Thread: Suppressing a 45/70

It's not a binary thing like "17 inches is fine but 16 inches is instantly fucked". As the barrel gets progressively shorter, the intensity of the muzzle blast increases, so the quicker the baffles will get eaten away. You'd probably have to go stupid short to threaten the structural integrity of the suppressor and it'll vary by make - so best fire that question at whoever you go with, if you're gonna do that.

45/70 needs a big suppressor. It's a big exit hole with a lot of gas and so it needs a suppressor with a lot of forward volume to strip as much as possible to make any meaningful difference to noise.