New to suppressors, need a recommendation?

[JohnRiley]

I plan on purchasing my first suppressor to go along with my HK45 CT. I'm completely new to suppressors so I'm going to need a little on a recommendation? AAC TI-RANT, Silencro OSPREY, ETC.? General maintenance, running wet or dry? Basically any imput will help, thank you.

 

[rjrivero]

The answer is the Octane 45. It's as quiet if not quieter than the Ti-Rant, user serviceable, and the click together baffle stack makes it a breeze to clean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogCzsXuq8M

 

[TIMC]

Running an Osprey on my USP with no complaints, great suppressor!

 

[rjrivero]

For the record, I have an Osprey 45, Osprey 9, SWR Trident-9, Liberty Mystic-9 and Octane 45. I prefer the Octane design to any of the others.

 

[TIMC]

For the record I still like my Osprey!

 

[JohnRiley]

For the record I still like my Osprey!

What is the decibel rating, can you shoot without earplugs? And what kind of maintenance do you do on it?

 

[TIMC]

What is the decibel rating, can you shoot without earplugs? And what kind of maintenance do you do on it?

I think its very quiet and no hearing protection needed. Here is a link on the info. Nice can and with the low profile it sits more out of your way.
http://www.silencerco.com/downloads/45OSPREY.pdf

A nice video of .45 and shooting sub caliber through it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0cMuEpVOuQ

 

[zignal_zero]

RJRIVERO -
Man, that is awesome to hear! I needed a can for my 9mm and after a year of reading and watchimg videos I took the plunge on a Octane HDII. I am happy to hear u like yer octane so much

 

[M60]

My vote.

 

[OARNGESI]

i was looking into these a while ago and ended going with the tirant 45.
my choices came down to the octane osprey ant tirant. the octane was the quietest the test i seen was 131 for the octane 132 for the osprey and 133 for the tirant. the osprey was the lightest closely followed by the tirant and the octane seemed really heavy compared to the other. since performance was relatively equal i narrowed it down to the osprey and tirant based on weight. i finally settled with the aac tirant simply cause it was easier to swap pistons for use of various hosts.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Shamelessly reposting my own post on a similar topic from 9/20. Bolding the part about .45 as it applies to your question. You have a particular gun in mind but you might want to think ahead about other guns and sub-caliber use with approval delays running upwards of a year now and possibly getting worse.

Based on my own research I reached the following decisions as "best for my needs".

In the interest of disclosure, I should point out that I am fairly price-insensitive so price was not a big weighing factor in my decisions. I also valued multi-caliber and multi-gun use over compactness or quick detachability.

Multi-caliber pistol and pistol-caliber carbine (9mm, 40, 10mm, .45): AAC TiRant 45.
Reasons: Achieves "Ear safe" 140 db dry even with subcaliber use.

7.62, 7.62x40, 300 BLK, .5.56 and everything else at or below 30 cal:
AAC Cyclone

Rimfire:Silencerco Sparrow (the newer all stainless "SS" version).
Reasons: as quiet as others, more durable and super easy to clean.

Mike.

Mike

 

[zignal_zero]

OK, just for the benefit of anybody still trying to decide, I will list my reasons for going with the Octane:

(1) other than the tube, it is dippable
(2) F/A rated AND rated for subsonic 300BLK
(3) snap apart baffles keep fouling from touching inside of tube. Theoretically, this means you could shoot 5k rounds of dirty 22 through it and a kid could push the baffle stack out with his finger.
(4) it is a "baffle stack" so less FRP than with a monocore.
(5) the booster is internal. So when they say XXX" long, that is NOT XXX" + the booster