I run the YHM Phantom on my 15-22 all threaded 22's I own. Clean the stainless parts by soaking in CLR (Calcium,Lime,Rust) for an hour then you can rinse and wipe off with water and a rag. For the aluminum parts, just use any CLP(clean, lube, protect) you have and always use a tiny dab of grey (high temp nickel) anti-seize on supressor and muzzle threads.
Really, the supressor with standard cci's, on all hosts is ridiculously quiet and fantastic fun! Ready to get one for the 300 next!
Totally agree. I also run a suppressor on a 300 Pistol 10.5 inch and a carbine 16 inch. With supersonic ammo they are still extremely loud, down from about 165 db to about 140 db, supposedly hearing safe, but we wear hearing protection if shooting very much.
With subsonic ammo, they are better but still nothing like the quiet you get with the 22s. With the 22 you are only burning maybe 1 grain of powder, with the 300 usually about 10-20 grains of powder which creates noise.
You will hear people say you only hear the action working with perfect loads, but that is a bit misleading. You hear the action as it slams open and as it slams shut, but it is inches from your face, so the real noise reduction can only be realized by somebody standing away from the gun say 50 feet or more
. You can still hear the subsonic 300 firing maybe a 1/4 miles away, quiet but nothing like a rimfire.
The only way to get the best noise reduction is to use a bolt or lever action in which the bolt carrier group does not slam open and shut. On handguns, we just hold the action closed with a thumb, on things like the Ruger 1022 or Ruger charger, they sell little magnetic device that blocks the action, they work great and lower the already quiet 1022 even more. These little magnets just stick onto the bolt and keep it from opening. There are lots of different styles, been around for decades but I like this one.
On the centerfires, like the 300, if you reload you can actually develop a load that will NOT open the action which seals in the noise. Or you can do the same thing by added an adjustable gas block, which often creates additional problems, however, you can adjust them so your AR is a single shot, making them much quieter. Just depends on how quiet you want it to be. If hunting coyotes for example, they often will not hear the noise and you can shoot one and the other will just stand around giving you a second shot, or a second shot if you were to miss. Deer will do the same thing, if they cannot tell where the sound came from, they often will just stand and look trying to figure it out.
If you are just shooting paper targets, it does not matter, just blast away, they are quiet enough to make them worthwhile and save your hearing as well.
