Best choice for a 22lr Supressor

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Due to the nature of the NFA beast, it's not easy, or fast, or cheap to roll in and out of suppressors. I only know my Huntertown Arms Guardian 22 which started out with an aluminum core, then a stainless core, now the Kestrel core. Aluminum baffles seem almost impossible to clean, stainless is much easier. The Kestrel stainless core makes it much easier to clean as carbon finds it much harder to infiltrate the body-core gap. I'm happy with it now even though it weighs more than it did originally.
 
I don't personally own a Sparrow, but I have friends who does.
He runs a SS Sparrow on his American 180 and I've seen him fire a full 277 round magazine from it in one long continuous burst.

The can came apart easily after doing so, even though it was FAR dirtier than my Spectre has ever gotten.

I try to clean the Spectre every 500 rounds, much more than that, and it becomes difficult to remove the baffle stack, even with the pusher tool (difficult probably isn't the right word, it just feels like If you keep turning the threaded pusher tool, you might break something).

If easy cleaning is important to you, I think it'd be hard to beat the SS Sparrow.

I said in an earlier post that the SS Sparrow seemed to have more FRP than my Spectre. I stand by that statement when both cans are shot dry, But when shot wet, using Ultrasound gel in both, they're about equal in FRP.
 
Anybody understand the science behind the .22lr rounds in terms of being effectively silenced? Let me explain, I have shot .22 colibri with a suppressor which renders them totally quiet, without a suppressor they do make a pop sound. With a suppressor they are totally quiet. Colibri are 20 grain, I figured if I used 30 grain then I can still get the silence, but my pistol will eject it like it should, I dont have to do it manually like with the colibri rounds.

However, when I look at the brand it says "hyper" velocity 1750 fps, which sounds to me more powerful than a standard velocity 40 grain round, which translates in my head as louder and I don't want louder. But if 20 grain colibri is silent how can 30 grain be "hyper" velocity? Should they be low velocity and quiet with only 10 extra more grains than a colibri?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

I am totally lost on the science of how the .22lr rounds work and I am trying to find a round that is powerful enough that my silenced semi-auto pistol will eject them properly, but quiet enough to not disturb the neighbors and not so powerful that they ricochet of a tree trunk and head towards a neighbors property.
 
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There is a good chance that normal .22lr from your pistol is sub-sonic anyways, getting nowhere near "hyper" velocity.

The subsonic colibri rounds have no gunpowder in them. At all. Apparently the priming compound is enough to push the 20gr bullet out at 500 fps. That would explain why it won't cycle your pistol.
 
The difference between the 20gr and 30gr is the amount of powder. The hyper velocity had powder in the case to push a lighter than normal 22lr bullet faster than normal. As pdsmith505 said the 20gr colbri has no powder only the primer, which is why it's so quiet.

What you want is CCI Standard velocity, it is about 1070fps in a rifle and 950 in a pistol. It will be subsonic and will cycle most 22lr handguns. In my bolt action 22lr the CCI standards with a Sparrow are Hollywood quiet and in my handgun not far off but a little louder because of the shorter barrel. But still not loud enough to bother anyone.
 
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ldco2016 said:
However, when I look at the brand it says "hyper" velocity 1750 fps, which sounds to me more powerful than a standard velocity 40 grain round, which translates in my head as louder and I don't want louder. But if 20 grain colibri is silent how can 30 grain be "hyper" velocity? Should they be low velocity and quiet with only 10 extra more grains than a colibri?
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I think I know what's causing your confusion: The term "grains" refers to the bullet weight, not the amount of powder. Most standard-velocity .22 ammo has a 40-grain bullet. A lot of hyper-velocity ammo uses lighter 30-grain bullets with a more powerful powder charge. And those .22 Colibri rounds use lightweight 20-grain bullets with no powder charge at all; they just use the primer to propel the bullet at very low velocities.
 
im waiting on a Dead Air Mask HD. Supposed to be the bees knees. Also, Liberty has a new one called the Regulator with pretty awesome claims as well.

Its been a long time since ive been as excited about a can as i have about the Mask. Maybe my KAC NT4. :D
 
For the same street price in the $400 range I'm going with the Sparrow based on many positive reviews on how easily serviceable it is. Reason I'm posting today is Armsunlimited has the Surefire Ryder on sale for $212. No brainer and go with the Surefire right?

At the moment I don't own any .22 platforms with threaded barrels and I'm just getting into suppressors. I planned on putting one on a .22 bolt action rifle for fun. Also build an AR15-22 for cheap training purposes, and lets face it, for fun also.

Would you still go with the Sparrow for ease of cleaning despite the sale price of the Surefire?
 
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