Info on Suppressed Ammo?

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    Ordered my Suppressor months ago and was wondering what type of ammo is best for suppressed shooting in 9mm, .40,. 45, .223, and .308 , and where is best place to get it?. I got a Silencerco. thanks for any info.:painkiller:
     

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    Pretty much any 45 ammo will work fine because it’s all below 1100 FPS. The others you will just have to shop around. Subsonic 308 ammo getting more common. I don’t think I’ve ever seen factory made sub 223 ammo. 9 will require some shopping too. People still shoot 40?
     

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    Ordered my Suppressor months ago and was wondering what type of ammo is best for suppressed shooting in 9mm, .40,. 45, .223, and .308 , and where is best place to get it?. I got a Silencerco. thanks for any info.:painkiller:

    Regardless of the ammo, always "paper test" it without the suppressor attached, before you ever use it through your can. Meaning: shoot some paper targets at close range to ensure the ammo is not "keyholing". The ammo might very well be subsonic, but it could be for different reasons: very heavy projectile, very light powder load, or a mix of the two. The various cocktail may not stabilize the bullet with your barrel length and rifling twist. Better safe to check first, than be sorry with a baffle strike.

    Also, some subsonic pistol ammo may very well go transonic or supersonic out of the longer barrel of a pistol-caliber carbine. (Again, always papertest first).

    Try the ammo before you buy a case of it.

    As for recommendations:
    9mm in 147-grain or heavier is generally subsonic already (unless it's a Self-defense round).
    45acp is almost always subsonic
    .223 and .308 are subsonic by exception, not the rule.
     

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