialed in. Good to see folks are getting it done suppressed.
PB
I have a 338 win mag that I want to take the muzzle brake off and put Sig adapter on for suppressed hunting.
It's not my Goto gun, but could become my goto if I got it dialed in. Good to see folks are getting it done suppressed.
Don't know how double post happened ?
PB
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I took a deer last year with my 16 inch 6.8, running an AAC 762SD. I'm toying with the idea of running the same load (110 grn pro hunter) out of my 11.5 inch SBR with the can this year...Most whitetail shots here are about 100 yards
That can't be true in East Texas. Just look at all the Whitetail Hunters that use 300 Win mags in the woods . . . lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by diving dave
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Though it does get heavy at times, I usually hunt with a suppressor attached. The electronic ears are pretty neat, and I wear them sometimes, but after a while they drive me bonkers, particularly if it's windy out.
I'd like to be able to put the can on when seated or in the stand, and take it off when stalking. My biggest complaint is zero shift between suppressed and un-suppressed, though it's less of an issue with my LMT MWS 16", probably because the barrel is so heavy and rigid.
I know, I know...know your dope and adjust. I just hate having doubts about an adjusted zero while I'm trying to fill the freezer.
what kind of suppressor are you usingQuote:
Originally Posted by MisterHelix
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I'm using a Specwar762 on a 16" LMT MWS, and on 12.5" and 16" 6.8x43'sQuote:
Originally Posted by SC-Texas