Tag Archives: silencerco summit

Varmint package from SilencerCo and CZ

Posted on by Leave a comment

Utah-based SilencerCo last week unveiled the latest entry to its Summit line of limited edition customized suppressor/firearm packages with a CZ rimfire offering.

Centered around a CZ 455 Varmint, the package includes interchangeable 17.2-inch heavy barrels in .22LR and .17HMR, each with 1/2x28TPI threads to accept the matching SilencerCo Sparrow suppressor. Each barrel is serialized to the receiver.

I must admit, I do like the aesthic of old world craftsmanship with hand-rubbed walnut furniture, and a nice CNC can.

You know you want a suppressed SBS

Posted on by Leave a comment
Holy No Country For Old Men, Batman!

Holy No Country For Old Men, Batman! Length of barrel with suppressor is just 22-inches.

SilencerCo has just dropped an en-quieted Remington 870 short barreled shotgun that has been cut down to a 14-inch IC barrel and paired with a 8-inch Salvo 12 can– the first time the suppressor has been offered to the public in such a configuration with the breacher front cap.

To keep grubby paws off, the set comes in a San Tan Woodwork red white and blue concealment case outfitted with a custom foam insert that cradles the burner, the can, and a 10-shot MTM ammo case, which is enough to get you started when you need to repel boarders.

Of course they need two tax stamps and the MSRP is a skosh more than your Wal-Mart special Remmy, but more in my column over at Guns.com if you are curious.

Hushed Cowboys

Posted on by Leave a comment

I’ve always liked the aesthetic of a lever-action carbine or rifle mated to a suppressor.

Griffin Armament built an awesome 1873 (repro) lever gun with a 3-lug and the Griffin Optimus

Griffin Armament built an awesome 1873 (repro) lever gun with a 3-lug and the Griffin Optimus

Plus, it makes sense. Most of the fat old “cowboy” rounds like the .45 Long Colt and .44-40 Winchester are by average subsonic, which means no bullet “crack” as they do not break the sound barrier. Further, a lever-action is fully closed during the firing cycle, which helps mute escaping gasses and the sound of the action working (until you eject and chamber another round of course).

Heck, even ole Teddy Rossevelt was down with such a concept, using an early Maxim Silencer to keep from waking the neighbors.

TR's suppressed Winchester 94

TR’s suppressed Winchester 94

Well, SilencerCo has a limited edition run of Model 90 Big Horn carbines in .460 S&W (which can also accommodate 454 Casull and .45 Long Colt), married up to matched Hybrid suppressors.

You know the Hybrid, right?

silencerco hybrid series
Anyway, these Summit series Big Horns are sweet. The whole set up is pretty quiet, with Hornady 225gr .45 Colt FTX hitting the scales at 127.9 dB under tests.

013

More in my column at Guns.com

Of suppressor deregulation and upcoming ATF changes

Posted on by Leave a comment

At SHOT Show this year I had a chance to throw some knives and hawks on range day and did so like shit. They were SOGs and, while I can make the excuse I wasn’t used to them and prefer my own edged weapons which I do throw much better, I still did miserably.

sog knives and hawks

However, I also did it right behind Josh Waldron, the co-founder and CEO of SilencerCo, the company that is like the Glock of suppressors. How big are they? They ship 10,000 cans a month, which is more than most suppressor makers ship in a year.

I had a chance last week to catch back to up him without the tomahawks and talk about various states dropping prohibitions against private suppressor ownership (42 states now allow it), hunting with suppressors (39 now allow it, up from 22 in 2011), potential deregulation of suppressors from NFA requirements via the Hearing Protection Act, and the impact that ATF 41F is going to have on trusts and CLEO requirements.

SilencerCo.founder.believes.in_.creating.a.lifestyle.to_.mainstream.suppressors
“We’re trying to make guns sexy again because they always really have been in this country,” Waldron said. “It’s been part of the fabric of the culture here but we want to make sure that that continues and so we’re trying to revive that.”

You can read the interview over at Guns.com.