Armory Sponsor
Posted: 3/22/2011 2:44:43 AM EDT
|
If I have a 11.5 or a 14 inch barrel and have a suppressor perm attached is it over the legal length of 16 inches? Or is a perm attached suppressor not a good idea? Thanks  |
|
I plan on permanently attaching my AAC Ranger 2 (awaiting approval) to my 12.5" AR pistol. Reason being that since it's a thread on can, I won't be swapping it from rifle to rifle all of the time and my only other 5.56 rifle is a precision gun that is set up the way I like it anyway. I'm dedicating the can to the rifle, so I can set it up to work flawlessly with the can and not have to worry about having it work with the can unattached.
You only save $200, the cost and hassle of engraving the lower, and the wait on the paperwork. Pretty much any state that allows suppressor ownership also allows SBR ownership. Also, you can cross state lines with a can, but you have to fill out paperwork to leave the state with an SBR. |
|
Quoted:
Permanently attaching suppressors is, in my opinion, not a great idea. I very much agree. In most (if not all) cases it voids the warranty on the suppressor. Barrels are wear items. So are suppressors. However, if you have a perm attached suppressor and find you need to replace the barrel, you are screwed. In my personal experience the suppressor will outlive the barrel (as far as accuracy goes anyway). If you perm attach a suppressor, don't be cleaning the barrel with patches unless you have a good way to secure the patch and keep it from coming off the jag. Thus, you really are limiting yourself to how you can clean the barrel. There are other reasons NOT to do it, but it just isn't the best way of attaching a suppressor on a host. And it is all to save $200 which is what, about half the cost of a quality case of ammo? Eat cheap for a couple months until you can scrape up the other $200 then do it right.
Just my opinion. What works for me doesn't have to work for the next guy. 
Mark |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Permanently attaching suppressors is, in my opinion, not a great idea. I very much agree. In most (if not all) cases it voids the warranty on the suppressor. Barrels are wear items. So are suppressors. However, if you have a perm attached suppressor and find you need to replace the barrel, you are screwed. In my personal experience the suppressor will outlive the barrel (as far as accuracy goes anyway). If you perm attach a suppressor, don't be cleaning the barrel with patches unless you have a good way to secure the patch and keep it from coming off the jag. Thus, you really are limiting yourself to how you can clean the barrel. There are other reasons NOT to do it, but it just isn't the best way of attaching a suppressor on a host. And it is all to save $200 which is what, about half the cost of a quality case of ammo? Eat cheap for a couple months until you can scrape up the other $200 then do it right.
Just my opinion. What works for me doesn't have to work for the next guy.
Mark I actually emailed AAC about this and they said it does not void their warranty. |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
I actually emailed AAC about this and they said it does not void their warranty. Interesting. They used to say it did. Email date is 12/7/10 ME: I plan on buying a Ranger 2 suppressor in the next few months and attaching it to a 12.5" AR. I'd like to permanently attach it through the ATF-approved 1100*F silver solder method. If I have a gunsmith silver solder a Ranger 2 to my rifle, will that void the warranty? Would you recommend any other methods? Thanks. MIKE MERS: Hello, Thanks for the email and interest! There would be nothing wrong with this setup and I would be proud to own it Enjoy! Sincerely, Mike Mers | Inside Sales Advanced Armament Corp. Looking back, he didn't mention whether or not it voids the warranty, but he implied that it doesn't. You can interpret that however you like. 
|
Armory Sponsor