ive used a suppressor before on .45 and 9mm subguns....with the right ammo you can take your headphones off.....with the M16 its very different...its more quiet in one way (right next to your head), but just as loud in the distance...no way you could remove your headphones...maybe if you were shooting in an open field? ..my range is a bowl....my best description would be that it went from bang/bang/bang to chug/chug/chug or thump/thump/thump....it does something......it smooths things out....its HEAVY, so it helps muzzle climb
im most likely thinking backwards on the shells ejecting after thinking about it...they are barely touching the shell ejector....its almost perfectly clean.......i do have an occasional 2 oclock, but mostly 3 or 4oclock
biggest thing is cleaning the gun...WOW is it dirty....probably did 160 rounds....q tips are pure black everywhere