Today’s Topics: 1. As promised – 3-lug mounting. What is it, why do we use it, and what options do you have as a silencer consumer in 2024? Should you care about the version used? Potentially, yes. (00:10:06) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.149 – the Otter Creek Labs Titanium on the .22LR CZ 452 bolt-action. Rimfire is back again! Introductory discussi…

Today’s Topics: 1. Happy belated 4th birthday to the Silencer Sound Standard! In March of 2020, the PEW Science laboratory publicly launched the Standard that is used, worldwide, for objective analysis of suppressed system performance. (00:12:06) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.147 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/JL/A1. The CAT JL on superson…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.146 – the Mercy Pluto on the CZ 452 16-in .22LR bolt-action. This is the technical discussion of the white paper published last week! (00:13:42) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.147 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/JL/A1. The CAT JL on supersonic .308. Introductory discussion of this advanced system, …

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.146 – the Mercy Pluto on the CZ 452 16-in .22LR bolt-action. Rimfire is back again, baby! This is the introductory discussion for this whitepaper published concurrently with this episode. Is the Pluto small and light? Yes. Things are getting a little nuts! (00:13:35) 2. Rimfire pistol hosts. There are so …

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.145 – the Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P on the HK P30L. This is the technical discussion of the article published last week, examining this design evolution of the Resilient Suppressors RSP. (00:07:48) 2. Tons of testing is going on right now, and there are some great technical articles coming your way. Hug…

Today’s Topics: 1. Listener Questions are back again! We continue to make our way through the 6th Solicitation. Looks like today we’ll tackle everything from pizza, to blast physics, to sparking, to predicative results, and beyond! (00:08:34) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.145 – the Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P on the HK P30L semiauto combat handgun. L…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.144 – the Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 midgas system. Two mounts – two tests! 3-Prong and WARCOMP. Technical discussion of the white paper published 06-MAR-2024. (00:07:45) 2. Mini field case study. MINI2 on the HK 416? Yes. Compared with the RC2? Yes. Field report from this past weekend. We t…

Today’s Topics: 1. Listener Questions! We’ll dive back into the 6th solicitation and answer more of your queries. Always a great time! (00:07:02) 2. 14.5-in M4 data is back, baby. Sound Signature Review 6.144 – the Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 midgas system. With…. You guessed it – 3-Prong and WARCOMP mounts! Oh, WARCOMP mount…. Never c…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.142 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard .308 bolt-action. Technical discussion. (00:11:18) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.143 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard 5.56 MK18; technical discussion of this white paper published last week. (00:37:04) 3. More silencers, more testing, …

Today’s Topics: 1. Listener Questions are back! We’ll answer more of your queries from the 6th solicitation. (00:10:32) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.142 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard .308 bolt-action. Introductory discussion! (00:49:05) 3. Sound Signature Review 6.143 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30, again – this time, on the…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.140 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the 16-in .22LR CZ 452 bolt action. Technical discussion. (00:07:34) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.141 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the subcompact Beretta 21A semiauto .22LR pistol. Technical discussion. (00:56:18) 3. Some administrative i…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.139 – AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 (Unvented) on the standard MK18 5.56 SBR. Historical and prolific silencer! Technical discussion of this white paper published last week. (00:10:14) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.140 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the 16-in .22LR CZ 452 bolt action. Introductory disc…

Today’s Topics: 1. New publication this week! Sound Signature Review 6.139 – AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 (Unvented) on the standard MK18 5.56 SBR. Long time coming; this extremely prolific silencer is now added to the pedigree. Introductory discussion. (00:12:49) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.137 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 20-in .308 bolt action. Techn…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.137 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 20-in .308 bolt action. More 7.62 data is here. An ultra lightweight silencer… how does it perform? This is an introductory discussion for this white paper published concurrently with this episode. (00:10:06) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.138 – Resilient Suppressors Jol…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.136 – Resilient Suppressors Jessie’s Girl on the Beretta 21A subcompact semiautomatic rimfire pistol. This is the technical discussion for this white paper, published 03-JAN-2024. (00:08:30) 2. Gas blowback out of your AR-15 ejection port. Do you know why it happens? When you add a silencer, does it chang…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.136 – Resilient Suppressors Jessie’s Girl on the Beretta 21A subcompact semiautomatic rimfire pistol! An interesting silencer – an interesting host – and an interesting test! Let’s kick off 2024 with the introductory discussion for this white paper, published concurrently with this episode. (00:08:40) 2. …

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.135 – PTR VENT 3 on the 5.56 MK18. This is the technical discussion of this silencer and white paper, published 13-DEC-2023. Very interesting silencer – the Purposely Induced Porosity (PIP) technology apparently has some legs! (00:07:58) 2. Merry Christmas from the PEW Science family to you and yours. The…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.135 – PTR VENT 3 on the 5.56 MK18. This is the introductory discussion for this white paper, published concurrently with this episode! Low back pressure wars are heating up – this is a very interesting time in silencer history. Which technologies demonstrate the highest degree of efficacy? (00:08:33) 2. T…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.134 – SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18. This is the technical discussion for this long-awaited white paper, published last week! Again, big thanks to PEW Science members for making research like this possible. (00:08:53) 2. Sometimes it takes a village – KAC silencer system testing is in the works, w…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.134 – SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18. This is the introductory discussion for this long-awaited white paper, published today with this podcast episode! Huge thanks to PEW Science members for making this research possible. (00:06:04) 2. Listener Questions are back! That’s right – it’s time for the 6…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.132 - BOSS Silencers Chairman (7.62) on the .308 bolt action. This is the technical discussion of this white paper released last week. A Tesla valve design principle? Maybe, but not exactly. (00:07:05) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.133 – BOSS Silencers Guillotine (5.56) on the 5.56 MK18. This is another sil…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.131 – the PTR VENT 2 on the HK SP5 (MP5 analog) – technical discussion for this white paper that was published 01-NOV. Purposely Induced Porosity (PIP) technology – does it work? Yeah, apparently. What an exciting time to add a new technology to the research pedigree! (00:07:18) 2. Sound Signature Reviews…

Today’s Topics: 1. Gas momentum, flow rate, reflections, and hazards. Do all silencers sound the same? No. When you change environments, do all silencers have signatures that change the same way? Also no. This topic is brought to you by a PEW Science Pro Member question. (00:07:52) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.129 and 6.130 – the CAT/WB/A1/718 on th…

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.128 – the Surefire SOCOM556-RC2 on the 5.56 M4A1 Mid-Gas with both 3-Prong and WARCOMP! This is the technical discussion covering the white paper published 22-OCT. (00:09:57) 2. Sound Signature Review 6.131 – the PTR VENT 2 on the HK SP5 (MP5 analog) – introductory discussion for this white paper that is …

Today’s Topics: 1. Sound Signature Review 6.126 – the Liberty Precision Machine Torch on the 5.56 MK18. With both solid and vented end caps! This is the technical discussion of the PEW Science laboratory white paper released last week! (00:15:06) 2. Public Research Supplement 6.127 – the standard M4A1 test host! 14.5-in mid-length gas 5.56 testing …