TTAG’s December Get-Together: Guns, Gear…and Fog!

Dozens of TTAG readers braved pea soup-thick fog and Boston rush hour-like traffic last night to attend our December get-together at the Range at Austin’s plush Patriot Club. There they shot a variety of premium pistols like the Wilson Combat EDC-X9, Beretta’s APX, SilencerCo’s integrally suppressed Maxim 9, and Hudson Manufacturing’s innovative new H9. About … Read more

SilencerCo Thanksgiving Weekend Sale: 20% Off Sitewide, 10% Off Maxim 50

Now through Monday, SilencerCo has everything in their online store marked down 20%, plus all orders ship free. Well, almost everything is 20% off. Their not-legally-a-“firearm” suppressed muzzleloader, the Maxim 50, is 10% off. With only a few states excepted, this hearing safe .50 cal can be ordered online and shipped right to your door.

Vedder Holsters Daily Digest: Racist Roots, Protecting the Thugs and Turnabout is Fair Play

Anyone else surprised thehill.com ran this op-ed? . . . The racist origin of gun control laws Kansas Senator Samuel Pomeroy extolled the three “indispensable” “safeguards of liberty under our form of government,” the sanctity of the home, the right to vote, and “the right to bear arms.” So “if the cabin door of the freedman … Read more

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 Hudson’s Facebook page). One suppressed, one integrally-suppressed. Below, a photo showing the Maxim 9 in its shortest and longest configurations, plus … Read more

Silencerco CEO: Hopes ATF Won’t Fight Hearing Protection Act

According to SilencerCo’s CEO Josh Waldron, Trump’s two oldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, use SilencerCo products. SilencerCo was an early and vocal endorser of Donald Trump for President. As a result, Mr. Waldron received one of the coveted invitations to Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States. From Silencerco’s facebook page: SilencerCo CEO Josh Waldron is … Read more

SilencerCo Introduces Omega 45K – SHOT Show Range Day

SilencerCo has always been the 800 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to silencer innovation, production, and marketing. They make a lot of silencers, and it can start to get confusing fast. On the pistol side alone, SilencerCo makes eight different models within three subgroups – Osprey, Octane, and Omega K. The Omega 45K … Read more

SilencerCo Updates the Saker – Now Called Saker 762 ASR – SHOT Show Range Day

One of the not so secret secrets in the gun industry is that SilencerCo Sakers have a habit of departing the end of the barrel and making their way downrange. Ask anyone at SilencerCo and they’ll tell you that the trifecta mount is fine assuming it’s used properly. If not, the cans tend to go … Read more

Hands On With The SilencerCo Maxim 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdSIey7DTIQ Capitol Armory and SilencerCo shared a bay at the end of the expansive (well over half a mile of shooting lanes!) Texas Firearms Festival. It was a very popular destination, but I pushed an old lady out of the way and snagged the most recent prototype of SilencerCo’s integrally-suppressed 9mm pistol, the Maxim 9, and put … Read more