PTR Industries Vent 3 Suppressor Testing and Review

Overview:

We sit down with PTR Industries to do a full review of their Vent 3 and Vent 2 suppressors. The Vent line of suppressors is PTR's maiden voyage into suppressors and retails for a whopping $1,500...so is it worth a mortgage payment? Rob tests the Vent 3 5.56 against the SilencerCo Velos, B&T SRBS Ti, Dead Air Nomad L and the SilencerCo Omega 300. We evaluated performance of all the suppressors on 16" and 11.5" rifles. We objectively tested back pressure using the Riflespeed adjustable gas block (like we've done in past videos) and then we do a subjective sound test. We will do a decibel test in the not too distant future. You can see a sneak peak of the Vent 1, 7.62 suppressor at the 16:30 mark. We were not paid to do this review, please consider subscribing to help support the channel!

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00:00 - Intro
01:35 - About The Vent Suppressors
05:33 - Back Pressure Test: Omega 300
06:04 - Back Pressure Test: Velos
06:36 - Back Pressure Test: SRBS
07:06 - Back Pressure Test: Nomad L
07:25 - Back Pressure Test: Vent 3
10:05 - Subjective Sound Test
10:58 - 16" Sound Results
12:38 - 11.5" Sound Results
13:31 - Vent 2 9MM Testing
16:30 - Vent 1 7.62 Sneak Peak
16:53 - Testing Recap
22:58 - Rob's Final Thoughts

Transcript:

Hey everybody, Rob Orgel. In this video we wanted to take a look at the PTR suppressors. Now on first impression, $1,500 for their first year making suppressors to me seems a bit overzealous. What makes them think that their suppressor is so good that they can start at $1,500 on their first year? Well, I want you to know going into this test, we are completely unbiased. We were not paid for by anybody. And in fact, we even use my ammunition. Up till now we have no sponsorships and no loyalties. We're just here to inform the consumers that they can make the best purchase having a good set of baseline knowledge and head-to-head comparison. So I hope you like what you find in the PTR video and tell us in the comments section if you're considering buying one now that you've seen the video.

So first I wanted to thank you all so much because we just hit 100,000 views, which is just astronomical to accomplish that in just over three weeks. So thank you for your support, your likes, your comments, your shares. That really is helping us. And it's helping us so much that it gives us the opportunity to circle back with some of the guys we're playing with and saying, "Give me one on one time. Explain to me your product." And we're here now with PTR to specifically discuss their suppressors. Quick apology in advance. I know some of the comment sections are being shut off. That's so-and-so's favorite technique to attack the 2A guys. We're seeing it on other channels. Be patient with us. As soon as it goes down, let me know. We turn it back on. It's not us hiding comments. It's just the game they're playing with us. So help us, damn the man. Continue your like, comments, and shares. Show your buddies these videos. It really does help us. We want to do a lot more. So PTR, I'm going to let him introduce himself and then we're going to talk about this expensive suppressor. Oh, how are you all doing? I'm Bill Gentry, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at PTR. We're working out with a nice little chat today. You ready? I'm set. So I think that the comment section, what we've been reading is $1,500 is a pricey suppressor. So for $1,500, we remember my video about the perfect suppressor.

We're skirting up on promises to be that perfect suppressor. You know, you get what you pay for. Of course. You got 3D printed titanium here. Titanium's super lightweight, not cheap at all. Sure. But what you've got is the patented technology inside. Pip, as we call it. Purposefully induced ferocity. Think of it as titanium foam. It's something nobody else can do. You're getting your money's worth. This is going to be so different from the muzzle and the shooter's ear with the flowthrough. It's the trifecta taking place. So this trifecta, that means we've got a hub. There's a hub on there. There's a hub connection. I love the hub. I love the versatility. So check on that. That makes me happy. What's the weight of the five fives? Because you know my five five six. Not job. What's the weight of the five five six? 11 ounces.

That's up there. That's like good.

There are some lighters. But if we're doing flow-through as well, that's real good.

Sound. So, when I talk sound, the Nomad L to me is just like the "Ohhh" silencer. Does it compete with it? With the number one highest ranked five five six ever tested by Pew Science. So it's quieter than an L. Not only at the muzzle, also the shooter's ear. Okay.

Back pressure. So you say the pip reduces that back pressure and it's a flowthrough. So we should be seeing like velos or better back pressure reduction. So let me put it this way for all the AR guys out there. You got your gas block tuned just the way you like it. You screw this can on. You don't touch it. You just keep running. Oh, that's a big promise. I look forward to testing that. Okay. Well, I'm excited to dive into these tests. The suppressors I brought out and we're going to give you a good eyes on on the inside of the suppressor because I looked at it earlier and it's it's cool looking. It's funky looking. It's definitely not something I've seen before. It was explaining how it works and it's intriguing.

But what I brought out to compare today is the Nomad L because you already know how much I love the sound of Nomad L. Obviously I have the PTR and this is specifically the vent three. Vent three. Vent three is their five five six. We've got the nine millimeter over there that's called their vent two. I brought the reduced back pressure B and T suppressor, which I'm quickly falling in love with. Everyone's favorite that I see in the comments section, the velos. I heard your comments. I bought a velos. I've got it. It's doing great. And then what I call the baseline suppressor and that's an Omega 300 with a five five six end cap on it. I've got the same ammunition we've always been testing because we found such deviation between the 16 inch and the 11.5 inch. We're going to run both of those today for both the sound test, the back pressure test and all things we can find between those two platforms. And then we'll hop over to the nine millimeters. So the nine millimeters, I've got the old school Tyrant nine. I think a lot of us have those dusted off in the back of our safe. I think that's a good baseline suppressor. And then I've got an Osprey nine from Sionwelster Co. That's another good baseline suppressor. And then one of my more favorite nine millimeter suppressors is the Omega 9K. I think you guys saw my Sionwelster Co. video. I'm embarrassed to admit how many of those I actually have. I really like those small and quiet. And we're going to compare that mostly for sound because on pistols back pressure is a little bit harder to test. So we're really going to hone in on the sound pressure because that's the one that you guys said was Hollywood quiet, Hollywood quiet movie quiet. Movie. It's literally turns it into a staple. Cinematically quiet. And that's, we've heard that before in fact, and that's like, that's a big ask. So you know, an MP5 SD integral suppress, that is like crazy quiet. People say Hollywood quiet. Let's find out today. We're going to run some tests and we'll let you know what the results are and we'll give you a synopsis of what that test looks like. All right. So I'm really looking forward to testing. Let's get to it.

All righty. Omega 300, 556, end cap position one.

Hold open.

Hold open.

Hold open. Position one, Omega 300.

No hold open. Position three, Omega 300.

Got hold open on position six.

On the first shot.

Hold open on four. VLOS four today. Here we go.

Hold open.

No hold open. Six today. I'll start on three.

Choked down to two.

No hold open on two. Three today. B and T. Hold open on six.

Okay, five.

No hold open six for the B and T.

Hold open.

Choked down to one.

Hold open even on position one.

Hold open.

Position three.

All righty. Here we go. We've got the PTR vent 556. I set the gas set into the same thing that we had on the Ventum today. Or we're not the VLOS. See how she performs.

No hold open. That means it's less back pressure than that low back pressure suppressor from SilencerCo. Let's run it again. All the gas has been eaten up.

Hold open. Almost hold open. It's most of the way back and it stopped at the follower. So I'm going to go ahead and gas it up a little bit more. Position five.

No hold open even on position five. Position six. Increasing that gas bit by bit. Trying to get hold open.

Hold open on six.

Hold open on six. I'll run three in a row. See if we can get it nice and warm. But we do have hold open on six repeatedly. One shot at a time. So now we're going to run a hot five and see if we still get hold open on six. Here we go.

Hold open on six and it's shooting soft and I'm not getting gassed. So we've choked it down perfectly to six. Which means it outperformed the Velos. The Velos was at position four today. So this is definitely a low back pressure suppressor. It's not Huxworks but it is a low back pressure suppressor. So far this thing is impressive. We're on 16 inch and back pressure only and so far it is definitely impressive. Back pressure test on the PTR vent on the 11.5. I set it to six. That's what the other low back pressures we're doing today.

Hold open.

Hold open.

Hold open. We're ejecting the right way.

Let's choke her down and see what happens.

Drop it down to a five. See if she still holds open.

We go moment of truth.

No hold open on five. That means she is actually a six. Which on this platform matches the Velos. It matches the BNT reduced back pressure suppressor. So it is in fact a low back pressure suppressor. This is hanging with all those other favorites. Not the Huxworks but all the other guys. It's hanging right in there with the RC3, the Velos and the BNT low back pressure suppressor. This is impressively low back pressure and it really shows on the short configuration.

Sound test.

Okay Omega 300 sound test ready. Fears off.

I give that a three.

Fears off. Gosh that's not bad.

That's not bad. That's not bad at all. Alright so I was told this is quieter than a Nomad L and I was sure that one you're not going to come between me and my Nomad L. I love that suppressor. I doubt that you're making smaller, lighter and quieter all at once. I got to tell you they did. It worked. I really dissected it. Damien and I took turns doing the subjective hearing test where we go 75 inches and 45 degrees off to the right. We sit in the chair aligned to the ejection port. And between the Nomad L and this new vent, the vent has a deeper sound to it. So decibel reading wise, I think they're probably pretty close to each other but that deeper tone really behind the gun, this was better. Sitting next to it, this was better. But I mean behind the gun is really where this vent shined. As much as I love my dead air Nomad L, I think this guy might have just replaced him.

Now to be fair, that's a 30 caliber end cap. This is a 5.56 but I mean holy cow, it's low back pressure so far. We're testing low back pressure. We haven't done the 12 inch. We'll do that too but I really thought I was going to get them on dead air Nomad L quiet when they said yes. I was like, "Nah, let's see." And it is. So anyways, I'm already mind blown more testing to come.

Yeah, I'm not going to do that again.

So a little bit more complicated on the 11.5. On the 16 inch, the PTR vent definitely shined and I think it even outperformed the Nomad L not because it was quieter but because it had like a deeper tone to it. Now on the 11.5 we did notice a flip. Actually, the Nomad L on the 11.5 we decided from next to the gun or behind the gun we could comfortably shoot a handful of rounds but with the vent right away on that first round it definitely buzzed our ears. So on the 16 inch, really outperformed the L surprisingly but on the 11 inch, the L outperformed the vent. So it's right in the middle as far as sound goes between the two. I guess it depends on more predominantly what configuration you're going to run. If you're more of a short configuration, the Nomad L still has a home. If you're a long configuration, this was quieter and deeper therefore less offensive to the ears. Alright, test.

Wrapping up our suppressor test with the vent 9mm. I have to say it's a good can. It's definitely quiet. If I did not have pistol suppressors, I would consider buying this guy not just because he's that hub compatible with the other guys that SilencerCo type, SilencerCo Omega 9K compatible. I like that. It's definitely quiet. If I had an Osprey 9, would I replace it? I don't know. I mean you don't have to time the Osprey but the suppressor volume in the Osprey makes it very quiet. And this guy is probably equal quiet.

On the PCCs, you can definitely hear the difference. This guy is quiet. We tested it with the Supersonic 115 grains, the 147 subsonics, and it's definitely a quiet suppressor.

I still love my Omega 9K because of how small it is but it's not near as quiet as the vent.

I don't know. I guess this is going to be left to each his own. We put it up against the Osprey 9. We put it up against the Tyrant 9 and the Omega 9K as you know, one of my favorites. And it's good. And it does have the flow through tech.

I think it's the 556 suppressor that I'm truly in love with.

That's quiet.

Yeah, even the Supersonics were quiet.

She's a quiet kid. Alright, so I was just signing off explaining that, you know, between the suppressors I brought out today, the Omega 9K, the Tyrant 9, the old school, the Osprey 9, that I like those suppressors. I think within the role of pistol that they do a good enough job playing with the vent 9 millimeter. It is quiet. It is definitely amongst the quietest of the pistol suppressors that I own. Not that I own this one. But that's the point. If I was going to drop $1,500, would I buy yet another 9 millimeter suppressors having already had 9 millimeter suppressors? Is it justifiably that much quieter? And for me, the answer is no. I'm good with the suppressors I have. The Tyrant is quiet. The Omega 9K is quiet-ish. That Osprey is real quiet because of the suppressor volume, the size, the expansionaries it has. So this guy is quieter for sure. I don't think I want to spend $1,500 on this. Now, if you don't have a 9 millimeter suppressor, I could see wanting this one because it's the quietest. But for me, who already owns plenty, I don't think I'll be buying this guy. I got to say that I'm sold on the 5.56 suppressor. The 9 millimeter one's cool. And if it's your first, it makes sense. But for me, I'm sticking with the old guys I got. I did, however, also get to shoot their 308 suppressor. And that thing is good. Now, I didn't bring out a ton of other 308 suppressors to go head to head. And it's still not quite ready for release to the market yet. So it was a cool test. It definitely does the recoil reduction thing. It is substantially quiet, much like the 5.56 one. And I look forward to much more testing on that platform. But I got to say right now what stole the show is that 5.56 bent suppressor. That thing really kicked butt. Hey, everybody. Rob Wergell. We finished our test today. I got the dirty hands to prove it. And I did the normal gambit, unsuppressed, figured out the back pressures for today, which was slightly different, and that happens. The Omega 300 suppressor that you know I love is the baseline, the Velos, then the B and T reduced back pressure, my favorite sounding silencer, the Nomad L, and we put it head to head. And to be honest, I was sure I was going to stump these guys on something. And I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't. So let me tell you the breakdown. Back pressure-wise, we matched the Velos. The Velos did a little better than the little worse, beginning of the day, end of the day. So you can argue that at the end of the day, it was one setting a little bit better on the back pressure, but I mean one setting. In other words, it matched the Velos back pressure. It matched the B and T reduced back pressure in back pressure. So it is truly a low back pressure suppressor. And when I tested this can at CanCon, I shot it, I handed it back to the guy, and I said, "Yeah, it's a bit gassy." And I was head to head with all these, it's not fair to take out a glass of whatever, pour yourself some tequila and say, "This tastes better than all the other tequila I've had." You've got to really try a little sip of each to be fair to all things, because the environmentals, the barometric pressure, being under the roof, outside of the roof, all of those things do have an impact. So particularly our sound test. Damian and I got really stumped on our sound test between the vent and the Nomad L. We really had a hard time deciding which one performed better. So here's the test that we did, 45 degrees to the right of the ejection port, and 75 inches, one of us sits, first round pop, burn it, second round, can we hear it, was it good, bad, or somewhere in between? And our Nomad L has always been our favorite. And on the 16-inch configuration, we like the vent better. Now on the 11.5 configuration, we still kind of like the Nomad L better. So on the shorter gun, the Nomad L did do a little bit better, but on the 16-inch, I'm sure on a bolt gun or anything else, the longer the better on that vent. It seems to be well-designed for that 16-inch point, as opposed to the Nomad L, which it did still do better in that one category. But remember, that's a real high back pressure suppressor, it weighs a lot more. It's not quite near what that vent is. So I tried to stump them. Back pressure, it did great. It is a low back pressure suppressor. Sound, it did great. I mean, it's neck and neck with the Nomad L, and I've always said nobody's going to top that, and here we are having that conversation. As the shooter of that gun on a 16-inch, I almost don't need hearing protection, and you know that's not a thing for me. So I mean, it's got a hub. It really is what I was hoping for. And to be honest, after CanCon, I reached out to my assistant, like, "Hey, did we give them our credit card info yet? Let's see how the tests go," because at CanCon, I was only so impressed. But now that I did the full gambit, it's a good suppressor. I'll say it, it's worth the $1,500. I know you guys are against it in the comments section. We're reading them. We appreciate what you're saying.

I bought one, so guilty. I think it's a good suppressor. Really enjoyed you coming out. Thanks to our viewers for letting us get the momentum to gain your guys' attention and say, "Hey, those guys, people are listening to that goofball with the beard. Let's meet up with them and do a test." I super appreciate you facilitating this for us. Do you have closing notes for us on your suppressor? I was going to ask you, is the old adage that we put our money where our mouth was? Do you say that we put our money where our mouth is? It's legit. I mean, again, I thought today, I was like, "Maybe I'll cancel my odor if it's not good." I never get to do this. I have to buy it and then figure out that I don't like it. So I was ready to cancel my odor in case it didn't go today, or if it went half as good today. But it went all the whole gambit. I mean, I like it. It's a good can. I've yet to found a drawback to it. Now, I did wind shooting. It came loose once or twice, the hub to the body. That is to be expected on all suppressors, in my opinion. What do you guys recommend to defeat that? You torque it down, you can put a little Loctite. If you're really going to commit to a particular platform, then you rock Loctite. You know what I mean? Loctite or Rock Set it? Rock Set it. Okay. I mean, if you're going to commit, but I wouldn't go that far because you want to be able to clean this thing at the same time. Yeah. So you want to be able to remove that. So every couple hundred rounds, make sure you're on good and tight, as with any suppressor, though. So exactly that. So when I put on a muzzle device, Rock Set is the standard that people like to use. Some people go with the Loctite, the high temp and whatever, and that's fine. It's a personal preference. But on suppressors, when you're pairing it, I like having a modular suppressor. I want it to be modular so I can set up how I want it, and then I commit it to being in that format so it doesn't come loose during a course of fire. Now, some guys shoot a hundred rounds, and that's the day. But when I'm at a training day and I'm teaching people, I can't have stuff come loose every hundred rounds. So I like the Loctite. I like the high temp Loctite specifically. And if you're really committed, you know, Rock Set is an option. But within the suppressor itself, best bet is Loctite. I would go to the Loctite so you can break that thing free because you need to be able to, you know, every thousand rounds, couple thousand rounds, you need to be able to put it in the ultrasonic,

give it a little CR, seal our bath, and make sure that you clean out all that buildup. So you can go back to step zero and start all over again. And that's perfect. That's also something you mentioned that because it's a vent suppressor, that you do need to make sure you maintenance the suppressor. Absolutely. What we kind of go by is weigh your can when you first get it. And when you pick up close to an ounce of weight, then you know, you've got a little buildup in there. It's time to throw in an ultrasonic. We're just talking really inexpensive. Ultrasonic. Harbor Freight, $35 ultrasonic. We'll do what you need it to do. Gotcha. That's it. So now if you're going to wait a couple thousand rounds against that one ounce weight, then you're going to have to clean it for, you know, a couple of hours. Gotcha. If you do it every five hundred thousand rounds, something like that, 20, 30 minutes, you're back to zero. You're up and running again. I'm not ashamed to admit that I might have some silencers that weigh like twice what they're supposed to weigh. They've picked up some materials over time. Super appreciate you. Thanks, sir. Thank you.

Alrighty. So some of you probably got the vibe that I got that that guy is really good at sales.

Now, having said that, it sounded like a lot of promises. And my theory was you're not going to deliver on those promises. And I'm ready to embarrass you. However, he really did. As far as I'm concerned, that PTR suppressor really performed. I'm excited that it's titanium. I'm excited that it's relatively lightweight for a low back pressure suppressor. I'm excited that it's so darn quiet. Now, this is a five, five, six specific suppressor. And we're comparing it to my favorite 30 caliber suppressor because it's been one of the quietest press lives I've seen so far. But all things considered with hub back pressure, overall size and weight. This is a very impressive suppressor. The only downside I see so far is that on the shorter configurations, the L performed a little bit better specifically in the sound reduction, not in overall back pressure, weight and everything else considered. So the other thing I didn't like is maintenance. It's going to require more maintenance. So they mentioned because it's a flow through and it has these little ports on the end that you do need to clean it every thousand is the recommended. But you can go a few thousand before cleaning it. Not every suppressor do I clean, to be honest. But if the trade off is there, then it's worth it. So if you're willing to clean your suppressor every one, 2000 rounds, I think this is a phenomenal suppressor. But remember, we're not paid for by them. We supply our own ammunition. This is our own time. And I think what they have really is a great suppressor. So as much car salesman as he was, there really was some truth behind what he was saying. And I'm quite impressed with the PTR suppressor. In the comments section, let me know if you would consider buying one instead of the RC3 or a similar suppressor that would cost $1,500 bucks. As always, like, comment, subscribe and stay safe.