Originally Posted By: cbass16Originally Posted By: Rangerwalker71Suppressor will also help harmonically balance your barrel.
WHAT???
Um, that's complete hogwash.
Adding weight to the end of the barrel doesn't make it harmonically balanced. It most certainly changes the harmonics, but the only way for it to have helped harmonically balance anything is pure luck.
Those barrel de-resonator rubber things you can slide down the length of your barrel can "theoretically" modify the harmonics in a predictable manner because you can "tune" them for each rifle by sliding it forward or backward. I don't use one so I can't confirm or deny if it modifys anything enough to matter, but the idea is solid.
Suppressors don't work like that. Suppressors are on the end, that's it.
Without changing the weight or length to specifically tune it...you're not helping. You're just making it different.
Sometimes it does help, but that's simply a matter of luck.
Barrel profile, bore diameter, length, metallurgy, temp, yada yada yada..will effect the harmonics. Adding X weight to the end won't "improve" anything, it will only "change" it.
To not be nit picking your both saying pretty much the same thing with different terminology. Bottom line it can and will effect harmonics and if it changes harmonics and improves them doing so then it did exactly what both of you said.