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Mini 14 300 blk
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Asaltweapon
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Yes. You need to suppress it for the best results in Ma.
Agnotology
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The state takes care of the suppressing.
Of our rights.
Of our rights.
It will still be as loud as like a 45ACP PCC when shooting 300blk subs without a silencer. Up to you on whether you want that or not.
Now, whether the Mini-14 cycles subs without silencer back pressure, not sure. I’d ask on a mini-14 forum.
If you own a 300 blk and you are able to own a silencer, the answer is absolutely yes. You’ll love it. Subsonic without a silencer sounds like a 45 ACP as mentioned above.
It’s kind of like saying you wanna drink beer at a bar and pay to look at boobs. Should you go to hooters or the foxy lady?
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Any of the 190gr + loads should stay subsonic out of a 16" barrel at any reasonable altitude.
188gr, but Discreet Ballistics offers a special variant of their expanding subs, specifically for the 16” Ruger Ranch. Customers had been having supersonic issues, so they added another offering.
Ruger American Optimized - 300 AAC Blackout 188gr Subsonic Hunting Load | Discreet Ballistics
The Ruger American Ranch in 300BLK is arguably the most popular non-AR 300BLK rifle in existence. These rifles were designed and produced 20 miles south of us at the Ruger facility in Newport, NH. We've tested them extensively and are now offering a loading which is optimized just for their 16"...
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Have you had this experience? If so, what ammo were you shooting?
Curious because I’ve never shot factory subs. But I know of others that shoot 200s and 220s in 16” barrels and they’re perfectly subsonic. Also quiet AF.
Generally a barrel longer than 10” is not productive for 300blk. One can get one and keep as a pistol if she is too much hassle, but go with 16” is not really a good idea.
Tartakovsky
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Your question should be how do I get out of MA so I can buy and own silencers
I don't have any 300 BLK guns but was looking into a Mini 14 in 300 BLK, but I saw some chatter about this issue (subs going super) on one of the Mini specific forums, so I put that idea aside. I'm now thinking about a CMMG Dissent in the shorter barrel, if I can scrape up the funds...
I do have a Beretta CX4 Storm in 9mm that I like to shoot suppressed and had this same issue. 9mm in 147 gr is supposedly "subsonic" but produces a slight "crack" on my setup (16" barrel). Going up to 158 gr seems to fix it but is harder to find, typically need to order online.
The longer we go in barrel length the heavier we have to go in bullets for factory loads, in general. But if you have ever considered reloading or hand loading, it’s like unlocking the cheat codes. You can really get into tweaking some things in your load and your rifle setup to get some crazy results. I have a 300 blackout load that’s a 115 grain bullet that is subsonic and would fully cycle one particular AR15 that was set up for it. Sounded like a pellet gun and was really cheap to shoot. Perfect for the back yard.
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This is one rabbit hole I'd never thought I'd go down...but after getting into the 300 Blk I love the round and its perfect for suppressing.
Reloading....its simple. Dont even need to lube the cases, and likely length doesn't change much either. Ton of different powders, and some that I use for 44mag which is a staple of mine, I'll always have.
I'm funding a lot of 300 blk goodies right now and likely an SBR soon once I get around to building it, and I see a 30 cal can down the road for sure.
I also want to buy a 300 blk bolt gun just to have as well. Thinking a Ruger American Gen 2 Ranch or something like that. Id like something with a dedicated short action, that also takes a can.
I’m thinking the same thing about the bolt gun. Trail boss and hard cast lead slugs of almost any weight are gonna be subsonic and quiet as a whisper. Won’t cycle an auto loader but perfect for a bolt gun.
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Small Pistol, Rifle and Large Pistol are back in stock everywhere and pricing is somewhat downward, but pretty much double what 1K used to be. 60-75 per 1K ish.
Large Rifle.....nearly unobtainium...but some is showing up at rapey pricing.....put me on hold from loading some 6.5 bun actually, will wait...I bought some super cheap from TS USA......so not in a rush.
Shotgun primers are back and seem to be coming back online pretty well....I paid 65 for 1K cheddites last week. That is nearly double what they used to be.
I bought a boatload of small pistol way back and intended to load .223 but never did, nor will at today's .223 pricing, and I don't shoot a lot of it either. I will use those for 300BLK.
Powder....back online for a lot of powders. Double the cost as well......I have some old stash thank god.
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