

Had Barnes employee Chase Young shoot several groups of the 300 BLK, too. Handgun loads, went to lunch, and returned to finish up shooting the SubsonicĤ5 AUTO. I’d spent a solid three hours in the morning with the two Standard four and five-shot groups at 100 yards, from a rest, that McCombie found with the Subsonic 300 BLK came in right around 4”. Groups came in at 4”, while my best three shot group was 3”. Occasionally, two of the five shots would place near the bullseye. The bullseye, while the next three to four rounds dropped in wide, high or low. I let the rifle and suppressor cool down. Same, no matter how many Subsonic 300 BLK rounds I shot or how long between groups Was poor, even for 300 BLK-not, in my experience, exactly a tack-driver of a Hair over 1”, and two other groups at or just below 1.5”. That went well, with one five-shot group at just a Lanes for the 300 BLK testing, moving to a 100-yard tunnel. The Remington Model 700 with 16” barrel (top) and two AAC cans (below rifle, left) McCombie used in evaluating the Subsonic 300 BLK load. For suppressors, I switchedīetween an AAC Jaeger and an AAC Ti-Rant 30. Outfitted with a Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20-50mm scope. A kneeling position was required to line a pistol shot through the Oehler 35 Chronograph set up.īlackout, 220-grain FNEB Bullet The Subsonic 300 BLK produced good accuracy at 50 yards, but had problems further out.ħ00 bolt action with a 16-inch barrel to shoot the Remington Subsonic 300BLK, Velocity of 836 fps and a low at 778 fps. Oehler 35 recorded the Subsonic 45 AUTO at an average of 803 fps, with a high Worked fine for the remainder of my shooting, minus the stovepipe. Once I returned to my testing, the R1 and Subsonic 45 Want to stay open when it got very hot, so, at 100 rounds I stopped and let the


Shooting and the fact that a suppressor makes a handgun run hotter and dirtier Neither of which factors was very surprising given how fast I was The R1 1911 became very hot atĪpproximately 100 rounds, and the feed ramp and the inside of the chamber appeared I experienced one failure to feed at Round Group at just 1.12” This five-shot group McCombie fired from the R1 pistol and using the Subsonic 45 ammunition scored right at 1” from 10 yards, offhand.ġ64 rounds of the Subsonic 45 AUTO. 861.” A handful of groups came in between The R1 Enhanced 1911 equipped with an AAC Ti-Rant M suppressor was used for the Subsonic 45 AUTO testing. Again, the sights were a bit low for suppressor use, but I made it work. 45 AUTO, I used a Remington R1 Enhanced 1911 and an AAC Ti-Rant MĬan. High velocity of 1,045 fps, a low of 926 fps, and a standard deviation of 31ĪUTO, 230-grain FNEB Bullet Subsonic 45 ACP drives a 230-grain FNEB bullet at an average velocity of 803 fps. The Remington Subsonic 9MM velocity averaged 963 feet per second (fps), with a This included two magazineĭumps of 17-rounds, fired off as fast as I could pull the trigger. Not a single failure to feed or eject properly. This five-shot group of Remington Subsonic 9MM shot from 10 yards, offhand, measured 1.08”. I also shot a handful of four-shot groups at 1.0” and under. My best five-round groups measured 1.08” and 1.30.”
SUBSONIC ROUNDS WITH SUPPRESSOR HOW TO
The factory sights on the Glock were too low to be viewed clearly over theĮnd of the AAC Illusion suppressor, but I figured out how to aim the pistolįiring offhand was very good. McCombie shot standing and offhand trying out Subsonic handgun ammunition, with targets at 10 yards.Ĥ0 rounds through the Glock 34 to become familiar with the pistol-suppressor I shot both the 9MM and 45 ACP loads in the same shorter (25-yard) Least 150 rounds worth, and then chronograph 10 rounds on an Oehler 35 Chronograph To test the Remington Subsonic 9mm load, I used a Glock 34, Gen 4, outfitted with an AAC Illusion 9MM suppressor.įor this round and the 45 ACP version was to shoot offhand at 10 yards, at My focus was on how the rounds functioned in the firearms I used, ammo accuracy, chronographed speeds and–a somewhat tougher factor to nail down–the suppression level achieved by these new rounds.ĩMM, 147-grain FNEB Bullet Remington Subsonic 9MM fires a 147-grain flat-nosed bullet with an enclosed base.

Since this was range ammunition, I wasn’t concerned about bullet expansion and gel testing. The 25-yard testing tunnel at the Barnes facility where McCombie shot the new Subsonic pistol loads.
