Suppressors give hot gases a place to expand and cool. As a result, the suppressors themselves tend to get very hot. If you’re shooting at a high rate or on full auto, it doesn’t take a whole lot to make your suppressor too hot to touch or put back into your range bag. So, now…

Without getting too far into the weeds on a very complicated subject, we’ll try to talk briefly about dB ratings. Suppressors are rated by their decibel reduction (intensity), which is different than perceived sound (loudness). While these two factors are related, they are not the same thing, and they are not proportional. When intensity increases…

Practice is expensive. It’s as simple as that. Unless you planted an ammo tree in your back yard, you’re probably spending around a quarter every time you pull the trigger on your pistol and even more for the rifle. Of course, dry-fire practice doesn’t cost anything and is a great way to get extremely proficient…

A lot of suppressor companies claim that they have “zero impact shift” or “minimal impact shift.” That sounds great, but is it the truth? What does it really mean? Well, in order to understand these claims, we first have to define a few things. Point of Impact Shift A POI shift is a change in…