Originally Posted by
MistWolf
These are my thoughts as well. I've done a few hours of searching and reading and I'm leaning towards the direct mount Ranger 3 when it comes out. Not that I'm any kind of expert or anything, but a direct mount makes sense. Many QD muzzle devices weigh a quarter pound, cost $100-$150 each and are not of a design that I'd like to shoot with when the suppressor is removed.
hjmpanzr makes a good point, a universal mount system and a 30 caliber suppressor would let me use it on a couple different rifles, but for the moment, I just want to suppress a short barrel 5.56. If I decide later I want to run a 308 with a suppressor, I'll get a 30 caliber can at that time. I've been fascinated with suppressors since i was a kid.
These are my thoughts today. If the Ranger 3 was on the shelf and if I had the funds, I'd start the paper work now. But I am still searching, still asking questions, still listening, still learning. Tomorrow is a different day and I might come across new facts to set me along another path
If there was no NFA, I'd have a ranger 3 on every 5.56 rifle.
Because there is, I have a single SDN-6 that I swap to every rifle.
On an SBR, here's why I chose the SDN-6:
Allows use of 300BLK
The brake is a sacrificial baffle - I have significant erosion already and feel like it has already paid for itself
Larger volume means less back pressure and less increased cycling rate
Larger bore diameter means less chance of a baffle strike out of a shorter barrel where the round might possibly not be stabilized yet and/or there might be other crap coming out of the barrel
The SDN-6 also allows me to use it on .308 rifes. However, it's not ideal for 14.5"+ 5.56 rifles.
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
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