The AR-15 Thread - AR-15's and Magazines

[Schmoe1]

 Silencers?  I don't use them either.  They're not 'handy', they draw government attention, and they're way over-priced.  You can sneak one (or several) from LAFO at affordable prices.  They'll even help you get around the gun grabbers.  Chances are, yours will wind up in an old ammo can like mine ... waiting for 'that day'.

I've used silencers, on everything from handguns to SMG's. The only two I've ever used that were truly quiet were on a Ruger 10/22, and one that was developed by the CIA for the Beretta M92, and of which only 6 were ever built. The Ruger 10/22 had an integral, full length silencer built right on to the barrel. The barrel was turned down for it's entire length beyond the receiver and ported with 4 rows of 1/8 inch holes that entire length, and the silencer was constructed by encasing it in a 1 1/4" or maybe 1 1/2" aluminum tube all the way from the receiver to the muzzle and packing the guts into that, then sealing it. Then the stock was inletted to accommodate the silencer tube. That one was so quiet that you didn't hear anything but the bolt slapping as the action cycled.

The CIA silencer was pretty quiet, too. It silenced that 9mm Beretta to about the level of a CO2 gun, and that and the slide cycling was all you heard.

Most of them are usually only about as quiet as a loud hand clap up to about the level of an unsilenced .22. Not really worth the effort, expense, or hazard of owning one as a civilian.

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True, they'll also dirty the shit out of your gun.  The quietest I've fired was at a range near me, they had a suppressed Auto Ordnance .45 1911, it was the nicest shooting handgun I've ever fired, and surprisingly quiet, I wish I could remember the name of the suppressor.  

They also had a suppressed MP5, it was like you said, pretty much all you heard was the bolt cycling back and forth.

I'm sure you've heard of the fuel filter suppressors, there's a bunch of videos on YouTube, they seem actually decent if you know what you're doing, which I don't.  I'm pretty handy but I'd hate to risk my AR over something like that.

About the threaded A2, I believe some still do come with it welded on, I think the Ruger AR might, I'll have to look into it more.

Edit: I was wrong about the Ruger, I believe you're right, most seem to come with the A2 threaded on nowadays. It seemed to be more commonly pin welded years ago.