When they haven’t tried it they cannot know. Only have a blind opinion based on emotion. Not experience
I give zero craps about the aesthetics of a rifle for hunting
Purely form and function. Suppressors add to this when done correctly. Not subtract
If I was hunting from a hunting shack I’d invest in a nail and a pair of ear muffs.
If your hunting from a shack balance will matter even less. Set the rifle on a rest with a can on it easy peasy. There’s a reason that you see cans in common use even on stalking rifles all over the world from Africa to New Zealand to Great Britain and all other places that they are commonly available. Would you take the muffler off of your car and where muffs to quiet it down? Why deal with noise and muzzle blast that isn’t necessary especially for load development or hunting out of a blind or stand where balance is a nonissue.
Scopes add weight and negativity affect balance to but most of us wouldn’t be without those either on a serious hunting rifle.
