Thread: Suppressor effectiveness - Think about this!

Originally Posted by Kurlyman

To state the obvious - most people fit a suppressor to larger calibre weapons to reduce the recoil, the reduction in noise at the point of firing in a bonus factor. Suppressors fitted to small calibre weapons are for the noise factor (muzzle blast) noting that - as pointed out by Mat2308 - the suppressor will have no effect on the sonic noise created by the projectile.

"To state the obvious" suppressors reduce very little recoil on large calibre firearms compared to a decent ported muzzle brake, but are much quieter