Can or SBR?

[RyanS]

For those of you have both a can and SBR, if you had to choose one over the other (or wanting to get into an NFA item but could only do one), which would it be and why?

[rsilvers]

Can, because 16" mid-length gas is the single best AR configuration.

[usaffarmer]

Put a can on a 16 inch barrel and now you have a 20 +inch or more barrel in front of you. SBR then get a can later

[David Thomas]

...16" mid-length gas is the single best AR configuration.

Agreed.

However, one could argue that the AK105 is the best AK platform ever, which would mean SBR.

[rsilvers]

I just had one of my transfereable AKs made into an AK-105. I would agree it is the single best AK.

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[rob_s]

I see no point in a suppressed 16" gun. The added weight on the end makes the gun ridiculously unwieldy for shots on moving targets on transitioning between targets at close range. Remember, too, that 5.56 suppressors don't even take the sound of the shot down below the threshold of permanent hearing damage from short term exposure (around 130 DB).

If I had only one $200 tax to pay for, it would be the SBR hands down.

[Face_N_The_Crowd]

If you are talking about a .30 Cal can - definately get it over the SBR

Otherwise - SBR.

[Broadway]

From my perspective it's really about application. An SBR has it specific uses (other then the CDI factor) when size constraints apply. Let off a round (or burst) in the cement hallways of a school and you and the rest of the team had better be wearing hearing protection. Enter the need for a suppressor. If I had but one it would be the SBR in 12.5".

[5spdfrk]

If you get a can, is it possible to switch it between guns, or is it registered to one specific gun?

[trukreltrog]

If you get a can, is it possible to switch it between guns, or is it registered to one specific gun?

You can swap it between as many guns as you want. It's not registered to a specific weapon.