#TBASuppressors

Although Todd Brueckmann grew up hunting and shooting in rural Virginia, he didn’t set out to open a firearms manufacturing company. From an early age he was into cars – so when he out-welded his high school shop teacher in an informal competition, the future seemed clear. But after years of building and fixing race cars and dragsters for constantly broke customers, Brueckmann turned his skills towards his other passion – silencers.

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 little effort. And with the evolution of silencer technology has come a shift of form factor – integrallly suppressed firearms that were once considered the pinnacle of noise suppression have been challenged by direct thread options. But as silencer ownership increases at a breakneck pace, collections are growing in parallel, allowing for a return to integrals that have also evolved in the last decade. Recently TFB visited TBA Suppressors, makers of integrally suppressed firearms and a traditional line of direct thread/mount silencers.

Even with the recent recall announcement regarding Ruger’s new MKIV rimfire pistol, I find myself still on the hunt for my first integrally suppressed rimfire pistol. Luckily, another manufacturer has come forward with a design that should be both ultra quiet and easy to clean. TBA Suppressors released the Sicario, a monocore design that includes a quick detach system for easy cleaning.