Love my Mask. It works very well and is easy to take apart and clean.
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I only have experience with my Silencerco Switchback, my brother has a Silencerco Sparrow.
The Switchback comes apart easily even when dirty, offers several configurations as it is modular. Sparrow is tougher to take apart when dirty. So tough to take apart and clean, my brother hates using it. The Switchback can be a pain to clean, but all .22 cans are from what I have read. He is very 'sensitive' to things, I can't imagine it's any harder to clean the baffles than my Switchback as I believe both use stainless baffles.
Unless you have some very specific requirement Dwill104 has it right. Mask or Oculus. Of the two I happen to favor the Oculus since you can pick a size if you need to. But on a rifle that will likely not matter. you can gain a tiny (and I mean tiny) amount of weight savings by getting a tube that is not steel like Ti (thunderbeast) or Al (several vendors but the one I have is a surefire ryder22). You DO NOT WANT to get anything that has al baffles.
“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”
Unless you really enjoy scrubbing buildup off the baffles, definitely stay away from aluminum models. I have a Mack Brothers Tango (now Banish 22) and Tactical Solutions Aeris - both do a great job of making semi-auto handguns firing HV ammo into staple guns. There are quieter models out there, but both of these are light and very easy to clean…something to keep in mind for as dirty as 22’s are!
So far for .22LR, I only have a Mask, but it’s very quiet on my 22/45 Tactical, Beretta Bobcat, and 10/22 Takedown. On my Ruger American Rimfire Target it is “Hollywood” quiet. I normally shoot only subsonic ammo through the Mask.
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Unless you absolutely have to have the lightest can available, the Oculus is hard to beat. All steel so it is easy to maintain, stupid quiet, user serviceable, and modular is a hard combo to beat. It’s just a little heavier than some other rimfire cans.
I absolutely love mine. With subsonics on a bolt action rifle it sounds like an air gun. No significant shift in zero. Easy to clean. It’s by far my favorite can that I either own or have first hand knowledge of.
Originally posted by StorminNormin: I have the SilencerCo Spectre II on my 10-22 and it is absurdly quiet! I realize it has now been discontinued, but it is amazing.
This was my first can, mine is still SWR branded. Heavy and a little goofy looking, but mouse fart quiet on my CZ452, and tough, rated for 5.7 FN.
I know people write this is ? mouse fart quiet? and this is ?absurdly quiet? do you guys own a whole bunch of .22 cans? Because while I don't own this specific can mentioned I do own a pretty darn big collection of .22 cans and I think they are all about the same level of quiet for all practical purposes when they are about the same size. And when I look at published data for the cans I own the differences are all very small. For the OP I would guess that all of the good options in terms of mfg, size, weight, availability and construction material are about the same in terms of sound. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.”
If you want to get pedantic, the Spectre II has performed well in instrumented testing, especially with FRP in shorter barrels. Fact is, it is older tech and is probably heavier than the latest stacked-baffle suppressors available.
"Mouse fart quiet" is high praise, but I guess you are saying any bubba can make a mag-lite do the same thing.
Originally posted by Freq Geek: Sir, I have a Silencer Co. Spectre II. It works well, but doesn't have the high tech appearance of the newer rimfire cans.
I dunno that appearances are all that new or different since your suppressor was on the market, but the materials have changed a bit. Titanium is the new hot stuff for .22 cans.
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Ok--Deadair Mask is Titanium tube with SS baffles. Enegetic Arms Nyx is all Titanium. Very light but very quite. High Tech from aero space engineers...
Originally posted by SIGfourme: Ok--Deadair Mask is Titanium tube with SS baffles. Enegetic Arms Nyx is all Titanium. Very light but very quite. High Tech from aero space engineers...
Those cans look great. They don't list prices on the Energetic Arms website. I sent an email and asked about price and availability.
For baffles, I'd rather have 17-4 PH stainless steel. Baffles have sharp edges and are exposed to high heat, even from .22 LR. 17-4 PH is the better choice for baffles, IMO. I realize that for rimfire use, material choice is less critical than a magnum rifle.
