This year we tested over 360 gun/can combinations with 347 ending up in the public results.
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This year we tested over 360 gun/can combinations with 347 ending up in the public results.
What were the 13 combos that didn't make the spreadsheet?
This year we tested over 360 gun/can combinations with 347 ending up in the public results.
They were R&D prototypes or nonproduction cans, or in a couple cases, "unapproved" caliber-can combinations that the mfgr wanted to test anyway.What were the 13 combos that didn't make the spreadsheet?
There is always some host noise, be it the striker/hammer falling or in a dramatic case, all the various events on a gas gun. In this case, suppressed .22's are so quiet that a something as "minor" as -- hypothetically -- the striker causing some other part of the gun to ring, can easily be louder than the muzzle report to the mic that is very close to the action.I'm still digesting all of this, but one of the more interesting things that stood out upon my initial skimming was the commentary on the .22LR host:
What happened with Shooter's Ear (SE) on the 22's?
Due to a last-minute rifle malfunction with our usual .22 host, we have to switch to a Volquartsen Summit .22 rifle. This rifle exhibits a specific sound pulse that appears only at Shooter's Ear (SE) at just before 0.048 sec (when using the normal suppressed trigger conditions) that is only present in roughly half the tests/shots. This only affects the SE number and confused the SE dB and SE dBA columns the most.
I recently acquired one of this fine rifles to do some other testing unrelated to suppressors, and hadn't noticed this yet. Now I'm curious what other platforms might exhibit similar behavior.
There is always some host noise, be it the striker/hammer falling or in a dramatic case, all the various events on a gas gun. In this case, suppressed .22's are so quiet that a something as "minor" as -- hypothetically -- the striker causing some other part of the gun to ring, can easily be louder than the muzzle report to the mic that is very close to the action.
I didn't even realize you'd done the whole thing again in 2024! Had to scroll up and see the new link, LOL. Next year, test 300 blackout on a short barrel. There's only like 3 guys shooting a 16" 300 blackout in the whole world. I kid I kid. But seriously, shorter barrel.If you are referring to the Flow 762 Ti, it was also shot on the 16" AR-15 (5.56) and the 16" AR-15 (.300BO subs)
Look for categories:
.30 CALIBER SUPPRESSORS SHOOTING CARTRIDGE/HOST: 5.56-16AR
.30 CALIBER SUPPRESSORS SHOOTING CARTRIDGE/HOST: .300BO-16AR-SUB
I didn't even realize you'd done the whole thing again in 2024! Had to scroll up and see the new link, LOL. Next year, test 300 blackout on a short barrel. There's only like 3 guys shooting a 16" 300 blackout in the whole world. I kid I kid. But seriously, shorter barrel.
I'm still digesting all the data but it's interesting in that of all the suppressors I own, and my personal experiences with them on my hosts, they line up with your data in that I really can't tell much of a difference between them. This despite how different they all are in size, construction and configuration.
I was pretty surprised how well the Ventum did vs. the other Huxwrx 5.56 cans. On some of the shooter's ear data, notably the .30 cal suppressors on a 5.56 host, they're all within like 3db or less of one and other for shooter's ear dBa.