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Suppressors .223 barrel short enough for subsonic ??

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Re: .223 barrel short enough for subsonic ??

uhhhhhhhhhh subsonic 223 ammo will not cycle the action in an AR, so why not use a bolt gun if you are going to have to manually cycle it any how.

Now if you want a subsonice round in an AR platform look into 300 whisper, it will cycle the action and be subsonic with heavy bullets and a rifle length barrel.
 
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I love the photo above... I'm not looking for subsonic .223 I was worried the ammo would be Subsonic like it is on some of my 22 pistols because of the length of the barrel
 
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No, standard 223 ammo will not be subsonic ..... you are looking at dropping 1200 plus FPS to get a 223 bullet to be subsonic, I dont think that you can get a barrel short enough for that to happen.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Engineer Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he's asking if a subsonic round will still be subsonic, when fired through shorter barrel...
Am I understanding your question correctly? </div></div>

No... I think standard 22 ammo stays subsonic in short barrels so I wondered if .223 would be the same... I only asked because I'm at work bored
 
Re: .223 barrel short enough for subsonic ??

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Zevdogs</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Engineer Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he's asking if a subsonic round will still be subsonic, when fired through shorter barrel...
Am I understanding your question correctly? </div></div>

No... I think standard 22 ammo stays subsonic in short barrels so I wondered if .223 would be the same... I only asked because I'm at work bored </div></div>

Standard 22 ammo stays subsonic in a short barrel because it doesnt get a full powder burn. But even standard velocity ammo in a 16 inch barrel isnt traveling that much faster than the sound barrier thats why you take away a complete powder burn in a short barrel and it stays subsonic.

Centerfire 223 ammo is moving at twice the sound barrier out of a 16 inch barrel ....
 
Re: .223 barrel short enough for subsonic ??

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Zevdogs</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Engineer Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he's asking if a subsonic round will still be subsonic, when fired through shorter barrel...
Am I understanding your question correctly? </div></div>

No... I think standard 22 ammo stays subsonic in short barrels so I wondered if .223 would be the same... I only asked because I'm at work bored </div></div>

Go ask your boss to find you something to do.
 
Re: .223 barrel short enough for subsonic ??

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: smokshwn</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Zevdogs</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Engineer Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think he's asking if a subsonic round will still be subsonic, when fired through shorter barrel...
Am I understanding your question correctly? </div></div>

No... I think standard 22 ammo stays subsonic in short barrels so I wondered if .223 would be the same... I only asked because I'm at work bored </div></div>

Go ask your boss to find you something to do.

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I'm a machinist and I run aerospace that takes hours to run so lots of time to think of making suppressors and form ones ... Sorry for the dumb question