Help Me Choose a Suppressed .22 Handgun

[Onomea]

Huntsman, I think about that VQ bolt. Does look easier on the fingers, for sure, and, honestly, I don't like the look of the loop/ring pull add on. On the other hand, I'm not having any issues with the standard, factory bolt. (Do have the VQ firing pin and extractor, along with the trigger group.)

What's your opinion?

 

[huntsman22]

You're set.... The thing I don't like about the Ruger bolt 'ears' is, they wear holes in shirts if you carry much in a shoulder holster. Personally, I don't care much for the VQ pull, but that's the way they come, so I live with it. I have a Ruger inbound and will add the TK trigger and yanky ring. I'm more into making it easy for kids to operate the things, than I am about the looks.

 

[zeke]

Black Dog Machine. Got it from Tandemkross.

(My bbl is .85" and suppressor is 1.05" diameter. I increased the inside slot diameter of the holster to accommodate suppressor by wedging open the bbl slot by placing a putty knife handle in the opening below the trigger guard and leaving it for several days.)

Thanks, it be appreciated!

 

[tlawler]

I’d like to thank everyone for their input on helping Onomea choose a .22 suppressor host. Onomea…thank you(I think!) for being an enabler!

I’ve been following this thread for a while now and learning a lot more about .22 hosts and suppressors. It’s not my first; I already have a Rugged Obsidian .45, but I’ve pined after a rimfire with a suppressor for some time. I finally pulled the trigger last Wednesday on a FN 522 and a Dead Air Mask can. I just got my email from ATF this morning that I’ve been approved…3 business days! I’m loving it. My Rugged took 8 months and that was agonizing. The big thing that held me back in the past was the wait. I know…I’m impatient. I’m already thinking ahead to my next can.

The gun shop is closed Sundays and Mondays, so I’ll have to wait until the morrow to pick it up. I’ll post some pictures of it then.

 

[ladder13]

I want another, the 46M, but they disappear before I can get one. I am guessing the short wait times, my first took 11 months, has encouraged more people to purchase them.
Lots of “out of stock” notices unlike before. One only can wonder what would happen if they were sold OTC with just a NICS.

 

[Onomea]

I gotta say, it's a fun itch to scratch!

And I agree, the new, shorter wait times sure encouraged me to take the leap. I kinda doubt I'll buy another, but it's fun to have one to plink away with.

 

[ladder13]

What happened was I wanted to suppress a 300 BLK for hunting. I had nothing that was threaded in more than 30 cal so “since I don’t need more the 30 why get anything larger”.
Then came the Occulus for my 22’s.

NOW with all the PCC carbines coming out….I want a bigger hole out the front, and why not go all the way to 46.
I know some will say buy caliber specific cans as they work better not multi purpose. Personally I don’t want a safe full of suppressors.

 

[zeke]

What happened was I wanted to suppress a 300 BLK for hunting. I had nothing that was threaded in more than 30 cal so “since I don’t need more the 30 why get anything larger”.
Then came the Occulus for my 22’s.

NOW with all the PCC carbines coming out….I want a bigger hole out the front, and why not go all the way to 46.
I know some will say buy caliber specific cans as they work better not multi purpose. Personally I don’t want a safe full of suppressors.

The silencerco hybrid owned works very well so far on 45 acp pdc, 44 mag lever sub sonic and 45-70 sub sonic. Although large for purpose, it also worked very well on a 9mm sbr.

 

[tlawler]

What happened was I wanted to suppress a 300 BLK for hunting. I had nothing that was threaded in more than 30 cal so “since I don’t need more the 30 why get anything larger”.
Then came the Occulus for my 22’s.

NOW with all the PCC carbines coming out….I want a bigger hole out the front, and why not go all the way to 46.
I know some will say buy caliber specific cans as they work better not multi purpose. Personally I don’t want a safe full of suppressors.

I picked up a direct mount for my Rugged Obsidian to use on my 10mm FPC, but I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet.

 

[ladder13]

I picked up a direct mount for my Rugged Obsidian to use on my 10mm FPC, but I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet.

I have thought of the Obsidian. Rugged makes very good suppressors.

 

[tlawler]

I picked up my Dead Air Mask today. Installed it on the FN 502 and tried it out in my garage with my home made bullet trap. It’s pretty quiet even with HV rounds (all I had). I’m going to pick up some SV or subs and try it out. Can anyone recommend a decent and fairly inexpensive commercial bullet trap? Gotta keep Mrs. tlawler happy and she doesn’t fully trust my home made one

Here’s a picture of it with my 10mm Banshee. I put the Rugged on it to try out with some 220 grain subs I loaded…hopefully this weekend.

 

[huntsman22]

Looks like I forgot to put up a pic of the Ruger....

 

[huntsman22]

also swapped grips on the Victory...

 

[FivePews]

I’m a big MK series fan…

Had a spare MKIII upper cut down to 2ish” and threaded. Few companies do it…

Rugged Oculus, red dot… and a sort of Assassins setup. Been very happy with mine.

Any regrets about cutting it down? I have a MK III with Volks internals that is probably going to get the same treatment.

Just for plinking around camp in my case.

 

[Screwball]

Any regrets about cutting it down? I have a MK III with Volks internals that is probably going to get the same treatment.

Just for plinking around camp in my case.

Nope… even considered doing it to a MKIV. But have other things planned beforehand.

 

[tlawler]

I don’t mean to drift the thread too much, but this does have to do with suppressors.

Does anyone use a sound pressure meter AKA decibel meter to check the actual decibel level? I see some fairly inexpensive ones on amazon and was wondering if they would work. These are in the $50-$75 range. Then there are the professional grade ones that start north of $2K. Would the inexpensive ones be capable of recording and analyzing the gunshot impulse, or are they mainly geared toward measuring steady noise levels?
It wouldn’t even have to be that accurate, just allow comparative analysis between different suppressor sound levels.

 

[Shrek Of The Arctic]

The cheapie ones seem to work fair enough. Good enough for a safety man to come by and either give us a thumbs up or wag a finger at the work crew. Where you will find more nuance in a suppressor though isn't gunna be in total decibel count, but rather in pitch and tone. You can have two cans side by side with the same decibel reduction, but have one with a...sharper, stingier tone, while the other will produce more of a low thud. For the price of a cheapie, I'd be willing to try though. I've spent way more money on far stupider ideas...

 

[jframejoey]

Beretta 948, 21A, 70/Jaguar, 87............love these guns and look great with a can on them.

 

[tlawler]

I ordered an inexpensive rimfire bullet trap from Amazon and it arrived today. I ran three mags through the FN to try it out. I tried using my Garmin xero to check the velocity, but I think it’s right at the lower limit of registering. It only picked up three shots and all were in the 590-650 fps neighborhood, and the lower limit on the Garmin is 600. It would register, but just say “analyzing shot” and revert back to the same shot number. I don’t know what I did differently with those three shots. Anyway, that was Winchester wildcat HV fodder, so it is staying subsonic with the HV. So now I don’t have to worry about buying any std. vel, or sub ammo, and I’ve got tons of HV .22 on hand. From my garage door to the back wall of the laundry room is right at 26 ft, so probably right at 25ft distance.

 

[6string]

I don’t mean to drift the thread too much, but this does have to do with suppressors.

Does anyone use a sound pressure meter AKA decibel meter to check the actual decibel level? I see some fairly inexpensive ones on amazon and was wondering if they would work. These are in the $50-$75 range. Then there are the professional grade ones that start north of $2K. Would the inexpensive ones be capable of recording and analyzing the gunshot impulse, or are they mainly geared toward measuring steady noise levels?
It wouldn’t even have to be that accurate, just allow comparative analysis between different suppressor sound levels.

NIOSH (Nat’l Inst. for Occupational Safety & Health) have an excellent free sound pressure meter app. that you can download on your iOS or Android device.
I was skeptical at first, but it is really great. Gives SPL in dB-a and dB-c scale with lots of data analysis.