When using night vision the muzzle flash blooms the sensor. Flashhider also works but suppressor works alot better, especially if taking multiple shots on incoming predators or pigs because they can't pinpoint where the sonic crack is coming from.
Gunshots are not common in US at night. It is polite to neighbors to limit the noise, especially while people are sleeping.
When Blaser threads your barrel in the US, they install open sights for free if you ask. Most of my R8 barrels are threaded and have open sights.
Back to the tradition/environment evaluation: I think in the USA, night hunting is typically coyotes, where more than one shot is hoped for. I have night hunted in England where the goal was to get more than one shot.
But that prevents the use of a sleeved suppressor. Indeed Blaser notes in the advertisement posted earlier in this thread that their suppressor can only be used with a barrel without sights. I have no desire to hang a suppressor off the end of an actual hunting rifle, R8 or otherwise, even if is made from unobtainium and weightless. That said, for many wanting a threaded barrel for such a suppressor or, God forbid, a muzzle brake
that would be the route to go with a R8.
As I have noted, the use of suppressors for hunting coyotes or feral hogs is very common in the States particularly so here in Texas. Those suppressors are typically combined with an AR of some sort and a thermal scope. That is not the rifle most carry deer hunting. The more I have dug into this since this thread began, the more certain I am that suppressor use for big game hunting in this country is still below 20% of those afield. Among my personal acquaintances, it is maybe 2%.
I’d be surprised if the number of suppressor users in the USA was 20% of the hunting population. I would guess much lower. But, it is increasing, albeit slowly.
Among my group of hunters and shooters it's one guy that has one for his AR. Even the two avid prairie dog shooters don't use them. I really don't know why? Cost? The hassle, real or perceived, of getting one? I don't know. I'll ask them.
Lon they are used at night because their primary hunting purpose in this country is for feral hogs and coyotes which are often hunted at night. Neither animal typically travels alone, so a suppressor is used to offer a higher likelihood of shooting a second or even third animal. Most are mounted on an AR equipped with some sort of a thermal site. Quite a large bit of the industry here has been created around developing larger or sometimes subsonic rounds that will fit an AR platform and better deal with a large hog.
Toby,
Dude. Just stop replying to my posts. Go find someone else to harass.Uh no?
Lon they are used at night because their primary hunting purpose in this country is for feral hogs and coyotes which are often hunted at night. Neither animal typically travels alone, so a suppressor is used to offer a higher likelihood of shooting a second or even third animal. Most are mounted on an AR equipped with some sort of a thermal site. Quite a large bit of the industry here has been created around developing larger or sometimes subsonic rounds that will fit an AR platform and better deal with a large hog.
Funny. Maybe the years of not using hearing protection while shooting is finally paying off!In the spirit of staying off topic, I must say I have the ultimate suppressor system. I simply remove my hearing aids. It lowers the noise level of all of my firearms to a comfortable, or barely noticeable level and even muffles an angry Colombian woman.
Safe shooting
Well I can assure you, mine is bigger than yours. My R8 I mean....LOL!
Toby, that ads another dimension to “length of pull”
My barrel says MA on the side. Definitely a magnum.And the size will be written on the side to avoid confusion
