How do silencers affect accuracy

Issues can also happen after leaving the factory, too. The crown can be damaged if the gun is dropped or banged on something. If you accidentally did this, make sure to check the crown. No amount of thread adapters or resighting is going to help. Still, mistakes can be made and you must be sure that everything is lined up properly. This is caused by bullets impacting the baffles, and your performance is going to suffer until you get the suppressor fixed.

Continued use after a baffle strike is dangerous and should be addressed by the manufacturer. However, that increase is often negligible. Remember when we talked earlier about barrel harmonics? If you skipped ahead to this section, go back up top and read about barrel harmonics. Silencer If fitted correctly.

Steve K , May 17, Messages: Likes Received: 0 Location: London. My silencer moves the POI down and left half an inch at 30 yards. Its a 2month old HW silencer. Warrants investigation i suppose. Need to get it chonoed with n without. Some people also suggest using washers between barrel and silencer to see if POI changes. Clubshot , May 17, Messages: 5, Likes Received: 1, Location: Wakefield. Jiggy ward , May 17, This is fine because you just re-zero the scope and your sorted.

If for any reason the pellet is clipping the silencer as it passes through it, then you're gonna have an accuracy problems, bad groupings etc. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? User Panel. Login Register? Armory » Silencers. Can you guys give me the on how a suppressor will affect performance of a 5.

Subsonic vs. Barrel length? Any drawbacks other than the cost? The negatives with a suppressor are the extra length, weight, and fouling. Related to the latter, on full-auto rifles they usually increase the cyclic rate of fire.