[John Rogers]

Even at outdoor ranges if the hot gases coming out of the muzzle are directed someplace other than towards the target the effect on other shooters are not nice. We have folks bring 50 cal BMG, 338 Lapua, 300 Win Mag and a few others and the range safety officers will move them to the other side of our blast wall or well away from others. The 338 Lapua is about as bad as a 50 BMG and will make car alarms go off even if they are not set.

For the small caliber rifles the main advantage is in "looks" like some of the 22LR semi auto's that have a fake (?) can stuck on the front so it looks cool! As also noted, look at the laws since you live in CA where about the only guns nobody hates are my muzzle loaders! Our club president was told by the senior BLM ranger they had arrested a shooter a month ago shooting when the area was posted with no shooting/fire danger signs and then saw he had one of the oil filter silencer adapters and a FRAM oil filter on his AR-15 so he was hauled away. Even his truck was impounded!