Testing has shown 3-4 a decibel reduction at most by throwing a .223 endcap on a .308 bore suppressor on ARs. Every 10 db is a ten-fold increase in intensity - so it's not entirely negligible.
Just a heads up on Powder Valley, they had a pretty bad fire last night. https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/winfield-outdoor-sports-store-suffers-heavy-damage-in-weekend-fire/
I can also verify that Midsouth, Powder valley, Republic ammunition and tactical surplus are good to go from the vendors showing up with them. Midsouth & PV have gotten a lot of my money.
Suppressors are fantastic, wish I'd always had ready access to them.
Want to know who really enjoys them? People next to me at public ranges. There's probably more than a few of us here who have been set up next to someone with an obnoxious brake, they sure appreciate shooting next to me.
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Unsuccessful on elk again this year, unsuccessful on pronghorn as well. 5 pref points on pronghorn was the very lowest I saw draw on published data from last year so I wasn't super hopeful.
India has stated that they will turn Pakistan into glass if they do. India is just begging for the opportunity.
It's reasonable to believe that Iran is/was close to being able to field nukes, having multiple enrichment facilities. I give it more benefit of the doubt than W's WMD claims about...
That's the backup language included should the NFA removal not pass muster when it gets to the Senate. Would be a pretty crappy option vs the full NFA removal as the next time blues get full power again they will be sure to jack the price up.
Just an FYI if you see an image floating around of lobby disclosures worded as "develop and support suppressor tax stamp conservation legislation" in Silencer Central's name, it's not to conserve tax stamps. It was to divest tax stamp funds toward wildlife conservation - HR 6352 of last year...