Good morning everyone and thanks for joining us for the latest edition of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine – manufacturers of the new Resonator R2 with adaptable interface (additional information below). Last week we took you [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us for another installment of TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, makers of the YHM Turbo K 5.56 silencer. Last week we discussed first silencers for the beginner. Today we’ll reach for the [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us for episode #76 of TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Unfortunately, we will take a break from our regular technical and review content to discuss firearm suppressors in the news. As always, I’ll do my very best to stay away [Read More…]
Blackwater is back and stronger than ever with them bringing some awesome products to market. Now don’t think this is just a company using the Blackwater logo trying to be an imitator. This is the original company with Erik Prince at the wheel trying to make some [Read More…]
Tubeless suppressor designs are a relatively new addition to the commercial market. If you aren’t familiar with the process, professional manufacturers use programmable, radial welding machines that turn the suppressor and lay down perfect welds at a steady rate. The [Read More…]
Hamond is a small Ukrainian company designing and manufacturing suppressors from cal .22 to 30 mm. Engineer Evgeniy Moskalenko, the CEO and chief designer of Hamond, brought to IDEX a selection of cutaway models showing an array of different internal geometries. Hamond [Read More…]
SilencerCo is coming out with an adaptable .22 LR suppressor wherein a user can change the configuration of the tube to either match a handgun or a rifle at a hearing safe level but also coming in a very small package so as to not take too much space at the end of a muzzle. […] Read More [Read More…]
The Gun Owners of America’s legal arm, the Gun Owners Foundation, is pressing further in their full-throated defense of Jeremy Kettler, a disabled US Army combat veteran. Mr. Kettler was convicted of possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of the [Read More…]
In the early 1900s Hiram Percy Maxim, son of the inventor of the Maxim gun, began developing early suppressors which he christened ‘silencers’. It wasn’t long before the US Army took interest in these new silencers and began testing them. The US Army [Read More…]
SIG Sauer have been granted a patent for what they have called an ‘Integral eccentric firearm silencer’. The firearm appears to be based on the popular P320, with an elongated frame and an added silencer/suppressor module. The patent was filed in March 2016, [Read More…]
Many companies are making multi caliber suppressors these days. Those same companies are making rimfire and .556 specific suppressors, but only a few companies are making a suppressor specifically designed for the popular 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge. Silent Legion [Read More…]
A Norwegian company called Freyr & Devik manufactures suppressors which have several interesting design features. Among these features are the two-piece construction, use of different materials in the same device and end cap shape. Freyr & Devik uses different [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago we reported about the Rex Silentium suppressor manufacturing company that started to accept cryptocurrency as a payment. Recently the company has announced the release of the second generation of their suppressors. They have updated the whole line [Read More…]
Walking through the rooms of IWA, I was surprised by the number of European suppressors on display. Many of them seem to target the hunter more so than the tactical or recreational shooter. There are some really wild European suppressor designs and some that look [Read More…]
Off of the crowded SHOT Show floor, I was lucky enough to have a private meeting with Thermal Defense Solutions, a new suppressor company that is leveraging additive manufacturing processes (3D Printing) to build silencers. The team is ready to bring out four new [Read More…]
During the range day of SHOT Show 2018, Hailey Ordnance Company has introduced a new line of ammunition. The company is specialized in making silencers and suppressed weapon systems and the ammunition they are now making is subsonic which, as you know, is more [Read More…]
Welcome to the first installment of TFB’s Silencer Saturday – where we will come to quietly play with our toys. It is my hope that we will provide our readers with a weekly roll up of news, reviews, product announcements and regulatory and legal issues in the [Read More…]
What a magnificent display of Jorge DaSilva’s suppressor collection. As you can see it is arranged in to the form of a Christmas tree. Hope your Boxing Day is great and may you find that last gift for yourself. Hopefully it is NFA related.
Silencer design, manufacturing processes and materials have come a long way in just the last ten years. Once saddled with sealed cans and and limited options, shooters can now pick from a handful of industry-leading silencers that can be disassembled and cleaned with [Read More…]
SureFire have been awarded an additional contract to provide the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with suppressors, muzzle breaks and blank firing adapters. SureFire were first awarded the SOCOM suppressor contract back in 2011, when an indefinite quantity contract [Read More…]
Officers of the Spokane Police Department are set to be issued suppressors for their patrol rifles. The Department says the move is an effort to protect officers and civilian bystanders’ hearing. Spokane PD will equip all 181 of their patrol rifles with Gemtech [Read More…]
With the recent appalling and horrific event that occurred in Las Vegas many aspects of the firearms industry have come under fire. Whether it is bump stocks or items that were never even utilized during the Las Vegas event, much of our industry has received an [Read More…]
Paul Kim of PK Designlab is working on a suppressor design. You may recognize the name. He was Senior VP of Engineering at SureFire. A couple years back he separated from SureFire to start up his own company, PK Designlab, He is most well known for his work on [Read More…]
The US Marine Corps may soon be calling on the firearm industry for proposals for integrally suppressed firearms. The Marine Corps Times report that Colonel Mike Manning, the program manager for the Marine Corps Systems Command’s Ground Combat Element Systems [Read More…]
“I love it when a plan comes together.” – Hannibal Lecter. Wait, I think I messed that up. Even so, the partnership between B&T and HK for U.S. made silencers has finally left the planning stages and is now ready for rollout. For years, suppressor [Read More…]
Recent so-called Islamic State propaganda videos and an individual Twitter account within Syria have posted numerous examples of improvised suppressors in use on a wide variety of precision rifles and anti-material rifles.The Twitter account simply mentions that the [Read More…]
Infantry Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3/5 aboard the 31st MEU are currently participating in Talisman Saber 2017, a joint U.S. and Australian training exercise working on the amphibious and warfighting capabilities of both forces. However, more than a standard [Read More…]
Some things in life are just so beautiful that it makes you want to cry. For example, the birth of your children, your wife (or husband) on your wedding day or that last ice cold beer on a scorching hot day. Even better than all of those seemingly trivial events, [Read More…]
While the battle against the Islamic State by international forces has focused on the Syria/Lavant region of the world, it’s easy to forget there are other conflicts being waged around the world. For example, the Maute terrorist group in the Philippines has [Read More…]
Could the complete deregulation of silencers (also called “suppressors”) be near? That’s the goal of a new bill introduced simultaneously to the House and Senate, which seeks to invalidate the provisions pertaining to silencers of the National Firearms [Read More…]
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