Dragged my feet for a long time and now I'm finally going to break down and buy a .22LR suppresser. It will be used primary on my Ruger MkIV 22/45 Lite and 10/22 Takedown. looking at what's currently in stock and available at Silencer Shop and working through my LGS.

Narrowed it down to 2 that I'm trying to decide between; Q El Camino and Rugged Occulus. I like the lighter weight of the El Camino but my dealer highly recommends the Occulus.

Any experience and comments on either one of these would be appreciated.

Just know that both of those suppressors are last generation tech and grossly outclassed by the modern offerings. Current best value options are the Resilient Miami if you can get one back ordered or a B&T Tiger, which absolutely smoke both of those cans. But if you’re absolutely set on one or the other, get the Rugged because the owner of that company isn’t a drunken, shit-talking, elitist, raging ballbag like the guy who owns Q.

I run a CMMG Zeroed22 on my 22/45 and it performs amazingly.

They are very budget friendly and you can get two for what other suppressors cost. You can even get it with a K sized shell included so you can make it shorter if you want for the rifle.

The Mark 4 Lite is an ultralite 22 pistol. I would recommend Energetic Armament Nyx. It's very light-all titanium construction. Durable , light weight and has a proven track record.

I'll second the above post to add the Energetic Armament NYX Mod 2 for the modular option/design.

The Rugged Oculus 22 suppressors baffles in the main tube are indexed to the blast chamber.

A Gem Tech QDA 22 will allow timing baffles to different hosts.

Dead Air Mask HD. No problems for the years that I have had them. Used on both rifles and pistols

for reasons that make no sense in retrospect I have a seriously large number of .22 cans. All the major ones and a bunch of the minor ones.
Hands down the B&T is the best of them. not even close.
The sole advantage in my mind of the best of the older ones (mask or occulus, they are essentially the same) is that cleaning is potentially easier since you can just dump the parts in the ultrasonic and see where you are. you really don't have the same situation with the 3d printed ones.
But in any case get the tiger. you will be happy.

The EA NYX mod 1 or 2 is an all titanium suppressor made up of traditional baffles and tube,
The B&T Tiger is a titanium mono core suppressor that does not come apart.
Rimfire suppressors are notoriously dirty- getting lead and carbon build up.
Titanium will tolerate an ultrasonic.
Both suppressors weigh in at 4 oz.
Comparing apples to apples, weight , materials are the same. Disassembly for cleaning goes to Energetic Armament.

you don't clean them the same way but while I don't own one the EA looks to me like a good choice if you want traditional baffles and dissasembly and Ti. I have no idea their commercial history and risks as I didn't know about them till you posted in an earlier post. The tiger is a bit quieter FWIW, but not by a meaningful amount.

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