Multi use can?

[Crankbait]

I’m hoping to start the process on another suppressor soon. Currently all I have is a dead air 22. I would like my next suppressor to be multi caliber friendly. The main calibers will be 308 and 6.8 and sometimes 556 when my daughter is shooting. Mostly the 6.8. I assume I need a 30 cal can. Eventually I want to get a dedicated can for each of those calibers but until then I need to start with one. I don’t want it to be super heavy and long but on the other hand I don’t want to jeopardize performance and would rather go a little longer if needed.

Give me your top 3 choices please. Thanks

 

[Average Joe]

I like the Dead Air Sandman S

 

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[BigWaylon]

.30 cal can is what you seek. The first thing you need to decide is if you care about mount compatibility once you have multiple cans. Most people try to do that, but if you’re dedicated cans to hosts then it really doesn’t matter.

If you want to use the same mounts, that will determine which silencers you can choose from. For example, if you opted for a Rugged can, you’re stuck with nothing but Rugged mounts. I don’t believe they make a separate adapter to use with the semi-standardized Omega thread pitch.

Another example is Dead Air. With their Sandman lineup, you can only use the Key-Mo mounts. But they do make an adapter ($249 on their site) that would let you mount other manufacturer’s cans to DA’s muzzle devices.

My short list would start with:
1. Silencerco Omega 30…even years later, it’s hard to find a better first (centerfire rifle) can than this one
2. The Rex MG7K 308 that Chris linked to is a solid option to knock the brunt of the blast off of most calibers
3. YHM Resonator K

Probably another half dozen that you could pick and I wouldn’t blink an eye.

 

[Derek8404]

I only have a Resonator K, so that’s the only one I can recommend. It works great for my use and I have mounts on a 6.5 Grendel, a couple 5.56 guns, .300 blackout and a 7.62x39 AR and I just swap the can back and forth.

 

[Crankbait]

I only have a Resonator K, so that’s the only one I can recommend. It works great for my use and I have mounts on a 6.5 Grendel, a couple 5.56 guns, .300 blackout and a 7.62x39 AR and I just swap the can back and forth.

Oh yeah, 300 blackout would be on my list also. I forgot I picked up a Ruger American a couple months back.

 

[Crankbait]

.30 cal can is what you seek. The first thing you need to decide is if you care about mount compatibility once you have multiple cans. Most people try to do that, but if you’re dedicated cans to hosts then it really doesn’t matter.

If you want to use the same mounts, that will determine which silencers you can choose from. For example, if you opted for a Rugged can, you’re stuck with nothing but Rugged mounts. I don’t believe they make a separate adapter to use with the semi-standardized Omega thread pitch.

Another example is Dead Air. With their Sandman lineup, you can only use the Key-Mo mounts. But they do make an adapter ($249 on their site) that would let you mount other manufacturer’s cans to DA’s muzzle devices.

My short list would start with:
1. Silencerco Omega 30…even years later, it’s hard to find a better first (centerfire rifle) can than this one
2. The Rex MG7K 308 that Chris linked to is a solid option to knock the brunt of the blast off of most calibers
3. YHM Resonator K

Probably another half dozen that you could pick and I wouldn’t blink an eye.

Thanks. I’m going to try and do some research on those and a couple others. I like my Dead Air 22 can so I may look at the Sandman S and L. I would like compatibility for all rifles. There’s 5 it would interchange with but mostly stay on the 6.8

 

[Mr.Gadget]

I have been a very happy with the resonator R2 also the resonator K and the Omega.
I have also been really surprised with the YHM R9 on some hunting guns. Also crossing over to 9mm.

All of these use a standard thread mount so you can cross between multiple manufacturers.

 

[Crankbait]

I know nothing about suppressors so excuse my ignorance. Will accuracy be affected? Will I have to change what I shoot out of my rifles? Just say for my 6.8, if I’m currently shooting sub MOA with Hornady 115 SST‘s, if I put the can on what will change?

Also, I am looking at the Nomad-L and Sandman-S. Any reason I should go with one over the other?

@BigWaylon

 

[BigWaylon]

I know nothing about suppressors so excuse my ignorance. Will accuracy be affected? Will I have to change what I shoot out of my rifles? Just say for my 6.8, if I’m currently shooting sub MOA with Hornady 115 SST‘s, if I put the can on what will change?

The only correct answer is “who knows”? You’re hanging a pound or so of weight on the end of a barrel, so that will affect the barrel harmonics. Might get better, might get worse, might do nothing.

The silencer itself won’t have much impact on accuracy. It should reduce muzzle rise, so follow-up shots should/could be faster. You may also see a slight increase in velocity due to freebore boost, so you’ll want to verify your POA/POI data with can attached.

And just because some may report a certain shift with that can doesn’t mean you will. It will be unique to your exact rifle/can combo.

Also, I am looking at the Nomad-L and Sandman-S. Any reason I should go with one over the other?

@BigWaylon

Sandman-S is a fantastic can, but you’re locked into the KeyMo setup. I wouldn’t buy an L can for anything I’m mobile with. If it’s a benchrest gun, or a hike-to-a-stand-and-sit-all-day gun, maybe so. I’d consider the Nomad 30, but not the L, in almost every situation.

 

[fwb124]

I don’t have the history & expertise of those above with their specific .30/5.56 cans (though I did get my first can from Lynn McWilliams at AWC in 1989), but I’ve been thinking about a midsize multi-use can and have been looking hard at these from AB, which started with car/ truck turbocharger designs and is also, IIRC, a defense contractor.

Impressive designs with interchangeable endcaps, come with reflex _and_ flush mounts, lightweight & compact. I wouldn’t focus on the absolute numbers (though they are excellent) as much as on the comparative levels in the video, assuming everything is on the up and up.
Worth a look, unless someone knows a good reason not:



Great video on performance with smaller bore end caps on larger bore models: