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Posted: 3/29/2008 10:49:28 PM EDT
| Hi there. Quick question. Does anyone make an Integrally Suppressed AR15 barrel? If so, who? |
| SRT makes one for the .223; other companies make them for the Pistol calibers. LRM made one of the best for the 9mm, but are currently out of production. A fellow ARFcomer has taken over production of the LRM line apparently and from what I hear they should be in production at some point in the future. |
Doug at SRT Arms does integrals for a variety of AR-15 uppers including 9mm, 45ACP, .22lr, semi integral .223, and 50 Beowulf (my most recent suppressed upper). Doug's suppressors work very well and Doug is a nice person to deal with. Dave |
Since you did not specify caliber, I assume you mean .223. In .223 there are several really good reasons to NOT do integrals: The primary purpose of an integral suppressor is to permit porting of the barrel to bleed off propelling gases and keep the projectile subsonic. Doing so in a .223 gives .22LR performance with crappy accuracy. You would be far better off with a Ciener .22 kit. The second is a more compact unit. When you shorten a .223 barrel below 10-11 inches, you generally will end up with an unstable bullet that yaws badly. This frequently leads to baffle strikes, and to alleviate this, one needs to use a much larger aperture through the suppressor, resulting is decreased suppression efficiency of a louder weapon to begin with. If you are talking about the pistol caliber integrally suppressed conversions, there are a number on the market. Some use ported barrels, some do not (and require subsonic ammo). Your choice depends a lot on what you want to accomplish with the weapon: do you just want it quiet or do you want a weapon that can actually do some good with usable kinetic energy and terminal ballistics. |
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