SILENCER SATURDAY #195: Big Bore Blasting – Henry .45-70 And The Dead Air Primal

[John E Davies]

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“Suppression
As we talked about in the initial Primal review, suppressing full power .45-70 is never going to be “quiet”. But instead of my hard cast lead loads, this week I picked a handful of cartridges from Hornady and Federal to test out. And despite my own warnings, I shot one round from each batch with my left earmuff off. Many hunters don’t wear hearing protection and I wanted to get an idea of the suppressed .45-70 experience. It’s not terrible, but not great. I don’t recommend it. But, if you have to squeeze off a shot without plugs or muffs, I doubt it will be painful or disorienting when using the Primal.

The actual report was pleasant for a large, loud caliber. The Primal takes a bite out of the blast. I’d rank it as being quieter than any other unsuppressed supersonic rifle cartridge. I could not tell a difference between any of the loads. I did notice that the Primal gets hot quickly when shooting .45-70. After two shots it was too hot to touch.

Perceived recoil was noticeably reduced with the Primal over unsuppressed shooting. Admittedly, this isn’t a sit around all day and plink rifle; most shooters will confirm their zero with about four rounds and take one or two target shots a year. The beauty of the Primal is that it is actually a solid suppressor on other hosts, so it doesn’t need to live on your big bore rifle.“


https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/20 ... ir-primal/

I wonder how loud it would be with subsonic Trail Boss loads out of my BBX .44 Mag? Hmmmmmm.

John Davies
Spokane WA

[Hatchdog]

That is an awesome picture.

[fortyshooter]

Still waiting on my ATF stamp for the Banish 45. Hopefully by end of year and latest update 3 months ago was "Documents being reviewed".

[John E Davies]

I am not sure how they made that cool pic of the floating rifle, it looks vaguely like the stuff they did way back when, the “rocket on a string” special effect. This one was from the Flash Gordon movie shorts from the 1930s…..

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John Davies
Spokane WA

[JEBar]

report appreciated .... yours is the first use report I've seen on the suppressor