Suppressors Screw on or AAC quick attach?

[HiCapMag]

So, which do you think is the better route for a precision rifle with a can? Screw on, or an AAC quick attach?

Positives or negatives for each? Personal experience?

Thanks to all in advance.

 

[Zak Smith]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

Quick attach is great for playing with it in your living room. Direct attach is great for making first-round UKD hits.

 

[Houston Armory]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

We've had the best luck with a regular thread on suppressors.

 

[xdeano]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

I have a 7.62SD and it's a great can. The QD is a great thing to have but it will cost more in the long run, because not only do you have to thread your barrel but you also have to buy a QD break for each barrel that you thread it for. The QD can doesn't mess with the precision part of the rifle, the bullet doesn't touch the can. I've seen a few screw on can's have some issues with the can rotating off after a few rounds. With the ratchet lock on the AAC there will be no rotating or loosening. I think either way with a can you'll have to figure out what you'll be doing with it. The reason i went with the QD can is because the can was going to be on and off through out the day, from a vehicle/bag etc. and i wanted the quickness of turning it on in short order.

xdeano

 

[Goin'Hot]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Zak Smith</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Quick attach is great for playing with it in your living room. Direct attach is great for making first-round UKD hits.
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Are your new BA cans considered a QD or direct?

 

[Wolvenhaven]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

Last match I went to I asked a couple of the AAC guys who where there what they would go with and they said screw on is the only way to go with precision rifles. QD is for semi-auto and other uses, if you're not running around with your rifle and firing off whole magazines in a few seconds, you don't need QD.

However if you plan on having multiple hosts and only one suppressor, one being a precision rifle and the other being an AR15 or something, go with QD because then you can use it for both.

 

[xdeano]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

You'll loose some dB's on a QD over a thread on. I would look into some of the newer Titanium cans. They may be a bit more money but the dB levels tend to be pretty nice and they're lighter to boot.

xdeano

 

[Zak Smith]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Are your new BA cans considered a QD or direct?</div></div>

They are mechanically similar to a direct thread attach.

-z

 

[timlemons64]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

I have the AAC 762-SD. I love the fact that I can use it on all of my tac rifles. Its handy to ratchet off of my P308 and use on both of my AR15s. Accuray has not been an issue to date. I am tracking data in my range book & it may be actually improving. But I need to gather more data to analyze/trend to make sure its not just wishful thinking.

 

[nmmi9100]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

Screw on. Mechanically more accurate.

 

[Renegade]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

I am switching from thread ons to QDS. I am also going with brakes instead of flash hiders.

I am not really expecting a big difference, though the brakes should give me a couple of extra dB reduction and reduce erosion on the blast baffle.

What I really dislike about the thread-ons is check them to make sure they do not back off, I want to put it on and not worry about it.

I will be putting a Titan QD on my WinMag, and a 762-SD on my 308.

 

[sawhornsoff]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

In my experience, minimal downrange precision difference exist between my AAC 7.62 SD and my thread on cans, a Quicksilver 308 and a Gemtech Sandstorm. That being said, if you a really trying to extract every ounce of precision I would get a thread on can.

 

[RayDog]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

With good threads a screw on can should not back off. My 30P-1 goes on and stays on for many rounds without backing off at all.

 

[phxfa]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

even on a semi-auto?

 

[operator74656]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

Thread option

I think this deals directly with your question

 

[jaydoc1]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

I went back and forth on this one but since I have both a 7.62 semi-auto and my bolt gun I finally chose the QA. Since I've been shooting my .308s unsuppressed, I look for an improvement in my groups with both rifles, just not as much as I might have seen with the thread-on Cyclone.

Oh, and just got the call from Bryon at Major Malfunction Munitions this morning. My 762-SDN-6™ is in the mail to my local dealer. Talk about Christmas in July! Well, June anyway.

 

[HiCapMag]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

I just wanted to say thank you all for the very good information and comments....much appreciated.

 

[magnum_99]

Re: Screw on or AAC quick attach?

My burgeoning experience here is that a good QD system will return to zero. My 7.62SD 51T suppressor threads on and locks into the same tooth every time--which is no surprise considering that the can threads onto acme threads and must lock up onto the mount shoulder at the same point before it hits that last tooth on the latch. In other words, the can is being torqued to the same point every time, and you are assured of reliable POI shift.

My results on my AR10 are showing .6 mils low at 100 yards, every time. Groups tighten from ~.75" to less than .5".

I can see how a QD system might introduce some variables that would affect accuracy--bad thread concentricity which stacks up when you add in a mount, bad mount to suppressor contact, the suppressor not torquing down the same each time, etc., which might make the thread on can simpler to make repeatable.

However, when done correctly, a QD suppressor can be just as accurate as a thread on can, with the bonus that, with a latch anyway, the can will not back off.