Yes but depending on the design, the ones that come back down the barrel don't add much length at all. Of course it does change the whole feel of the rifle with more weight at the front. If we were allowed them would I use them, probably not all the time. Just be nice to have the option when like most of us I am a "fine upstanding citizen with no police record" and really don't understand why I need to be nannied by some faceless govt person.