Fully moderated

[1sakonut]

Hi guys,

As anybody tried a fully moderated rifle, if so was there any noticeable sound reduction between it and a good moderator, looking to use it on a 6.5x47 stalking rifle which I use for fallow on a permission I have there are a couple of private houses which border the land so far this as not been a problem but the deer seem to be about at first light and not wanting to cause any problem for the farmer I would like to be as quite a possible , the max distance I shoot is 200 yards.

Thanks for your time.

[Safeshot]

Have used the AI fully moderated a fair bit. Only really quiet with subsonic ammunition which probably will not make deer legal.in 308 drop off with this ammunition is a fair amount at 200 metres. There are some people on the forum who have had some success with fully silenced so they may reply. There is a fully moderated AT on stalking directory if you have a spare £3000

[1sakonut]

Thanks Safeshot

[dannywayoflife]

Sure I've seen a review of a fully moderated rifle sold by the guy who imports Mae sound mods. Think it was in 6.5x47 and they still managed some decent speeds with normal loads from memory

[trucraft]

Julian would be a good place to ask.

http://www.maemoderators.co.uk/jms-arms-65x47-lapua-shorty.html

[Scotch_egg]

I spoke to Julian a few weeks ago. He will tell you how it is. The barrel forms the inner chamber. Not something I would buy myself....

[bradders]

I put this one together with a barrel and MAE can from Julian, the work was originally done by Steve Bowers.

It's a .338 BR or .338 Whisper

 

[1sakonut]

Hi bradders, can you tell me does a fully moderated rifle have a real sound difference over a good moderater , bearing in mind I need to keep it deer legal cant use sub sonic ammunition .

[bradders]

Hi bradders, can you tell me does a fully moderated rifle have a real sound difference over a good moderater , bearing in mind I need to keep it deer legal cant use sub sonic ammunition .

 

A sound moderator can only attenuate so much and with supersonic ammo it's all negligible anyway.

Some are quieter than others but a lot is perception due to the tone of the report etc.

 

As the old saying goes, " a good big'un will always beat a good littl'un" and that is probably true with suppressors, especially when talking about swept volume.

 

Then main benefit from "fully moderated" as in a suppressor that covers the full length of the barrel, apart from looking cool etc, is that you can have a shorter barrel and a more manageable OAL.

The main benefit is gained when using subsonic ammo though.

 

The rifle in the pic has a 14" barrel and is roughly the same length as a 24" rifle, so to apply the same to a regular rifle would mean something overly long.....and that would be unwieldy and also look a bit daft

 

Here's a link to the original review

 

http://www.gunmart.net/gun_review/wildcatting_338_br

[1sakonut]

Thanks Bradders for your reply and that link it made interesting reading.