The Byrna Short Barrel LE sounds like a compact version of the LE, and that’s how most buyers will read the name. Byrna’s own spec sheet tells a different story. The Short Barrel LE takes the LE’s trigger and valve assembly but runs on the …
Glock 19X Review: What the Coyote Crossover Buys You
The Glock 19X is a Glock 19 slide on a full-size Glock 17 frame, finished in coyote, and it has a twin most buyers find within minutes: the black Glock 45, built on the same crossover layout and usually listed for about $100 less. The …
Springfield Hellcat Review: Two Complaints, Four Factory Answers
The Springfield Hellcat arrived in 2019 with capacity as its headline: Springfield launched it as the world’s highest-capacity micro-compact 9mm, putting 11+1 flush into a gun about 4 inches tall. Years into production, reviewers and owners mostly agree on what it does well, and on …
Rugged Oculus 22 Review: Two Lengths, and When to Run It Short
The Rugged Oculus 22 is an all-stainless, modular rimfire suppressor that runs 5.25 inches long or 3.25 inches short, and Rugged rates it for unusually hard use: Belt Fed Rated on .22 LR and full-auto rated on every other caliber it accepts. That makes it …
Best Rifle Suppressors: 9 Picks by How You Actually Shoot
The best rifle suppressors aren’t sorted by decibels. They’re sorted by how you shoot. A can that’s perfect on a bolt-action elk rifle can be the wrong tool on a hard-driven AR-10, and the toughest belt-fed-rated can weighs twice what a hunter wants hanging off …
SilencerCo Omega 300 Review: What the Best-Seller Buys You
SilencerCo’s best-selling rifle can is also its least expensive centerfire suppressor. Here’s what that price buys, what it doesn’t, and where SilencerCo’s own numbers put it against the lighter Scythe Ti. The SilencerCo Omega 300 is, by SilencerCo’s own description, the best-selling centerfire rifle silencer …
SilencerCo Spectre 9 Review: Spectre 9 vs. 9K and Which to Buy
Two titanium cans, one MSRP, and a choice most coverage skips: the smaller Spectre costs more on the street and, by SilencerCo’s own numbers, is a lot louder. The SilencerCo Spectre 9 is one of the lightest full-auto-rated 9mm suppressors you can buy, an all-titanium …
SilencerCo Scythe Ti Review: What 7.3 Ounces Buys You
SilencerCo’s first all-titanium suppressor is built around one number: 7.3 ounces. Here’s what that buys, what it gives up, and when a different can is the better call. The SilencerCo Scythe Ti is the company’s first suppressor built entirely from titanium, and at 7.3 ounces …
SilencerCo Omega 9K Review: The Tough Compact 9mm Can, and the 9K Name Trap
The SilencerCo Omega 9K is the heavyweight of the compact 9mm cans, and that’s the point. At about 4.5 inches and 7.3 ounces, it’s a fully welded can built from Cobalt-6 and 17-4 stainless, rated for 9mm plus both subsonic and supersonic .300 Blackout, and …
SilencerCo Hybrid 46 Review: One Can for Nearly Every Gun, Sold in Pieces
The SilencerCo Hybrid 46 is the least expensive way we found to put one suppressor on nearly every gun you own. It’s rated from 9mm and .45 ACP pistols through 5.56, .308, and .45-70 rifles, with magnum ratings up to .338 Lapua, and at $610 …