Originally Posted by
Barnacle Bill
Supposedly the (real) XM177 moderator just quiets an 11.5" barrel to the sound level of a 20". Colt didn't intend it to be a sound suppressor in the usual sense, and didn't treat it as one until ATF belatedly declared it one in the 70's.
If you are going to go through all the hassle to get an actual NFA sound suppressor, I'd suggest a modern one actually designed to function as one. They make them almost as short as the XM177 moderator, although I don't know enough to advise you on which ones work the best.
My whole deal is no one has ever done it before. I have seen the colts with the barrel cut down to 16" from the original 20" and put suppressors on them. I want the moderator because I have fired a Real Full Auto Colt XM-177 and it cuts down the gas leaving the muzzle and lowers the flash and I know it keeps it at the sound of a 20" compared to how loud a 10.5" barrel is. I think it would work better on a 16" barrel because of theses features it does and it puts it at a 20" long barrel with it on it. Also if I really wanted to put a suppressor on it I would pull mine off my 223 Remington 700
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