Hunting with the SilencerCo Omega
I have to admit that the first thing I thought of when I heard about the new SilencerCo Omega suppressor was my first car - a 1976 Oldsmobile Omega. :)
Fortunately, this new suppressor is nothing like the car (although I do have to admit that I loved that thing).
Anyway, this last weekend I had an opportunity to take my 13-year-old daughter deer hunting for the first time. My typical go-to hunting suppressor is the SilencerCo Harvester; but, since we had just received our first production model of the Omega, I decided to give it a try. (I threw the Harvester in the truck as well just in case the Omega didn't work out for some reason - but that turned out not to be an issue at all.)
My first 2 kids got their first deer using a Weatherby .308 Vanguard rifle that I loaded with a lightweight 120gr bullet running at about 2200 fps. This time around, I decided to try out .300 BLK - even though I had never used one on a game animal before.
What I ended up using for her hunt was:
- A Ruger Compact .300 BLK rifle. If you have been looking for a great bolt-action .300BLK option, I would highly recommend giving one of these a try.
- Barnes 110gr .300 BLK VOR-TX ammunition. The cheaper stuff works great for hogs - but I wanted my daughter to have a good first experience and wanted something that was sure to work.
- Leupold VX-R 3-9x40 scope.
- SilencerCo Omega suppressor with the included 5/8x24 thread mount and muzzle brake end-cap.
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