Thread: Learned something today about suppressors.

Bought a well used (800 rounds) Tikka T3 223 1/8 last week. It came with a muzzle-forward Dpt suppressor that the seller described as “free” because it was “not suited for long range work”. I started to worry that the barrel might be stuffed but went ahead with the purchase because he was asking a fair price and these are hard to get in left hand.

Put a cheap Pentax 4-12 scope on it and took it out to the paddock with the loads I had left from when I last had a 1/8 223 T3; -24g BM2 and 65g Sierra Gamekings. Fired one shot at 25 yards to foul the barrel and get it close enough to centre to hit the target at 100. First group shot at 100 with the supressor on was rubbish; -2.5 moa vertical string.



Took the suppressor off, fired another 3 shots and..….



I had thought that a stuffed supressor would get noisy but not affect accuracy. So I need a new supressor. Keen to hear if any of you think that a DPT magnum or Hardy Stealth make much of a difference noise-wise compared to the non-magnum or compact models in a little calibre such as the 223.

Cheers….