ghostdog662 wrote:So what exactly is gained by going with no tube? Besides weight?
Variability. (where allowed = outside the US)
You can add and lose baffles back and forth depending on needs/wants.
For example: You´re a hunter. You´ve got a .308 can for your rifle.
Now, at one time, you hunt from a blind. It doesn´t bother you to use a long, or even, extra long silencer to get maximum suppression.(one has to keep in mind the point of diminishing return though, at one point it does no longer help to add more baffles) And another time, maybe in a different location, you want to stalk your game. For stalking, you´d want to loose some overall length, but still want to have some suppression to save your hearing. So you take off a baffle or three to make the whole shebang shorter.
Or even if you´re a tactical guy/military/police. For normal times, a baffle or two more might not hurt you. But go into close quarters like inside a building and loosing an inch or two from the OAL of your gun might come in very handy. And you still get some protection.
The Europeens have some nice cans like that. One i remember would be from a guy called Roedale. If you google Roedale Suppressor, you will find nice pics of these. (and i bet my ass there is also an old Thread on Silencertalk about these or three)
Cans like that are not the be all end all can for everyone and every task. But a viable design for some.
