Areoflyer09
Master
Over the weekend I dropped a rifle off with AllenM and decided that I’m interested in picking up a supressor. I started browsing the different companies sites and am not left feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of options. So I tried making a list of the ones that appeared would be good options and ended up with 20+ on the list. Yep, I realized that I have no idea what I’m doing.
Let’s start with some basic wants/uses:
-Primary use for the foreseeable future will be on a rifle
-22LR is the primary use, I don’t have any other rimfire calibers but they aren’t off the as an option
-Weight - the above rifle is heavy for a 22 as is, I’d like to minizmize weight as is reasonable, though no rimfire appears to more than 6-7oz.
-Length - the above rifle was over 41” long from the factory. Along with being threaded, the barrel is being cut from 22” to 16 1/4”. Ideally less than 6” length would be nice.
-Cost - I’m willingly to wait on this and buy right the first time if that means buying a $500 option is worth the extra $200 over the $300 options.
I know that doesn’t help narrow thing down a lot. It’s rather vague really, but I don’t know enough to know what I’m missing.
I know there are those that prefer all steel construction, others are OK with the aluminum ones. I’ve read about the cleaning difficulties some have due to design/materials. Some have modularity, some don’t. Overall, I’m feeling rather overwhelmed by options.
Here are a couple that I liked and why:
Q Erector:
+2.6oz
+Complete modularity
-Cost
-Mostly Aluminum
SilencerCo Warlock:
+3oz
+Cost
-No modularity
-Aluminum
AAC Element 2:
+4.1oz
-No Modularity
-Cost
+Steel/Titanium
AAC Halcyon:
+\- ?/6oz (I couldn’t locate the weight of the short length)
+Modularity
+Steel/Titanium/Aluminum
-Cost
Rugged Occulus 22:
-Cost
+\- 4.3oz/6.9oz
+Steel
+Modularity
I based cost comparison on MSRP strictly because it was hard to find one shop that carried everything and the Silencer Shop site is having maintenance. I gave aluminum a negative only because of what I could find to read and it seems most people prefer steel. This is how I ended up with a list of 20+ options. Some of the above are multi-caliber, some aren’t. I’m neither for or against that aspect as I don’t have any other ringer calibers.
I’m really drawn to the Q Erector, it’s more expensive than others but 2.6oz fully assembled and you can run 1-9 baffles on it.
Is there a better option than the Erector, or any of them I have listed? Is there a better way to figure out what to get?
Thanks!
Let’s start with some basic wants/uses:
-Primary use for the foreseeable future will be on a rifle
-22LR is the primary use, I don’t have any other rimfire calibers but they aren’t off the as an option
-Weight - the above rifle is heavy for a 22 as is, I’d like to minizmize weight as is reasonable, though no rimfire appears to more than 6-7oz.
-Length - the above rifle was over 41” long from the factory. Along with being threaded, the barrel is being cut from 22” to 16 1/4”. Ideally less than 6” length would be nice.
-Cost - I’m willingly to wait on this and buy right the first time if that means buying a $500 option is worth the extra $200 over the $300 options.
I know that doesn’t help narrow thing down a lot. It’s rather vague really, but I don’t know enough to know what I’m missing.
I know there are those that prefer all steel construction, others are OK with the aluminum ones. I’ve read about the cleaning difficulties some have due to design/materials. Some have modularity, some don’t. Overall, I’m feeling rather overwhelmed by options.
Here are a couple that I liked and why:
Q Erector:
+2.6oz
+Complete modularity
-Cost
-Mostly Aluminum
SilencerCo Warlock:
+3oz
+Cost
-No modularity
-Aluminum
AAC Element 2:
+4.1oz
-No Modularity
-Cost
+Steel/Titanium
AAC Halcyon:
+\- ?/6oz (I couldn’t locate the weight of the short length)
+Modularity
+Steel/Titanium/Aluminum
-Cost
Rugged Occulus 22:
-Cost
+\- 4.3oz/6.9oz
+Steel
+Modularity
I based cost comparison on MSRP strictly because it was hard to find one shop that carried everything and the Silencer Shop site is having maintenance. I gave aluminum a negative only because of what I could find to read and it seems most people prefer steel. This is how I ended up with a list of 20+ options. Some of the above are multi-caliber, some aren’t. I’m neither for or against that aspect as I don’t have any other ringer calibers.
I’m really drawn to the Q Erector, it’s more expensive than others but 2.6oz fully assembled and you can run 1-9 baffles on it.
Is there a better option than the Erector, or any of them I have listed? Is there a better way to figure out what to get?
Thanks!