New to suppressors

[American_Fusilier]

Well, I finally pulled the trigger on a 22 can. I am getting the dead air mask HD 2.

I am super excited, and must admit I'm already planning my next suppressor.

I've heard of 30cal cans that can be used with 308 etc, and 9mm (with a booster of course), is this true? Can 9mm be shot out of a 30 cal can?

I'd love one can to use on my: 308 bolt gun, AR-10, AR-15 (in 556/223 and 300BO), my 9mm carbine, and my glock 17.

Does such a can exist? What would be some good options for a suppressor that would fit the bill?

 

[Mike OTDP]

Can 9mm be shot out of a 30 cal can?

No. 9mm is .355, it won't fit a .30 can. Not to mention that .30 rifle ammunition operates at much higher pressures than pistol rounds. Once you get to centerfire, rifle and pistol suppressors go down completely different paths.

 

[dogtown tom]

Well, I finally pulled the trigger on a 22 can. I am getting the dead air mask HD 2.

When I'm King I will make it mandatory that everyone gets a rimfire silencer. It is one of the happiest things you will own.

I've heard of 30cal cans that can be used with 308 etc, and 9mm (with a booster of course), is this true?

No, for the reason given above.

Can 9mm be shot out of a 30 cal can?

Doing so may be interesting, dangerous and leads to trips back to the factory.

I'd love one can to use on my: 308 bolt gun, AR-10, AR-15 (in 556/223 and 300BO), my 9mm carbine, and my glock 17.

Then buy a can that supports 9mm as well as .308, there are several. But such can will seem heavy on your Glock 17.

Does such a can exist? What would be some good options for a suppressor that would fit the bill?

Go to https://www.silencershop.com/silencers/pistol.html Select "Caliber rating" that will give you a start.

 

[American_Fusilier]

It appears that the SilencerCo Hybrid 46 would fit the bill

 

[MachIVshooter]

The rifle rated cans in 9mm/.36 caliber are OK for carbines, but you won't like them on handguns. Weight, but also diameter; they'll typically be 1.5" and larger, which is obnoxious on a pistol.

 

[N555]

If you put a silencer that can pass a 9mm bullet on a 30cal you will be disappointed.
I have a suppressed 30 carbine. Put the 9mm silencer on, it leaves a lot to be desired. Put the modular 30cal can on there with a 2 or 3 cone chambers and it's much quieter.
Normally you can't put any 9mm silencer on a 30cal. But the little 30carbine only uses about 2x the powder of a stout 9x19 round and the longer barrel, at least 3x longer than the pistol helps mellow the blast.
A typical 308 uses up to 10x the powder of a 9mm, so if you put a 9mm silencer on a 308, no more silencer.

 

[MachIVshooter]

If you put a silencer that can pass a 9mm bullet on a 30cal you will be disappointed.

Depends on the can, the cartridge and the host.

On a bolt rifle, we pick up <2dB with our Accipiter .375 model on a .308 win vs. Accipiter .30. On a 7.62x39 AK, the lower backpressure due to overbore .375 can is actually quieter at ear than the .30 model.

Likewise, I bore all 5.56 cans at a .315" size usually associated with 6mm & 6.5mm stuff, because boring them to .28" like a .22 rimfire can causes high backpressure and higher at ear levels on ARs and other autoloaders, which account for the extreme majority of 5.56/.223 hosts.

Unless I'm mistaken, TBAC also doesn't make a smaller bore 5.56 can anymore for the same reason, smallest being 6.5mm now.

The YHM Turbo, a good can, puts down about 138-139 dB muzzle but about 144 shooter's ear. My lower back pressure (and shorter) Five By Five registers 145 dB muzzle on a 10.5" AR, but right at 140 dB shooter's ear.

Now, if you go to extremes and put something like the Hybrid .46 on a .22-250, yeah, it's gonna be significantly louder than a .224 cal can. But the step from .22 to .30 or .30 to .36/.375 is far less dramatic, and can sometimes work counterintuitively as I described above.

 

[N555]

I have a 30cal silencer that I some times put on a 5.56 ar15. It's double the size and double the weight and seems quieter than the 5.56 silencer.
It works fine, it's just big.

 

[greyling22]

My first can was also a mask. 2nd can was a liberty mystic x. Bought it because I could "use it on everything" and I can. And it works pretty well. But it's a mile long with the 30 cal rifle adapter, and so long and heavy with the pistol booster that my light subsonic rounds don't cycle well. And adapters are very excessive. It mostly lives on pistol caliber carbines (where is is excellent) and as my loaner can when company visits. I now have additional cans. I view the mystic like my lee turret press. Pretty good at a lot, great at nothing, too useful to get rid of.

The hybrid 46 was noticably louder than the mystic and my resonator r2 when firing sub and supersonic blackout.

Also, I find that suppressed 9mm handgun is the most disappointing thing I have fired. Supersonic rounds are still so loud you still need to wear ears, and subsonic rounds have not cycles particularly well, and point of impact has been way off for me. Beyond that, the gun is messy and awkward. Ymmv.