Tag: suppressors
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Savage Precision Carbine .308
This article is part one of a long-term field test of the Savage Precision Carbine. Now that it is legal to hunt whitetail deer in Texas with a suppressor, I was searching for a suitable host platform. I quickly settled on the .308 cartridge because of the availability of factory threaded barrels in that caliber…
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300 Blackout (300 BLK)
In case you have been living in a cave for the last several years, the 300 Blackout is the sexy new girl on the block. This article is part one of a new series on the 300 Blackout (300 BLK). While the cartridge-haters will tell you that the 300 BLK is the answer to a…
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Guns and Rotors
Wild hog hunting is all the rage. Outfitters are specializing in taking clients on hunts with night vision equipped rifles. There are hog eradication businesses with horses and packs of dogs. Heck, there are even reality television shows about hunting hogs. For quantity of hogs taken, the pinnacle is aerial shooting. Kyle Lange, of Lange…
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Best barrel length for .308 rifle
Now that suppressors are becoming more common, many shooters are looking to shorten and thread the barrel on their existing .308 rifle. Shortening the barrel helps to offset the length and weight of the added silencer. But how short to cut? Barry Bass of Silencer Tech provided TGR the results of his testing.
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Suppressors
TGR asked a friend in the suppressor manufacturing business for some words of advice for someone looking to buy their first can. Barry was kind enough to offer his suggestions. Sorry I missed you at the SHOT show. Though Silencer Tech did not have a booth, it was a very busy and productive trip for…
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Silencers are Legal Shoot in Dallas, April 28
Silencerco and the American Silencer Association is putting on the first annual Silencers Are Legal Shoot in Dallas Texas on Saturday, April 28, 2012. This event promises to be one of the most exciting and educational live fire events of the year. Bring your personal firearms and have the opportunity to test various manufactures suppressors on it. All live…
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Hunting with suppressors review
written by Randy Tausch WWW.NIGHTHOGS.COM There have been numerous questions lately about suppressors and the advantages associated with the use of them for hunting. This will not be intended as a comprehensive study on them but an overall description of the basic information needed to make an informed decision on whether or not to use…
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Silencerco Osprey 9 review
I recently purchased a Silencerco Osprey 9mm from Firearmsforyou.com. This supressor has to be one of the easiest suppressors to install and adjust the positioning. I took it out to the desert in AZ and was shooting with Fiocchi 158 gr 9mm and we were running a dB meter. Silencerco says that it is around…