Will adding a suppressor increase my range?

[AirsoftgoesAli]

I play at a lot of woodland sights and I feel like my G&G combat machine raider just isn't reaching the ranges I need it and I feel like I'm get out ranged a lot of the time instead of out played. So I was thinking of buying a suppressor to help but will it actually increase my range? And if so can you give me links to potential suppressor I could buy for no more than £20.

Thank you!

 

[straffham]

in a word no. Its your hop unit/rubber that will need looking at most likely. Have you chrono'd it lately? In case its down to low fps/compression.

 

[Monty]

No, it's purely cosmetic. Makes GBB's quieter though.

 

[AirsoftgoesAli]

I Chronoed it and it most hitting 330 to high 330s. I don't know if that's good? How else can I improve my range?

 

[Samurai]

Clean the barrel with rubbing alcohol on the cleaning rod, use quality 0.25 or 0.28 BBs and set the hopup and the sights properly. These can increase the range and accuracy dramatically.

 

[beastmode]

Only changes to your hop up and to some extent a barrel change will increase range.

 

[Airsoft_Mr B]

Tbh Monty I think you're wrong there. Noise from a GBBR isn't going to be reduced much either from what I've heard. They're only good at effectively suppressing noise on HPA guns.

 

[Hef Legend]

A suppressor will reduce/muffle/change the muzzle report on AEG's/GBBR's and HPA guns.

On a GBBR (in my case a GHK M4) the suppressor changes the muzzle report and reduces sound but only from a distance, most of the sound is the action of the gun.

On an AEG (G&G for me) it just changes the sharp crack into a slightly duller tone. Again most of the sound is the internal action.

On my HPA rifle (Tanaka converted to C02/HPA), from about 15" away it almost entirely eliminates the sound, similar effect on SMP's and Polarstar's. Utterly useless on my Tippmann though as it stupidly loud lol

 

[Airsoft_Mr B]

On my HPA rifle (Tanaka converted to C02/HPA), from about 15" away it almost entirely eliminates the sound, similar effect on SMP's and Polarstar's. Utterly useless on my Tippmann though as it stupidly loud lol

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You've confirmed what I thought, but that's a bummer about the Tippmann. I was planning to suppress mine when I get one

Not sure now if I'll get that, an ERG or GBBR Masada though...anyway different story

 

[Hef Legend]

The tippman is loud due to the action, if anything it is the one gun that sounds epic with soundhogs though lol

I've owned an ERG, owned a WE Open Bolt, currently own the GHK M4 and 2 Tippmanns.

Each is good in it's own way, depends on what you want. For realsim and performance, the GHK is awesome. The tippmanns are just plain fun and perform well once set up. The ERG is nice, with the bolt lock and cut off, but it just doesn't feel as good to me as the GBBR's and Tippmanns.

 

[ShadowSniper]

Use .28 or .30, will increase range and decrease wind interference. And yeah, clean the barrel.