Why doesn't Rugged make a 5.56 can? I know you can use a 30 cal on 5.56, 6.5 Grendel, etc., but seems to me they would have made a can optimized for 5.56 that would fit their 30 cal mounts.
For safety and liability purposes, they would likely have to change their mounts and attachment method so that .30 cal cans fit on 5.56 rifles, but 5.56 cans don’t fit on .30 cal rifles.Why doesn't Rugged make a 5.56 can? I know you can use a 30 cal on 5.56, 6.5 Grendel, etc., but seems to me they would have made a can optimized for 5.56 that would fit their 30 cal mounts.
I had in my head the example of the YHM Turbo Gen 1, but it appears YHM gave up on making compatibility a one way street (e.g. .30 cal can fits on a 5.56 muzzle device, but not vice versa) with their Gen 2 lineup.
At any rate, I like 5.56 suppressors when they make sense. To carry forth with YHM since I had them in mind when I made my first post, the Turbo K is significantly cheaper (or was when I could just go online and buy one whenever I wanted to), lighter, and based on independent metering data (both at ear and at muzzle), quieter than the Resonator K on a number of 5.56 hosts. That makes a lot of sense to me, which is why I purchased one to live on a 12.5” upper.
The interesting thing to me is: Why doesn’t Dead Air make a 5.56 specific can? Not necessarily because I think it’s a good idea, but because I think they are leaving money on the table. If they made something like a Sandman K or S (or even a lighter Nomad) in 5.56 that saved a good amount of weight/length and improved performance of something relatively K sized, pretty sure their rabid fan base would lose it. Guys were buying the Sandman K 2-3 at a time when the special HPA price was in effect, just because it was a “good deal” and since they are hardcore they only needed it to “take the edge off.” Only to discover how much more of a moderator it is than a suppressor, particularly for supersonic centerfire rifle rounds.
At any rate, if it improves performance or handling characteristics and you aren’t trying to buy just one general purpose can, I have no problem with caliber specific stuff. As always, the buyer may find her or she did not correctly anticipate his or her needs down the road, but that’s what silencer shop is for.