My Latest Purchase (or just pictures of your current guns)

[BigRed389]

I'm not an IDPA fan either, but a lot of the above can also depend on the clientele and not the particular organization. The 2-Gun match I shoot is an outlaw match and there's a LOT of LARP'ing that happens there (from various timelines). If you want to hang out with that group, you can squad up with them.

Personally that's not my jam, so the group I squad up with focuses on marksmanship, safety, and camaraderie, though many of us may still have lights and LAMs on guns. But it's because those of us that do also shoot the guns in other environments that utilize them.

There is a really good shooting club scene in Southern AZ.

The Forgotten Weapons dude is there and one club would add a variety of their own LARP categories. One was a WW2 LARP division for 2 gun…one dude showed up with a Garand and 1911
Others were Cold War and GWOT…lotta interesting guns out of those.

 

[number9]

There is a really good shooting club scene in Southern AZ.

The Forgotten Weapons dude is there and one club would add a variety of their own LARP categories. One was a WW2 LARP division for 2 gun…one dude showed up with a Garand and 1911
Others were Cold War and GWOT…lotta interesting guns out of those.

I'm almost positive I've seen a guy (on YouTube) show up to an IDPA match in WW1 cammies with a Lee Enfield and a Webley revolver.

 

[Gatordev]

one dude showed up with a Garand and 1911

About three months ago someone showed up at my 2-gun with full WWII kit including the GI uniform, kit, steel pot, and a M1. He was young, too, but that seems to be the rage now with the 20-somethings...embrace the retro military industrial complex and endlessly talk about it on Discord.

 

[Flash]

About three months ago someone showed up at my 2-gun with full WWII kit including the GI uniform, kit, steel pot, and a M1. He was young, too, but that seems to be the rage now with the 20-somethings...embrace the retro military industrial complex and endlessly talk about it on Discord.

Gotta give him a little credit, at least he picked the uniform of the right side unlike some other 'enthusiasts'.

 

[number9]

Can someone please eli5 to me what barrel length I should look for if my goal is to shoot .300BLK suppressed? And please, speak as you might to a young child, a golden retriever, or a junior officer. It wasn't brains that got me here, I can assure you of that

 

[RHINOWSO]

300BLK, you want a barrel about 8-10 inches. Some 'subsonic' ammo will crack out of a 16"+ barrel. Likely not every shot, but depending on the load, atmospherics, etc. you can get the odd 'crack'. I was getting some last week out of 16" barrel but shorter it was quiet.

AR15, you just need to swap the barrel and with some bullet loadings, the magazines.

Beware some 300BLK loads can chamber into a 556 AR, esp if you get bullet setback which will go quite explosively.

Get a solid 30-caliber suppressor; some can run anything, some can only run subsonics.

 

[number9]

300BLK, you want a barrel about 8-10 inches. Some 'subsonic' ammo will crack out of a 16"+ barrel. Likely not every shot, but depending on the load, atmospherics, etc. you can get the odd 'crack'. I was getting some last week out of 16" barrel but shorter it was quiet.

I have a shitty AR (a SIG M400) and a nice AR (a LWRC DI). Should I get a whole new .300BLK upper for one? Swapping out the barrels seems like a pain..

 

[Rocketman]

My 300 BLK AR has an 8 in barrel. Subs are extremely quiet suppressed. Supers are well....mostly still supersonic out of some longer barrels. As long as I have a work bench, a Geissele reaction bar and a vice, changing AR barrels isn't hard at all. That said swapping uppers is the way. My 300 BLK and 6.8 SPC uppers all have dust covers that are marked with the caliber. Highly recommend. Caliber Marked Dust Cover

 

[number9]

My 300 BLK AR has an 8 in barrel. Subs are extremely quiet suppressed. Supers are well....mostly still supersonic out of some longer barrels. As long as I have a work bench, a Geissele reaction bar and a vice, changing AR barrels isn't hard at all. That said swapping uppers is the way. My 300 BLK and 6.8 SPC uppers all have dust covers that are marked with the caliber. Highly recommend. Caliber Marked Dust Cover

Are there any downsides to shooting out of such short barrels, relatively speaking? Realistically I would never be shooting over 200yds if that helps.

I don't have a real tactical goal or anything - I just want to get experience shooting suppressed. I don't own any .300BO ammo at all, so might as well buy subsonic unless it's prohibitively more than super.

 

[TacticalTater]

Are there any downsides to shooting out of such short barrels, relatively speaking? Realistically I would never be shooting over 200yds if that helps.

I don't have a real tactical goal or anything - I just want to get experience shooting suppressed. I don't own any .300BO ammo at all, so might as well buy subsonic unless it's prohibitively more than super.

Don't over look at Mini14 in 300 blkout. I love mine and glad i went with it over an AR platform, has a 10.5 barrel - quiet out the end and gun absolutely eats every kind of ammo

 

[Rocketman]

Are there any downsides to shooting out of such short barrels, relatively speaking? Realistically I would never be shooting over 200yds if that helps.

I don't have a real tactical goal or anything - I just want to get experience shooting suppressed. I don't own any .300BO ammo at all, so might as well buy subsonic unless it's prohibitively more than super.

I'm no ballistics expert but loss of velocity is a real thing to consider. I've killed a couple of pigs inside of 100 yards with 300 BO subs. I was using expensive Lehjgh ammo designed for subsonic use. If I was really serious about using 300 BO for hunting or self defense I'd have supers on hand. (Or better yet I'd use my 6.8 SPC)

 

[RHINOWSO]

I have a shitty AR (a SIG M400) and a nice AR (a LWRC DI). Should I get a whole new .300BLK upper for one? Swapping out the barrels seems like a pain..

If I was going to do 300BLK in an AR15, I'd get a whole new upper.

My only 300BLK is a Steyr AUG and the barrel swap is much easier on that platform - but the 16" barrel allows some subs to go supersonic. Having it cut down to 14.5" which should hopefully alleviate it from happening (was like 1 out of every 10-20 rounds).

300BLK is great for being quiet with Subs, but for hunting I'd use Supers.

In the end I typically just use 556 or 308 however, esp since 300BLK ammunition is more expensive than either of them.

There was a recent shootout in AZ or NM where some high speed police had SIG MCXs suppressed and were shooting what appeared to be subsonic rounds at him. The perp had soft body armor on and was in a vehicle - the terminal effects of the 300BLK were lackluster (220gr subsonic is like a 45ACP round in terms of energy - granted the bullet construction can be superior in 300BLK). They shot him many times and he was still alive with the rounds being slowed by the vehicle / armor, etc. If they had been sending 130gr Supers it would have ended far sooner.