Funny how different countries views are on suppressors. Some places, like Ireland basically get pissed if you don't use one, here in america, largely thanks to hollywood, they are evil silencers- tools of assassins. In South Africa you can buy them at the hardware store for a few bucks and no one cares, but in Zambia big no no again. I find it amusing how anti gunners view them, as well as a fair number of hunters, who think it's stupid to use them. The long and short of suppressors in that they save your hearing and make less trouble with other people in the area not jumping out of their skin thinking a cannon just went off. Not to mention the substantial reduction in recoil, and if you get a well made one that fits the rifle properly- increase in accuracy.