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Posted: 6/10/2011 6:15:08 PM EDT
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Well I've finally got my money saved up for a can and have decided on the YHM 5.56 phantom. Is there a big difference in a standard phantom and a stainless phantom. There's not a real big price difference and I have friends with both and they seem to work the same.
Confused old Marine 
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I have the stainless qd phantom. I've never heard a regular phantom so I can't compare. The SS is rated for full auto fire and the regular isn't.
If they're close to the same price I'd go with the SS can. Or if you're putting it on a MG you really don't have a choice. |
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The SS is rated for full auto fire and the regular isn't. Sir, I believe you meant the Titanium, IIRC both the SS and the regular Phantom are FA rated... the Titanium isn't! YHM Website - Clint |
I have the QD in 5.56 and its great but I have to agree with WhatsThatSmell get the 7.62. It is a bit heavier but opens options that 5.56 cannot do. You will always have the supersonic crack with 5.56 but 308 gives you some really great subsonic options. I bought the one can now want both. A friend just bought the 7.62 and gets more bang for his investment. Like I said, it is heavier, but you need an excuse to put a Magpul UBR on your carbine anyway....
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Thanks guys, my dealer has sent me a written quote for the stainless 5.56. I had considered the 7.62 but I don't have a .308 with a heavy barrel that would support a suppreser. I just hope I can get everything back before the fall deer season.
This can is going on my AR I have set up for fuzzy critters, Suppresers are legal here for hunting and I am hoping to get to hunt some areas where people don't currently allow it due to noise either scaring them or their livestock. I have a 930 yard long field behind my house but houses on either side 300 yards apart. I thumped a doe with an unsuppresed rifle and EVERYBODY came out to see what was going on. (Yes, I had the landoweners permission.) Shhhhhhhh, be very very quiet. I'm hunting Bambi and Wyle too. (Sorry no Wabbits, 5.56 make big mess) Semper Fi |
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I've had a YHM .308 Phantom for years & hated the weight of it on my 5.56 stuff. Eventually I bought a 5.56 can.
YHM didn't make their cans in SS when I bought mine, but I really wish they did. Mine is always getting surface rust, but I do live in FL where the humidity is a bear. |
| I also agree that getting the 30cal can w/ quick-detach gives you a lot of options for the future, but I WOULD NOT want to lug that thing around in the woods all day. The Ti 762 was amazingly light (handled it last weekend in Memphis) but a lot more expensive, too. I say call M3 for a price on the 762 Ti unit before you make up your mind. |
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