Thread: Oceania Defence suppressors

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Hi ODL ,

Just because they THINK they want it , dosnt mean they are right or should be listened to , as MOST have no clue at all RE suppressor design or the trade offs , and plus & minus of design features .
I would NOT worry about a poll , as all they will say is make it so its super short in front of muzzle , and weighs nothing , and makes no noise , doesnt shift POI , and locks in place ie , the impossible dream .
To me a little over hang on say cans that are not QD , is good , and roughly I would look at no more than say 1/3 telescoping over the back , and 2/3 in front of muzzle , its up to YOU to drive the design not the masses , as most have no idea of 1 ) Suppresssor design 2 ) Not much experience with different suppressors from here & overseas .

I take it you have the 2 books by Alan Paulson & the Patent book by NR Parker , if not you should seek these out .
If you PM me with postal address , I can photocopy some articles in suppressors from SAR magazine .

Me I donot worry much about how much a can sticks out past the muzzle , realise our rifles have quite short barrels compared to what was used years ago , so a bit more for a can does not concern me , even with a can , our current rifles are shorter or as short as the rifles used in olden times , ie the Lee Enfields , MNs etc , thats just me however .

P.S. As I realise , that IF I want reasonable sound suppression , then I need to have a reasonable lenght of suppressor in front of muzzle .

Later Chris

Are you trying to be helpful? It is a huge relief to me that such a qualified person such as yourself can make decisions for everybody else... wtf do you know about other peoples experience.... I was probably making suppressors before you were born....

There are differences between efficiency, design, function and appearance. There is a huge difference between marketability and efficiency and asking customers what they like or prefer is a relatively well understood path, well at least for other people it is..

I have no doubt that the guy making what appears to be a good product is more than capable of making what he thinks is most appropriate after considering any information that he is offered.

He asked for feedback, most of what he got wasn't irrational and almost none of it offered design advice apart from broad preferences. So what crawled up your skirt and died?