Rugged Suppressors is known for their durable, quiet, modular suppressors with the best warranty in the industry. The Oculus22 has been an industry leader for years and, with its all 17-4 stainless steel construction, is rated for heavy duty full-auto use on more than just rimfire cartridges. For users willing to stick to .22 LR, … Read more
Lone Wolf, well-known hot rodders of [primarily] GLOCK pistols, has just announced its first entry into the silencer world. The ELIMIN8R is a fully modular suppressor that’s ready to shoot any standard pistol caliber .45 or smaller in addition to subsonic 300 Blackout. Looks pretty cool! Lone Wolf’s press release is copied below: LONE WOLF … Read more
As an NFA connoisseur, I’ve endured the process of applying for suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs many times over the years. Now that I’m a licensed firearm manufacturer, my process for receiving or making NFA items is simpler and faster, but I haven’t forgotten how Silencer Shop changed the game and created the easiest way to … Read more
OSS Suppressors is known for “flow-through” suppressor designs that greatly reduce backpressure for the firearm and gas blowback for the shooter. After many years of focusing on suppressing rifles, OSS has finally branched out into pistol silencers with the release of the RAD 9 and RAD 45 tested here. Silencer Shop was good enough to … Read more
When Ruger launched the Ruger-57 a year ago (TTAG review HERE), we were taken quite by surprise. Nobody foresaw this FN Five-seveN competitor coming, but it was a great news for fans of the 5.7x28mm cartridge who are interested in a more affordable, more approachable way to fire the little hot rod round. The only … Read more
A lot of shooters still don’t realize that they can own silencers legally, or if they do, they’re intimidated about the process. And it’s true, making your initial silencer purchase can be a major pain in the range bag…but it doesn’t have to be . . . To demystify the process, TTAG talked to Michael … Read more
When an individual or a trust/corporation (read about the Silencer Shop Single Shot Trust HERE) purchases an existing NFA-regulated “firearm” (silencer, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, “any other weapon,” destructive device, or machine gun), the application for transfer is done via ATF Form 4. When an individual or a trust/corporation wants to create an NFA item, whether … Read more
Before building your own NFA item, you have to file an ATF Form 1. That involves the same $200 tax and registration process as the Form 4 that’s filed when purchasing an NFA item from a dealer, but the approval times are significantly faster. In fact, for quite a while now eFiled Form 1s have … Read more
With an e-filed ATF Form 1 (the application to manufacture your own NFA item) taking only three to five weeks (ish) for approval these days, as compared to about nine months for a Form 4 (transfer of an existing NFA item), interest in building your own silencer has increased dramatically. But what if you don’t … Read more
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