suppressed ?

[Bassfish1952]

about 2-3 yrs ago I pitched in, a tbac ultra 7 (7") 30 cal.  30 cal is a multi for me, it can handle smaller bullets too.
But tbh nowadays I wonder if at my age, it is worth it.  You plunk your money down, go through all the paperwork, then wait for a year.
A thousand bucks more or less, 1 year later, can buy a lot of earplugs and muffs.
I've shot with it a few times, but haven't really got into it.
It doesn't completely silence the blast, you have to still wear hearing protection.  Cuts it down to about 135 db, which will still damage hearing.
Heats up fast and hot, to use it you need your adapter tight on the muzzle with rokset, which is about the only thing that can stand the heat.  Not even loktite red.  This means you most likely have to leave it on the muzzle (I found a way to get it off but it's a pain and not the thing to go on, then off, then on again etc).  There are kinds of adapters, like the area 419, which again, seems cool, but now you're in to multiple threadings and will one wiggle even that little bit, throwing your accuracy off (happened to me)?  My conclusion is you pretty much have to go all-suppressor for that rifle.  Tbac has a brake on its adapter but it isn't much of a brake, once you've used some of the VG styles that really help.
But if you want to go the route, the tbac (thunder beast) ultra is a very nice setup.

I was thinking I could carry in my pack and put it on in the blind just to be a little quieter in the field. Truthfully maybe 20 shots thru it in a years time. 
For me I just turn my hearing aids all the way down 

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I have several cans and use them on my 18” and 13” 6ARCs, as well as all my other rifles.

Some still need hearing protection. The 22 rimfires don’t, and the subsonic 300blk is OK without also. I find the recoil reduction to be almost as important as noise. It allows me to spot my shots easier and to get off second shots quicker.

Thunderbeast has a great reputation. I have a SilencerCo Omega 300 and love it. My AAC 762-SDN-6 is nice, but I hated the 51T mount and had it changed to SilencerCo ASR style.

I shoot a ruger #1 and a CZ527 that has the mag removed and a single shot adapter in so second shot for me is not as important .I was mainly thinking about shooting one deer and then waiting for the others to return for a second deer in the freezer. Thinking lower noise faster return time.

I was hoping to try one but have not found a place near me that has rentals .


Thanks for the reply