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Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.209 – Stealth Additive Works Tisha on the 10.3-in 5.56 MK18 . What happens when high level engineering combines all the hybrid design principles we’ve been discussing on this podcast for years into a compact silencer design, and additive manufacturing makes it possible to produce? You get things like this. The incredible joy it brings us to show you thin...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.208 – SilencerCo Sparrow on the subcompact Beretta 21A Bobcat . Historically significant silencer, by popular demand. Long overdue. The Sparrow was SilencerCo’s first product and has enjoyed significant proliferation. Let’s dive into this FRP-famous silencer, technically. This accompanies last week’s report and Silencer Hazard Map Brief 8.1.6 . a. Introd...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.208 – SilencerCo Sparrow on the subcompact Beretta 21A Bobcat . Historically significant silencer, by popular demand. Long overdue. The Sparrow was SilencerCo’s first product and has enjoyed significant proliferation. Most folks know about its first-round-pop (FRP) on short barrels. Do you? Check it out in this introduction to today’s report! (00:07:13)...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.206 – Battle Born Supply Co. Whiskey Quebec 5.56 on the 14.5-in mid-length gas M4 . The Purged version was evaluated in Report 6.207 . This is the technical discussion accompanying those two analytical test reports, exploring the performance efficacy of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) baffle structures. a. Intro and recap (00:06:56) b. Basic TPMS...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.206 – Battle Born Supply Co. Whiskey Quebec 5.56 on the 14.5-in mid-length gas M4 . Inconel. 3D printed. Are there folks out here using 3D printing for things that are simply not machinable by traditional methods? Yes. This family of silencers is one of them. Let’s explore the performance of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) baffle structures in the...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.205 – Combat Application Technologies CAT BEN micro silencer on the subcompact Beretta 21A . Rimfire is back. Compact? Yes. Everyone wants to put small silencers on subcompact hosts. Sometimes that can be pretty loud. Does the BEN offer relief? Technical discussion for this report and PEW-SOFT HD Hazard Map published last week. a. Introduction (00:06:42)...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.204 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity on 16.3-in and 12.6-in AK systems . The Infinity it one of the most characterized silencers by the PEW Science Laboratory. With the addition of these two tests, it brings the total amount of Infinity record numbers in the Rankings to 11. In this test program, the vented 7.62 end cap was used, exclusively. Technical discuss...

Today’s Topics: 1. Today we are launching Section 8 of the Silencer Sound Standard: SSS.8 – Advanced Silencer Research . Outside of public view, PEW Science performs a significant amount of testing and engineering analysis on a variety of systems; most of which is never published. Not everything has to remain behind closed doors. Section 8 of the Standard presents further research advancements tha...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.204 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity on 16.3-in and 12.6-in AK systems . The Infinity it one of the most characterized silencers by the PEW Science Laboratory. With the addition of these two tests, it brings the total amount of Infinity record numbers in the Rankings to 11. In this test program, the vented 7.62 end cap was used, exclusively. Could AK suppress...

Today’s Topic: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.203 – Combat Application Technologies CAT CACM 556 on the standard 10.3-in untuned MK18 . This is a system-optimized silencer, but PEW Science recommended a standard host platform be used for public evaluation. How does this latest SURGE BYPASS model perform in a 6-inch envelope? Technical discussion for last week’s report. a. Intro (00:07:39) b. Physical...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.202 – Zastava ZVUK on a 16.3-in Yugoslavian AK-pattern system . Another U.S. tribute to the venerable Soviet PBS silencer! You saw the Wolverine performance last time. How does an even more modern PBS homage perform? Does this particular implementation of PIP bring the performance? Technical discussion for last week’s report. (00:09:12) 2. Sound Signatur...

Today’s Topic: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.202 – Zastava ZVUK on a 16.3-in Yugoslavian AK-pattern system . Another U.S. tribute to the venerable Soviet PBS silencer! You saw the Wolverine performance last time. How does an even more modern PBS homage perform? Does this particular implementation of PIP bring the performance? Introduction to today’s whitepaper. a. Intro and aesthetics (00:05:30) b....

Today’s Topics: 1. Public Research Supplement 6.200 – Unsuppressed 7.62x39mm AK-Pattern Rifles as Silencer Test Hosts . Zastava ZPAPM70 (16.3-in barrel), Arsenal SAM7R (16.3-in barrel), and Arsenal SAM7C (12.6-in barrel). Technical discussion of this new host platform. (00:06:54) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.201 – Dead Air Wolverine on every AK . How does this U.S. tribute to the venerable Soviet P...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.199 – Wolfpack Armory Disruptor 556 on the 14.5-in M4 . There are a lot of new silencers and new silencer companies entering the space, and we say – the more the merrier. How does this conventionally designed offering stack up in the performance pedigree? This is the combined intro and technical discussion for the report published on 06-SEP. (00:08:23) 2...

Today’s Topic: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.198 – Microtech Defense R2K9 on the HK P30L. This modular pistol silencers offers lengths that are a bit longer than typical, but produce an interesting performance opportunity for users interested in such a design. How does the optimized k-baffle technology in the R2K9 stack up with current high performers on the market? Technical discussion for the repo...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.198 – Microtech Defense R2K9 on the HK P30L . It’s been about 5 years or so, give or take, since this silencer hit the market. It’s about as old as PEW Science. Was it ahead of its time? Or was it simply a diamond in the rough that folks glossed over? Check out this interesting modular pistol silencer and the fully-featured accessory package in this Memb...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.197 – Combat Application Technologies CAT KK on the 10.3 5.56 MK18 . Small silencer with performance that was a little surprising. Hybrid design advanced silencers continue to push the envelope. Technical discussion for the whitepaper published last week. a. Intro and physical characteristics. (00:08:26) b. Design, system performance, and mount considera...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.196 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity on the 14.5-in mid-length gas M4A1 . You’ve seen this durable, versatile silencer on everything from 7.62 NATO to subsonic 300 BLK to short barrel 5.56 NATO. What have we learned about the Infinity, and how its technology works? How does the hybrid Otter Creek Infinity technology respond to lowering blast load input severi...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.195 – FOR Systems Monarch Recce on the 10.3 5.56 MK18 . Speaking of form factor… this silencer is a little over 5 inches long, as tested, and it’s ready to party. Hybrid designs continue to be developed, and the status quo just might be changing. Do short 5.56 silencers have to be loud? Technical discussion of this whitepaper published last week. a. Intr...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.194 – Dillon Rifle Company DRC556 on the 14.5 5.56 M4 . Oh my goodness – more Purposely Induced Porosity silencers? Yes. PIP is proliferating. How does this adaptation of the technology perform? Technical discussion for this paper published last week – the form factor wars are heating up! a. Intro (00:05:10) b. Physical overview (00:06:38) c. Silencer de...

Today’s Topic: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.194 – Dillon Rifle Company DRC556 on the 14.5 5.56 M4 . Oh my goodness – more Purposely Induced Porosity silencers? Yes. PIP is proliferating. How does this adaptation of the technology perform? Form factor is becoming a hot topic lately. Let’s explore this new silencer from Dillon in this introductory discussion to the whitepaper published today! (00:03:...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.193 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/TSWIF on the 14.5 5.56 M4 . This is a “blast diverter” micro silencer; it is intended to be used with blast diverters and flash suppressors from Apparition Instruments, Noveske Rifleworks, and others. Technical discussion of the whitepaper published last week. (00:08:22) 2. Sig 6.75 300 BLK Rattler LT backorder c...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.193 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/TSWIF on the 14.5 5.56 M4 . This is a “blast diverter” micro silencer; it is intended to be used with blast diverters and flash suppressors from Apparition Instruments, Noveske Rifleworks, and others. If you are avoiding SBR registration, does something like this work? Quick intro to the system. (00:07:35) 2. Lis...

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.192 – Engaged Industries Operator 5.56 on the MK18 . Smaller diameter silencers making a comeback? Potentially. Does this silencer bring competitive performance to a crowded market? Technical discussion for this technical report published last week. (00:08:50) 2. Ongoing testing is awesome. New test hosts are awesome. New silencers are awesome. What a ti...

Today’s Topics: 1. Semiauto 300 BLK is here! Sound Signature Review 6.191 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/RAT on the 6.75-in SIG SAUER MCX AR-18 consumer retail LVAW analog in all three of its modular configurations (COVERT, FLOW, and Base) . This is the technical talk for the report published last week. a. Technical Intro (00:07:24) b. SIG MCX technical performance factors (00:10:33) c. CAT...