Nearly two years ago I lucked out and was one of the first people outside of Dead Air Silencers to shoot their then-new Nomad-30 suppressor. Over the next few months, the more I shot a Nomad the more it solidified its place as one of my very favorite .30 cal cans. Now, with the release … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2lW-N34X0 Made entirely of titanium, the lightweight Q jumbo SHRIMP is one of the few 6.5mm-specific suppressors on the market. It’s targeted toward PRS and other precision rifle style shooters plus hunters looking for a compact, lightweight can that will protect their hearing while not getting in the way. I feel like a bit of … Read more
https://youtu.be/bAFEJ6ODiXU With a carbon fiber external tube housing shielded aluminum baffles, the CGS Siren delivers on sound reduction, great looks, and insanely light weight. How light is insanely light? . . . Would you believe a scant 2.2 ounces? Whoa. CGS Group‘s Siren, now available at Silencer Shop, is a .22 LR suppressor that isn’t … Read more
https://youtu.be/vl4b5T0AoKY These videos were obviously filmed back in the good old days when barber shops were still open. Good times, good times. Since SilencerCo‘s Darrell Morrow was in Austin, Silencer Shop‘s Elliot Aquila took him out for for the full Roffler and to shoot the breeze about suppressors and how good business had been … Read more
You’ve heard me say it here before: nobody makes the silencer purchasing process easier than Silencer Shop. And their selection, though already the largest in the industry, continues to grow. Ruger and Silencer Shop are now teaming up to distribute Ruger’s budding suppressor line. Their press release follows . . . Ruger and Silencer Shop … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNlUSq_dIsU With all the CoronaZombies out and about I’ve upped my EDC gun to a Brownells BRN-180S upper on their BRN-180M lower (review coming soon). Chambered in .223 Wylde and in my case shooting either 5.56 NATO or .223 Remington, this beast needed to be suppressed . . . but in the most compact, unobtrusive … Read more
Silencer Shop is the largest distributor of suppressors and silencers (same thing) in the country. Part of that success has been built on their “Powered by Silencer Shop” kiosks they have in gun stores around the country. These kiosks make processing all of the required ATF-mandated NFA paperwork extremely easy. Part of that process, of course, is … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUeR_GtCdA Craig from Rugged Suppressors was in town visiting Silencer Shop last week, and the guys and gals there were cool enough to set us up in their vault with some lights and a couple of cameras. I did my best to interview Craig about Rugged — who they are, how they fit in the … Read more
Just in time for SilencerCo‘s tenth anniversary, the company is releasing what it’s claiming is the quietest .22LR suppressor on the market, the Switchback 22. It’s a modular suppressor designed to be run in four different configurations on calibers all the way up to and including 5.7×28. SilencerCo’s press release follows, but stay tuned because … Read more
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