Thread: Educate this Canadian

I have been using subsonics with a suppressor on a 22 for about 30 years. We were shooting on one of the first farms I got access to. When meeting the farmer for the first time , he gave us a "once over" and asked about our rigs. He was worried about us scaring stock but had to do something about the rabbits. We gave him a go and reassured him that they were quiet. He did not say much, but the following week when we returned, he had been to town and got the same set up and put it on his quad for his sons to use. He said they were so quiet he was happy for his sons to use them when amongst the stock....

With the centrefires, there is still a bang but the volume is greatly reduced. My understanding is that it really knocks back the noise from the powder burn, but does nothing for the supersonic crack from the bullet. So while animals hear it they cannot tell direction easily and with the noise arriving momentarily after the bullet, if the bullet does not hit them (2nd animal or a miss) they tend to associate the noise as coming from where the bullet hit and will often head towards you. Almost all of my hunting is done with suppressors, the only ones that I dont use suppressors on a Full wood stock rifles that I would have to ruin / modify the stock to fit one.