Hearing Protection Act’s Not A Done Deal: SilencerCo CEO Josh Waldron
Josh Waldron (above) is the CEO of SilencerCo. As you'd expect, Mr. Waldron was instrumental in getting the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) introduced into Congress. Speaking with TTAG, the founder of the American Suppressor Association says the...
SilencerCo Offers $200 Gift Card with Purchase of any Silencer
Last week, Nick reported on the layoffs at SilencerCo that saw a sizable portion of their employees left without jobs. There was a good deal of speculation about what prompted the move, but the...
Review: 1934 National Firearms Act, Original Bill and Hearings
This ebook is the entirety of the National Firearms Act and Hearings, in a digitized 166 pages, from the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, starting on Monday, 16 April, 1934. It's available from...
Layoffs Reported at SilencerCo, Lagging Sales Due to Hearing Protection Act Indicated
Reports are coming into TTAG headquarters that there has been a round of layoffs at SilencerCo with around a hundred employees impacted. The layoffs alone are news, but the reason being cited by some...
Liberty Suppressors Goliath and Sovereign at SHOT Show 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1dvkDGrMm8
John from Liberty Suppressors gave us the walk-through on their two newest cans, the Goliath and the Sovereign, at SHOT Show this year. I think they're both destined to be good sellers for the...
Crux Suppressors Offers $200 Discount for Signing NFA Petition
In case you missed it, there's a whitehouse.gov petition going to repeal the National Firearms Act. At the time of this writing, 3,168 people have signed it, up by a little less than 1000 since RF's...
Gear Review: TTAG’s Rimfire Suppressor Round-Up
https://youtu.be/Qeqxz7khru8
Silencer Shop added me to their SOT, which means I can now borrow suppressors from their extensive inventory. In a couple of weeks I'll be a Texan, and close enough to Silencer Shop's HQ to...
MAXFLO 3D, New Baffle-Free Silencer from NEXGEN Defense
K baffles are so 1980's. The cool thing these days are turbine silencers, like OSS has been producing for a while now. The biggest problem with their design is that the cans are massive...
New From Arsenal Firearms: Suppressors and Rifles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvu31cTA95E
Perhaps gunning to be the next "complete systems provider," Arsenal Firearms USA has expanded into rifles and suppressors to add to their existing ammunition and STRYK pistols offerings. Better yet, the suppressors and rifles appear to be as...
Obama CDC Study: Silencers Best Option for Noise Reduction at Gun Ranges
With the introduction of the Hearing Protection Act, Congress is closer than ever to removing silencers from the purview of the National Firearms Act and ensuring that every American gun owner can easily make...
Debunking the Washington Post’s Fact-Free Anti-Silencer Rant
Anyone who thinks the Washington Post is unbiased in their opinions about firearms and silencers hasn't been paying attention. The latest fact-free opinion piece is written by Robert J. Spitzer, a New York academic...
SilencerCo Maxim 9 and Suppressed Hudson H9 (SHOT Show 2017)
Hudson's H9 still seems to be the belle of the SHOT Show ball, but I'm still equally (at least) exited about SilencerCo's Maxim 9. Above, both soon-to-be-released pistols can be seen side-by-side (photo from...