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videodon
05-08-2012, 08:05 PM
I met these guys last week and saw the 7.62 version.
Very nicely done with cool features...and AFFORDABLE!!!
I've ordered one. (now I'm done?)
:)

http://www.huntertownarms.com/

Schuetzenman
05-08-2012, 08:10 PM
Thanks for the link, hand't seen them before.

FunkyPertwee
07-17-2012, 02:33 PM
Dude, that thing would rock on a Draco or Krink. They've got some nice prices on all their suppressors.

videodon
07-17-2012, 02:50 PM
Dude, that thing would rock on a Draco or Krink. They've got some nice prices on all their suppressors.

I've heard it's really louder on the SBR stuff...still would be cool though.
:)
ATF cashed my check on the 11th...looks like the wait is up to 7 months now.
:(

Helen Keller
07-17-2012, 02:52 PM
this caught my eye.



The Kestrel core is fully encased in an inner stainless steel wall


Lightbulb just turned on.

videodon
07-17-2012, 03:49 PM
The thing is built like a tank.

FunkyPertwee
07-18-2012, 10:17 AM
I may have to look in to their Guardian 9. A 9mm suppressor with booster for $350 is hard to beat.

videodon
07-18-2012, 10:19 AM
A friend of mine is ordering the Guardian 9.

FunkyPertwee
07-18-2012, 06:11 PM
Here is a good video of the 5.56 version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texEzvXnmdk&list=PL68CD11EED198F523&index=9&feature=plpp_video

Helen Keller
07-18-2012, 07:13 PM
damn that's quiet.


if you glued some thin hi-temp cloth where the bolt contacts on the AK it would be super quiet.

videodon
01-14-2013, 01:34 PM
I brought my Kestrel 7.62AK suppressor home last week.
Video really isn't a great gauge for loudness so I don't have one yet.
The can was louder than I expected but then I noticed that my ears weren't ringing.
It's advertised as "hearing safe" so there you go!
:)
It may ring my ears on my M92 PAP though...waiting for the adapter.

videodon
01-20-2013, 03:00 PM
Update...I got a 5.56 adapter ($40) for my Kestrel 7.62AK suppressor
and tried it out with my AR today. I had heard it wouldn't be hearing safe
with 5.56 but lo and behold, my ears did not ring!
...still waiting for the 26mm adapter for my krink.
:)

videodon
07-22-2014, 06:22 PM
UPDATE:
Finally got the can adapted to my SBR and it's still hearing-safe. (ears didn't ring)
It's my new favorite.
:)
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac140/videodon/M92-can_zpsc2bf3046.jpg (http://s893.photobucket.com/user/videodon/media/M92-can_zpsc2bf3046.jpg.html)

FunkyPertwee
07-22-2014, 06:38 PM
UPDATE:
Finally got the can adapted to my SBR and it's still hearing-safe. (ears didn't ring)
It's my new favorite.
:)
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac140/videodon/M92-can_zpsc2bf3046.jpg (http://s893.photobucket.com/user/videodon/media/M92-can_zpsc2bf3046.jpg.html)

Thats great!

My dealer is always talking shit about how loud a .308 can is on his AK. He needs to try this one I guess.

Local gunshop had a Kestrel 5.56 in it last time that was calling my name. They had it priced at $499.

videodon
07-22-2014, 06:49 PM
Thats great!

My dealer is always talking shit about how loud a .308 can is on his AK. He needs to try this one I guess.

Local gunshop had a Kestrel 5.56 in it last time that was calling my name. They had it priced at $499.

This one would probably be no quieter on his .308. It's overbored to almost .410.
(you can shoot 9mm through it)
The Kestrel is also "loud" by most standards.
AKs are hard to suppress but this keeps my ears from ringing.
That's all it's designed to do.
I save the "quiet" for my 9mm EVO-9 and my .22 cans.
The Kestrel is really really quiet on a .22 rifle though.
:)

Schuetzenman
07-23-2014, 06:33 AM
Nice, very nice! The shorter the weapon, (rifle) the less quiet the Cans make them. That AR pistol I built is much louder than my 16" AR rifles when the same suppressor is used. I especially notice more noise when it locks back on the last round than when the bolt closes on another live round. That tells me the gas in the can isn't all out of it, so when the bolt is open more of it and noise comes out the ejection port when the bolt locks back.

Partisan1983
07-27-2014, 12:31 PM
Nice, very nice! The shorter the weapon, (rifle) the less quiet the Cans make them. That AR pistol I built is much louder than my 16" AR rifles when the same suppressor is used. I especially notice more noise when it locks back on the last round than when the bolt closes on another live round. That tells me the gas in the can isn't all out of it, so when the bolt is open more of it and noise comes out the ejection port when the bolt locks back.

Yuppers.

The shorter the barrel of any small arm (handgun/rifle/shotgun/subgun/PDW) will be louder suppressed


...of comparable model