Rimfire Suppressor Showdown: .22LR, .17 HMR, 5.7×28 vs SilencerCo, PWS, Mercy Firearms & More

Video Overview

In this suppressor showdown, Rob puts rimfire suppressors head-to-head to find the best performers in .22 LR (pistol and rifle), .17 HMR (rifle) and 5.7x28 (pistol & rifle). This test includes the following suppressors: SilencerCo Sparrow 22, SilencerCo Switchback 22, SilencerCo Osprey Micro, PWS BDE 22, Rex Silentium MG22, Mercy Firearms Pluto, Thompson Machine Zephyr-L, and a Ronin Arms Dissent.

Video Chapters

00:00 - Start
09:44 - .22LR PISTOL: D3LLC Dissent Integral Suppressed .22 Pistol
10:24 - .22LR PISTOL: Mercy Firearms Pluto
10:49 - .22LR PISTOL: Thompson Machine Zephyr-L
11:05 - .22LR PISTOL: SilencerCo Sparrow
11:33 - .22LR PISTOL: Rex Silentium MG22
11:55 - .22LR PISTOL: GEMTECH Outback 2
12:22 - .22LR PISTOL: PWS BDE 22
13:03 - .22LR PISTOL: SilencerCo Switchback
13:36 - .22LR PISTOL: SilencerCo Osprey Micro
14:37 - .22LR PISTOL: Sparrow vs. BDE
16:25 - .22LR RIFLE: Mercy Firearms Pluto
17:19 - .22LR RIFLE: SilencerCo Sparrow
18:01 - .22LR RIFLE: PWS BDE 22
18:34 - .22LR RIFLE: Thompson Machine Zephyr-L
19:15 - .22LR RIFLE: Rex Silentium MG22
19:53 - .22LR RIFLE: GEMTECH Outback-II
20:17 - .22LR RIFLE: SilencerCo Switchback 22
21:11 - .22LR RIFLE: SilencerCo Osprey Micro
21:45 - .22LR RIFLE: Winners
22:01 - .17 HMR Testing
22:24 - .17 HMR: SilencerCo Sparrow
23:01 - .17 HMR: Rex Silentium MG22
23:29 - .17 HMR: SilencerCo Switchback 22
24:08 - .17 HMR: PWS BDE 22
24:49 - .17 HMR: SilencerCo Osprey Micro
25:02 - .17 HMR: Winners
25:30 - 5.7x28 Testing
25:59 - 5.7x28: Rex Silentium MG22
27:25 - 5.7x28: PWS BDE 22
28:00 - 5.7x28: SilencerCo Switchback 22
28:41 - 5.7x28: SilencerCo Sparrow
28:46 - 5.7x28: Winner
28:58 - 5.7x28: Testing With 5.56 Cans
31:24 - 5.7x28 Pistol Testing
32:00 - 5.7x28 Pistol: SilencerCo Sparrow
32:22 - 5.7x28 Pistol: SilencerCo Switchback 22
33:13 - 5.7x28 Pistol: PWS BDE 22
33:55 - 5.7x28 Pistol: Rex Silentium MG22
35:01 - 5.7x28 Pistol Winner:
39:04 - 22LR Pistol Winners
39:53 - .22LR RIFLE WINNERS
40:10 - .17 HMR RIFLE WINNERS
40:53 - 5.7x28 PISTOL WINNER
41:47 - 5.7x28 RIFLE RESULTS
43:08 - Rimfire Overall Winner: SilencerCo Sparrow
44:07 - Honorable Mention: Mercy Firearms Pluto

Video Transcript

In today's video I wanted to take a look at rimfire suppressors. Now there's a lot to consider when selecting your rimfire suppressor. Now earlier we made a video about things I wish I had known before by a rimfire suppressor, and in fact some things have since changed. One thing I want to mention just as an update to our previous video, is I used to look for serviceability out of a 22 suppressor, and you're going to see that I'm going to point at a new suppressor today that is not serviceable. And where that used to be an issue, it really isn't much of an issue anymore, given the chemicals that people like B and T are giving us, that allow us to fill the suppressor with the chemical, let it sit for two to three hours, dump it out, and then have essentially a brand new suppressor again, and not need to disassemble it and actually get in there and clean. While some might argue that's easier, some might argue it's not, just note that it's no longer as important that our suppressors be serviceable when we're talking about those 22 suppressors. Now having said that, we've got about 12 silencers to talk about. The reason why I say about 12 silencers is because one of them isn't present, and yet one of them cannot be passed around. So I'm going to explain those two as well as the rest of the lineup. So first, understand that this is an integral suppressed 22 pistol. D3 LLC made this and it was called the Descent. It's now got a new name that business is called Ronin Arms now, and they still make this type pistol as well as a few other manufacturers make integral suppressed 22 pistols. And one, they're awesome, but two, they're a bit specific. We're going to do a video on integral suppressors. This will be one of the hosts that makes its way into that video. Just know that you can't pass it to another gun, obviously. The suppressor is part of the barrel system. So it probably isn't a good idea for it to be your first 22 suppressor because you can't pass it on to other guns. And most of us want to suppress a few rifles and not just one. So I'll make mention that this will be in the video, but it's going to play a small role. The other one is the Gemtech Mist. So we've got three rifles behind me that we're going to use in this testing. The Gemtech Mist is an integral suppressor that you can attach to your 22, your Ruger 1022, or even better, your 1022 takedown, since the barrel pops off so easy. It's very easy to install the takedown mist. Now, why that suppressor is not in today's video is because about two, three months ago, I had an issue with that suppressor and I sent it in to have them service it. And, you know, I got bad news. I called them. They said five weeks approximately. I called them after it had been two months on a Monday and I said, "Hey, what's going on with this?" And the guy who picked up the phone said, "Yeah, ooh, this is bad. Let me get a supervisor to reach back to you." I didn't hear anything all week. I called them back on Friday and said, "Hey, guys, I didn't get a call back." And they said, "Oh, yeah, we see. Well, oh, geez. Hey, we're sorry."

I guess they're having trouble keeping up with supply and demand, as many silencer manufacturers are right now, and I can appreciate that. But they're telling me that there's something wrong with my barrel and there's an accuracy issue now and basically it's just not done yet. And they're aware and everybody's aware, but be patient was the answer I got. So if we're going back and looking at quality control or customer service, that might be a consideration. Gemtech is usually pretty good. I guess with what's going on, they're not doing great. So I don't have that suppressor for today's test. And truth be told, if I did, it would only go on one platform. But I will say that is my favorite 22 rifle to shoot, because it is stupid quiet. Unfortunately, I won't be able to show you that in today's video. However, there are many other silencers I have in front of me that are very quiet. So we've got the Silencer Co Osprey. That's this guy who has since been discontinued. There's the Mercy Firearms Pluto suppressor. And I like it so much because it's crazy light. We'll talk more on it soon. Then we have the Gemtech Outback. You saw this in a previous video. This has been discontinued, but it's still a great suppressor. The complaint was it's only 22LR, and it's not serviceable. They had that package. You could upgrade it. I didn't know about it. I missed the opportunity. But now it doesn't matter that it's not serviceable. So it's still a great suppressor, even with today's standards. The Silencer Co Switch. This is one of my newer 22 suppressors, and I'm very impressed with it. You can set it up in multiple configurations. I won't be doing that in today's video. Many of these suppressors are configurable, but I'm going to leave them in their full-size configuration. My two cents on configurable 22 suppressors is that's kind of a fun thing to tinker with, but I think most people come to settle on full length because they want maximum sound reduction, at least for the 22 suppressors, that is. Next is another one of our newer ones. This is the BDE22 suppressor.

The guys over at Mr. Silencer, it used to be called Mr. Silencer. Now it's called East Valley Tactical. It used to be called Mr. Silencer, but East Valley Tactical bought out Mr. Silencer from my understanding, so they're now one of the same. East Valley Tactical is the one who put out the suppressed range day. And I've been speaking very closely with Eric. He's a great dude and he's very knowledgeable, and his two cents was to check out this suppressor because he said he did a day with like 30 22 silencers. He said all things considered, this one is his favorite. So it's new to us, and we've just begun testing, so hopefully it performed well today just the same. Next is, and this suppressor still exists, but it's not a very common one. This is the Thompson Machine Zephyr, and I think now they call it the Zephyr L. When I bought it, it was just called the Zephyr. And that's that silencer I bought some time ago, however, it is still a very relevant suppressor. Next is the Rex Silencium MG22. And this suppressor is interesting because it's crazy overbuilt, and you get to pick exactly how many baffles you want. As you know, I don't really like running it short. I like it long, but I do want to tell you a quick story on this suppressor. When I first got it, it was throwing rounds way out of whack. And so I took it apart, checked it, couldn't find anything wrong, put it back together, sent a few more rounds, and I actually had an end cap strike on it. So I called them, they very quickly sent me a new end cap, and then I looked baffle by baffle, and I found one that was slightly mis-machined. So I removed that one baffle, and since then, everything's been solid. So while I say I like running everything in the long configuration, I found a culprit in that suppressor, so he is down one baffle. And I just put it to the side, and I just don't use it. It's kind of too many baffles already. Anyways, next, the Gemtech Mist, which I mentioned. I don't have that today. And then the D3LLC Integral Suppress, which is right here. So now that we've talked about what suppressors we're going to be testing, let's talk about what platforms we're going to test them on. So I am of the opinion, and this is just my opinion, you can have your own, is the best 22 pistol to suppress is the Ruger Mark IIs, IIIs, IVs. Those are just the best pistols in 22 to suppress, in my opinion. They're my favorite. So I've got two of those, so we can go head to head with the same barrel length. One weighs a little bit more than the other, but other than that, sound-wise, we should be able to tick side by side and pick a favorite. Then obviously, this guy's permanent. Then we also have the 5.7 pistol. So this is the Smith and Wesson version of the USG 5.7 pistol, which to get a threaded barrel with, it was just easier to get this guy because he's a bunch cheaper. I'm not really a huge advocate of 5.7. I'll talk about that in another video. But for today's testing, we've got a 5.7 pistol. We also have a 5.7 AR-15 upper that takes P90 magazines. We'll be using that for our 5.7 semi-automatic suppressor host. Then we've got a 17 HMR bolt-action rifle. It's a Savage and Rob's left-handed. So you'll notice the bolt is on the left-hand side. And then we have America's favorite, the Ruger 1022. This is the one with the 16-inch barrel with the collapsing, folding up stock that's really kind of nifty. That's going to be our 16-inch version for testing today. So some of these suppressors, you won't see in all those tests because they're not rated for 5.7 in some cases or 17 HMR in some cases. So having said that, while there are 12 suppressors, you might only see a few make it to that final stint in testing, just for safety reasons. And some people will say, you know, you can do one or two, but we're not going to push or recommend anyone push outside manufacturer recommendations. And if you're not sure what those recommendations are, I'll put this spreadsheet on our website. Feel free to go check out our website. You'll see all the information about what is full-autorated, what's not full-autorated, what has barrel length restrictions. 22s usually don't. But on some of the 5.7s and such, you might find some barrel length restrictions that you should know about before you purchase that suppressor or put it on said platform. So before we dive into the testing, please take a moment to check out our website, like, comment, subscribe. Those things go really long ways. Even if you just say for the algorithm or I like your stuff, we live on your guys' support because we're not making any money. We're just having fun sharing information. So please do us that favor with the like, comment, subscribe. If you do want to help us with the costs of what it takes for us to do this, the range time, the ammunition, and all the hours we're pouring into this, the best way you can support us is by going onto our website and grabbing one of our ball caps or one of our t-shirts that says "silence for syndicate" on it. That helps us pay for ammunition and range time. We really appreciate your guys' support. All right, no more wasted time. Let's get to testing. Hey, everybody. Before we begin shooting, I wanted to throw out three quick disclaimers. The first one is we're beneath a metal roof. So that might make the perceived sound a bit louder than it actually is. If we were in a more open environment or maybe had some brush around us, we've got a cement floor and a metal roof. So that's not going to be the most favorable or conducive to suppressors. That's the first thing. The second thing is suppressor specific, two suppressors. One, this one, the D3 LLC suppressor, is way overdue for cleaning. So it's not going to sound very good. And in fact, I might only shoot a few rounds because it might buzz my ears. Once it's cleaned, it is a good performer, so disclaimer. The third one is people are going to say, Rob, where's the dead air mask suppressor? Everybody loves the mask. Where's yours? I ordered one back in February. It is June. No, it's July. It's July 2. I still don't have it. So I guess I'll get it when I get it, but I don't have one yet. Talk to dead air about it. Sorry. I do know that that is one of the quietest suppressors out there. I wish I had it. I just don't yet. So on to testing. First one, this is going to be a little bit loud. This is the D3 LLC. You ready?

(Gun Firing)

It's not horrible. It's not bad. Didn't hurt my ears. Didn't hurt my ears, but on shot two and three, you could hear it hit the wood and then pass through. So you can hear the bullet flying through the air because they're subsonics. I mean, it says standard velocity, but this is subsonic ammunition coming out of this gun. It's around 1000 feet per second-ish. So there's no going down range, but you hear it pop as it hits that piece of wood and then the burn thereafter, which is pretty nifty. All right, let's move into a different suppressor. Okay, so this suppressor, I like a whole bunch. This is the Mercy Firearms Pluto. I like it so much because it's so crazy light. Two ounces. When I put on my scales, 2.1 ounces, and it sounds good too.

(Clicking)

You could definitely hear first round pop, huh? First round pop didn't hurt, but shot two and three was way better.

I like this one. That was like a loud stapler. Yeah. All right, this is the Thompson Machine Zephyr.

(Clicking) A little bit of a first round pop.

Just different tone in that one. Different tones. Maybe a more pleasant tone, but much bigger, much heavier.

Historically, this has been one of my favorites. This is the Silencer Co. Sparrow. This thing is really good sound reduction.

(Clicking)

Shot one, sounded like all the other suppressors, but two and three was like really, really soft. Really quiet. So I'm gonna put this one aside as like one of our favorites so far. Yeah, I'd say it's the quietest one yet.

I think this one's gonna go head to head with the Switch, and it's gonna be a tough call. This is the Rex Silencium MG22.

(Clicking)

Definitely a first round pop. Definitely a first round pop. Shot two and three were great, but definitely a first round pop.

To be expected. Yeah, it's not, it sounds like the other suppressors. Yeah. Okay, this is the Gemtech Outback II, and it only weighs three ounces, and it's very tiny. All in all, I like this one a lot, but it's not gonna be the best sound that I don't think.

(Clicking)

It's not bad, but it's not the best sound. But for three ounces, how tight, it's like the perfect line of like, not too heavy, not too long.

It can't do anything more than 22 though. But good suppressor, but not our quietest. Yeah, I agree. So this is the PWSBDE.

And this is the one that Eric from East Valley Tactic was saying is his favorite. But he was saying all things considered weight, maintenance, and sound, but sound particularly, he said this one's his favorite.

(Clicking)

The first one had like a dull thump to it. And then you could see the gas back pressure increases, it ejected harder on two and three. No first round pop, and I would say that's up there in sound, that's like one of the best. We shoot that one next to the Sparrow in the end, and that's gonna be... Well the Sparrow, the BDE, and I think this next one is going to be the three contenders. This one has been one of my more recent favorite ones, newer of my 22 suppressors. And I like that it's modular in different configurations, but in the long configuration, this thing sounds really good.

(Clicking)

Still had a first round pop, but sounds good all throughout. There's a certain amount of similarity going on, but I would say...

I would say I'm not gonna put him in the final three.

Yeah.

Okay, this is the last one, and this one is a discontinued suppressor, and this is called the Silencer Co. Osprey Micro.

And it's nifty, and you had to time it, I'm not gonna time it, it's gonna land how it lands. But having to time your thread on device on this is kind of a silly thing. And that's probably one of the bigger reasons why they discontinued it.

Ready?

(Clicking)

That sounded good. I mean, it was like a very low pitch,

probably because of suppressor volume. Yeah, I was gonna say, because of how big that thing is. See how it just separated? That's the thread on device, this is the suppressor. So having to time your thread on device, it was a pain in the butt to do it, then I locked it, it was a pain in the butt to remove it. It takes that special tool, you really can't remove the field without that tool. So you can see why they discontinued the Silencer. So let's, even though it sounded good, let's not include this in our final three. Not really relevant. It's not relevant, it sounds good though. I mean, it's up there with good sound, but it's just not relevant. So we're down to two. Okay, so we've got our two favorites, the BDE and the Silencer Co. Sparrow. We're gonna put them head to head. These are the different models with the same barrel length pistols. I put six rounds in each, so I'm gonna do right handed this gun and then switch hands just so that, in case there's an argument over ejection port. All right, we ready? Yep.

Gosh, that's hard to tell.

Switch sides here.

(Gun Firing)

Sparrow. Yeah, I think the tone of the PWS is just a little more high pitch. And the Sparrow is just deeper and a little more enjoyable in sound. Yeah, let's be fair. We're splitting hairs. But if you make me pick, you're right. I hear a deeper tone on the Sparrow.

It's a little bit harder to service in maintenance and that might be its strong point compared to the BDE. Because the BDE has got a thread cap on the end and you just pull the whole thing apart super easy. If you're looking for maximum suppression, I think the silencer goes Sparrow as far as it goes to these pistols are concerned. If you're a big mark three, mark four kind of guy, I think the Sparrow is still the tried and true favorite of mine. The BDE is real close though. So you gotta consider all things about what's rated for what and how much they weigh and size wise they're almost identical. But weight and other factors might put you onto the BDE. But sound, you're right. It's just a touch deeper in tone that make the Sparrow more pleasant. But both incredibly pleasant. All right, let's move on to the next test. All right guys, we just finished doing the head to head testing on the Ruger Mark III, Mark IV pistols with all the 22 suppressors we have. Which I think in that test was 11 silencers. The tried and true is still my favorite. Now we're gonna start, and I believe this is an 18.5 inch Ruger. We're gonna start our rifle testing. We're gonna run through all of them again. And then we'll move into the five seven and the 17 HMR.

Gosh, that sounds good. That was the Mercy Firearms Pluto. The two ounce suppressor that you can't even feel on the end of your gun. This thing is sweet.

Two ounces, I mean I hear the bolt running. I don't hear the gunshot at all. I hear the bullet passing through the paper down range. We put up a paper at 50 yards. So you can hear it hit paper and then hit the berm.

It's gonna be hard to find a favorite suppressor outside of this. All right, so the Silasterco Sparrow, our favorite from the pistols, tried it on the 10-22.

That one still sounds the best. I think that sounds a hair, just like a hair, better than the Mercy Firearms Pluto that we only just tested. But I mean, it's up there. Yeah, I agree. It's the best so far. Yeah, tone and also volume wise, it's best. Yeah, but it's not a huge difference. If you tested this on a separate day, you'd never know. Like I said, we're really cutting it. Split hairs. We're splitting hairs. Yeah, we're splitting hairs. And for its weight, I might still like the Mercy Firearms. For the pistols, definitely this guy. For the rifle, I mean I can argue either side.

Okay, BDE, here we go. BDE-22.

It sounds the same as the, yeah. I mean again, it's just a little more high pitch. That's the only thing I notice. I'm not sure I could hear the difference.

So I guess as far as rifles are concerned, if you're between the Sparrow and the BDE, I mean, I'd pick the BDE because it's lighter and it's more serviceable, easier serviceable. So, and still that Mercy Firearms that only weighs two ounces is sure appealing. Okay, here we go.

Splitting hairs. Yeah. Yeah. I mean again, it's an older model. It's a bit long. I could see not wanting the suppressor, but it sounds just as good as the rest of them.

I mean, if this high answer was 200 bucks and the other one was 400 bucks, that'd be your answer. Yeah, I think a lot of these, if it came down to a special sale or something like that, might be the determining factor. Yeah, you show me a buy one, get one, and you're a rifle guy, then who cares? But you show me a buy one, get one, and you're a Mark IV pistol guy. Well, okay, I can see really wanting the Sparrow or the BDE. I mean, I'd love to test the mask too. Okay, so this is the Rex Sillencium MG22. And you remember I had issues with this before, so let's see how it goes on the rifle.

Like all of them, no first round pop, real smooth, real quiet, real heavy.

But just sound wise, it sounds great. Yeah, I think they really sell that one on how rugged it is compared to, I mean.

Yeah, drive over it with your truck and-- The MG sounds like machine gun 22, so it's like, I mean, they even say on their website, like scratch it with your knife, don't worry about it. So, I mean, that it's heavy, okay, fine. Okay, this is the Gemtech Outback II. They don't make the silencer anymore.

And it sounds great. I mean, their goal in this suppressor was to find the perfect balance between size, weight, length, and they nailed it. I mean, three ounces, not serviceable, but other than that, it's great. It's hard to compete with the Pluto because all 3D printed titanium. Two more, this one is the silencer coast switch, and I expect this one to perform. I think if I had to pick a silencer today, this would be within my top three, just because it's nifty that it's so configurable, and it is very quiet. And again, configuring is fun, not always appropriate.

They're all starting to sound the same. Especially on a rifle configuration, they're starting to sound the same.

I mean, 22s in general on a rifle are phenomenal for a lot of great reasons, and it's hard for us to really delineate much different as we're doing this test. Yeah, I think if you were to do a blind test with many of these, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I agree, yeah.

Yeah, they are awful similar when you're talking an 18-inch barrel. I might run out of ammo on this magazine, look at that, timed perfectly by coincidence.

So that's the Osprey 22. There's a lot of good suppressor volume in there, so like the pistols, it sounds really good, but it's a discontinued silencer. So I don't wanna spend too much time talking about it, but if you have one, it's still a great piece of technology. It sucks that you have to time it, it's probably gonna come untimed. Oh, good, it didn't. But that interior thread device is kind of a, it's a silly design for today's world, but it's still a great silencer. I think this came with one of those buy one, get one deals back on SilencerCo's website. I'm not upset that I have it, but it's not my favorite.

Okay, that's all of them. What's our favorite?

Wow, look at that, that was the last round. Time that perfect. Yeah, so still say the Sparrow. Sparrow. Quickly, closely followed by the BDE. Yeah, Sparrow then BDE again. Yep, I agree.

Okay, so we just finished up doing the 10-22 and the Ruger Mark IV pistols. We went head to head with essentially 11 different silencers. And what's odd is consistently between the rifle and pistol, we picked our favorite number one and favorite number two silencers. Now, not all of them are 17HMR, but the ones that are 17HMR rated, we're gonna roll through those now, that's five of them. And we're gonna look for a difference.

Okay, this is the SilencerCo Sparrow 17HMR.

We'll do two rounds, we get that last round, first round, pop out. (Gun Fires)

It doesn't hurt my ears, but I wouldn't wanna shoot it all day.

Yeah, I'd say that the, especially on that second shot, I kinda noticed it starting to get to my ears a little bit. Yeah, it's not horrible, but not all day for sure.

Great for hunting though, I'll betcha. Yeah, it's that supersonic bullet. I mean, it's a lot more than a 22. (Gun Fires) Okay, Rex Sillencium, MG22.

(Gun Fires)

That did seem louder. Yes, that was not a good time. No, that MG22 is quiet on 22s, but 17HMR, I mean, the SilencerCo Sparrow has shined throughout all of our tests, and I think that might be the one where it just shined the most.

See, the switch, the switch and the BDE should be closed contenders, I'm thinking, along with the Sparrow on this one. All right, here we go.

SilencerCo Switch, 17HMR.

(Gun Fires)

That's not bad at all.

Better than the last one. Better than the last one.

Awfully similar to the first one. So let's say the switch and the Sparrow are head to head right now.

Okay, the BDE.

BDE's been solid taking number two place through all of our tests so far. Let's see if she shines on this one.

(Gun Fires) (Gun Fires)

Now that's pitchy.

I don't like that.

I don't know is that much louder, but like, I mean, there's a slight pitch difference in the hand, in the pistol, but definitely much more apparent in this one. Yeah, definitely pitchy. I think so far, I mean, we got one more to go, but I think so far, the Sparrow and the Switch are the two favorites of mine so far.

Okay, Silencer Co, Osprey 22.

(Gun Fires)

Now that was kind of pitchy too.

Okay, so I'm calling it. It's up there we go, we just separated them out again. I'm calling it between the Sparrow and the Switch.

If I have to pick one, the Sparrow's just a little bit quieter than everything else. On this one they were neck and neck, I can't tell the difference. Same? Yeah, I think the 17HMR really kind of, kind of bared out some of the major differences that weren't so apparent in the smaller configurations. Yeah, well, on the 5.7, see what happens.

Okay, so now we're on to the 5.7 ammunition. This is the FN blue tipped ammunition, and we've got a 16 inch gun. This thing is called, I believe like an LEM 5.7. It's designed to replace your AR-15 upper receiver.

Kind of a weird thing, I thought it was nifty because I was able to purchase the full auto bolt carrier and put it in my M16 registered machine gun, so I could have a full auto 5.7. Because I think 5.7 truly shines best in full auto, and being able to run the 50 round mags makes it kind of a cool thing. But let's see how she suppresses. This is the Rex Silencium MG22 suppressor. See how it goes.

Definitely some first round pop. Didn't hurt my ears. I mean, but we're coming up on like a five, five, six situation where if you were to do more than two or three, these like, I should probably be wearing a hearing protection for the rest of the test. I'm not going to, but I probably should.

That was a bit intense. Not hurt, didn't hurt, but it was a bit intense. It was very loud. Yeah, but we had already decided that this one's a bit pitchy, even on the 17 HMR stuff. So hopefully the next ones are a bit more pleasant. Because the last three are down to the favorite three.

Just a lot of thread. That's the other thing about five, seven. And I'm going to talk more about this when we do a five, seven video. But when you step into five, seven, you can do five, five, six suppressors. It's not offensive to a five, five, six suppressor. On a 17 HMR, a five, five, six suppressor is a lot of weight on the end of a literal rim fire suppressor. When you step into five, seven, you're stepping outside of rim fire. You're now into center fire. So you can use a five, five, six suppressor and you'll have really good results. So the whole idea of putting a rim fire suppressor on a five, seven is, in my opinion, questionable if you have five, five, six suppressors. You could just use those if you wanted to. And in fact, maybe we finish this test by screwing one of those five, five, six cans on and seeing how it performs. All right, this is the BDE22.

(Gun Firing)

That was a lot better compared to the NG22. What do you think?

Still very high pitch. Yeah, to me it feels like a five, five, six on a full size five, five, six suppressor to my ears.

So if you were gonna do this all day, and if you're predator hunting, you're going after Fox or coyote close range head shots, you'd be okay for a couple shots. But if you were to do magsworth, I don't think it'd be a good idea.

Okay, thread it on enough. Here we go.

(Gun Firing)

It wasn't bad, but it's still not good.

Yeah.

Of the one so far, I would say that's the best. Yeah. And I'm also thinking that I'm deciding for the pistol portion, I'm gonna wear my hearing protection. Yeah.

That one is very similar to the last, not quite as high pitch. Yeah.

Yeah, that's the thing about suppressors is decibel readers is a single data point. And while everybody wants quantifiable data, and so do I, I wanna look at a chart and pick my favorite based off the chart. The reality is sound is hard to quantify. So its tone can be more important than its volume.

(Gun Firing)

I think that that one performed a hair better.

So we're back to the Silencer Cospero. Silencer Cospero seems to have taken first place in every category so far as far as sound reduction goes. All right, let's switch to the pistol. All right, so we wanted to throw on a 5.56 suppressor real quick. This is the grunt mini, just cause it's easy to thread on. (Gun Firing)

Sounds a whole lot better. Especially the first round is to eat up all the oxygen inside it's a mini can. So it's not the best of them, but I mean, definitely if I was gonna shoot 5.7 all day, it would be with a 5.56 suppressor, not a rim fire suppressor. Rim fire suppressors are great for rim fires that it can do 5.7 is cool, but we're stepping outside of what it was designed to do. And we're getting away with sort of suppressing a gun. It meets the restrictions, but it's still, I don't think I'd advise running a rim fire suppressor on a 5.7. Stick to 5.56 on 5.7 in my opinion, but you do it, you think it's right. Okay, I'm not sure if everybody's done this yet. So we figured we're here, we got the toys, we may as well try it. This is the flow 5.56 K on a 5.7 16 inch gun. See how she sounds.

(Gun Firing)

It's not all, I don't love Huxworks. Back pressure is great. They did a great job, but sound, I'm not impressed with these suppressors. They're just not quiet.

Even on 5.7.

Yeah, that was a little rough on the ears. Yeah, let's do one more can. We're here.

So this is the KGM 5.56 A1. And I've proof that this is definitely a low back pressure suppressor, not terribly quiet, but that's been on 5.56. I don't know if anybody's put this to 5.7 yet. Sure is tiny.

(Gun Firing)

Man, it's loud like a Huxworks.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's better than a rimfire can, I think.

Maybe we should do just one more and get that old school AAC M4 Mini on here. Which this, this is what I paired this gun with some time ago. I like this combination.

Mini is not terribly quiet, but with 5.7, it kind of balances.

Here we go.

(Gun Firing)

That's been the best so far. That's the best. A standard 5.56 suppressor, even a short one, sounds real good on 5.7. The rimfire stuff, I just, I think you're better off running an actual full size suppressor when you're doing the rifle platform. Pistol's gonna be a lot more challenging. You're gonna find out how much I do or don't like suppressing 5.7 pistols.

All right, so we've got our 5.7 pistol. This is a Smith & Wesson M&P. I'm gonna tell you a secret before we begin this one. I've already done testing on this pistol and I don't like suppressing 5.7 pistols. They just, they don't feel good. They have a huge recoil impulse with that added suppressor. I think that we're pushing outside the parameters of what our rimfire suppressor is designed for. I think it's home on a .22 pistol. I think it's home on a .17 HMR rifle or .22 rifle. But when you go to 5.7, you're pushing the limits. When you put it in a short braille on a pistol, I don't specifically enjoy, I don't particularly enjoy shooting them. But we'll get through the four we have to see what they perform like. (Gun Firing)

Wearing hearing protection was a good choice. How are you feeling, Damien? I feel like I made a bad choice. You made a bad choice, yeah. Definitely hearing protection on the 5.7. Ow, it's hot as all get up, man. I mean, I ran the others fast and even on the rifle fast and I can screw it right off. But the barrel is just so darn short, ill-advised. Okay, all right, next one. This is the Silence Go Switch. The one we did a minute ago is the Sparrow. It's been our favorite so far, but it's not tolerable on such a short configuration in 5.7. So I am wearing hearing protection for this one and I don't like doing it. (Gun Firing)

I don't like doing it. There's a huge POI shift. I mean, it's going way up north. Instead of hitting the target, I'm seeing a three foot high impact at 100 yards. I'm not getting an end cap strike, but just the movement and the barrel of this thing unlocking and doing what it does, I just don't think 5.7 pistols and rim fire suppressors are a good mix. And in fact, 5.7 pistols is arguably a good idea in the first place. I know you guys are gonna ask me to make a video on that and maybe I will, but I think 5.7 has a very special place on this earth or on the battlefield and it's not particularly in pistols. Sorry if I hurt your feelings. All right, here we go. BDE-22 going on a 5.7 pistol. This thing's gonna get real hot, I'm sure, because it's, I mean, it looks good on there, but they're not that fun to shoot and that's why I'm wearing hearing protection. (Gun Firing)

Yeah, I mean, it had an POI impact, it had an impact shift of about a foot high. It's hot as all get up, it's hard to unscrew. With just three rounds, it's hard to unscrew.

Again, I'm just gonna go ahead and say this is ill-advised. It might be rated for it, but I don't recommend doing it. 5.7 pistols just shouldn't seize suppressors. It's cool, but it's just not, I don't love it.

Okay, last one, and then I get to say I'm done with this because I don't particularly love 5.7 pistols suppress. I should say that like three more times, shouldn't I? All right, this is the Rex Silencium MG-22.

(Gun Firing)

Okay, on 5.7, that thing wins, hands down. I mean, it stayed on track, I didn't get a massive POI shift. It sounded better, even through the EuroPro, it sounded better and it didn't over back pressure like the other silencers did. So, you know, here I am putting my foot in my mouth, how much I hate shooting 5.7 suppress. I still don't like shooting 5.7 suppress, but if I was going to do it like again, it would definitely be with this suppressor. So if you're a 5.7 pistol guy and you're looking for a rimfire dual suppressor, the Rexilentium MG-22 is the one. The other three, equally I did not like. Equally, you need hearing protection, but this one I think takes the cake when it comes to 5.7 pistols. And that's a surprise to me. I was starting to dislike this suppressor. I guess it now has a home. Just for the sake of doing one without the suppressor, so I can feel how soft, so I can remember how soft it shoots, so that we can kind of hear that sound. They're loud.

(Gun Shots)

Yeah, it's a little bit loud, but it's a 5.7. But at the same time, I mean, the bullets are impacting at the 100 yard berm at what I'm aiming at. Not one to three foot high. And all the suppressors we tested gave me an impact shift by one to three foot up with the exception of the Rexilentium MG-22. So I think for 5.7 pistols, the MG-22 takes the cake. The first time it's taken first place in something. That's cool for that suppressor.

Alrighty, so now that we're back in our studio and back into the nice air conditioning, we're gonna break down the information that we found while on the range. Now this was a pretty elaborate test being that we did the 22 pistols and we're even able to shoot side by side to listen for a difference to include that first round pop. And what's interesting is we systematically chose the same suppressor in just about each scenario with the exception of one as to which one sounded our favorite. Now understand that there's a lot of factors here that may or may not apply to. And I do want your feedback. I want your feedback into what suppressor I did not include that you wish I had included. Because I'm sorry this is what I have. We're working on getting more, but this is currently the 22 silencers I have. I know that B and T is sending us one. I know that the dead air mask is on the way. I also know Innovative Arms is sending us their Titanium Sling Shot suppressor. So there's more coming. But if there's other ones that were not in this and you would like to see specific silencers, please let us know which silencers that we missed out on and we'll reach out to those companies and run this test again. Now when we run this test again, I also want your input as to how important the 5.7 pistol is to you. Because to be honest, that's not really a pistol I enjoy suppressing. I found a lot of issues doing that. It's just not very interesting to me. 17HMR, I think that's a valuable thing to suppress with your 22 can. And then before we go too much further into the findings of our test, I wanted to take a minute to discuss where I like my 22 suppressors to live. And the truth is I have the most fun with a 22 suppressor on the end of the Ruger Mark III's and Mark IV pistols. I think that's just a great training tool. I think it's a lot of fun. And I think, you know, depending upon where you live, if you've got rattlesnakes or you've got, you know, varmint in your backyard, it's a really convenient way of handling, you know, nuisance problems. Also, if you've got a scoped rifle like a 10-22 or a 17HMR, you can really handle some of those nuisance varmint, for example, at further distances. Some people coyote hunt with them. Personally, I don't feel like it's enough caliber for coyote. You really gotta make a good headshot. And not always does a coyote stand still for you. And the worst thing is when a coyote comes in, sees you and busts out, and if you had had a 5.56, maybe you would have made a good hit, but because it was just a little further or something like that. So I'm not a big fan of really using these for much more than like, say, prairie dogs and that kind of stuff. Nucence animals, not necessarily predators. But if you're a predator hunter and you rock out to 17HMR, hey, no qualms here. I think, you know, in some states, it restricts you to that, particularly at night anyways. So we gotta make do with what we make do with, but in the end, I just wanted to voice that my favorite place for these suppressors to live is on those little 22 pistols. And I might investigate a few more pistols. We do have the small Beretta pistol. And there are some suppressors that don't work well on that. There are some that just work great. So if you want us to visit that topic, please let us know. Having said that, this is just one space of this review. There's also the weight. Are they full auto-rated? Is there barrel length restrictions? There's a lot to consider when purchasing your 22 suppressor. And if you want access to that information, we've already created a spreadsheet of all the different suppressors, how much they weigh, how long they are, what they're capable of and not capable of, and if they're full auto-rated or not. So if you're interested in that information, like going through it and poking around, feel free to check out our website. If you wanna support our channel, just by hopping over to that website and clicking around, really does build a lot of merit within the community for us. In addition to that, if you wanna help financially support our channel by picking up one of our hats or one of our shirts, that's a silencer syndicate on it, that really does help us, because right now we're all out of pocket. We get a case of ammo a month, that's really it. The rest of this is all out of pocket. We're paying our own range fees and we're not making any money. No manufacturer's giving us a penny. We're just working hard to create fun stuff and share our experiences with you, so that you make a good purchase, because this is fun for us. But if you don't mind, that support does go a really long way for us. All right, so our findings. When we went on the Ruger Mark IV, that's that little pistol, we had two same barrel lengths and rotated back and forth, even switched hands that we had a fair comparison across the board. And in the end, the silencer co-spara, we decided was the quietest and the best sounding suppressor. Now I know a lot of guys are fans of the dead air mask. I don't have one of those, maybe I will soon. I've been waiting since February. In second place, we decided it was the BDE22 suppressor. That suppressor took second place in a handful of spots. Next was the 1022. So on this one, it was the 18.5 inch. We landed a handful of bullets and then kind of decided, which was our favorite. And that got tough, because on an 18.5 or whatever the barrel length is on that one, I mean, they all sound really good. Some of them are a bit pitchy, but they all sounded really good. And first round pop isn't so obvious on the rifle platform. So we were really splitting hairs, but in the end, we decided the same results, that we liked the silencer co-spara the best and the BDE took second place. That's not to say that all the other suppressors didn't do good, because they all did great on the rifle. The pistol, I think was the more noticeable stuff. Okay, when we moved to the 17 HMR, we saw some change. One, yet again, the silencer co-spara was our favorite suppressor, but next was actually the silencer co-switch, this guy. So instead of the second place being the BDE, again, very much so splitting hairs, the switch shined a little bit better than the BDE, but splitting hair is very hard to tell. So if you had one and not the other, I'm sure you're gonna be happy with it. It's a minor detail. The next is in a 5.7 pistol. Now, we had to remove a lot of suppressors from this experiment, because some of them were rated for 22, some of them 17 HMR, very few of them were rated for 5.7 too. So we only had, I believe, five suppressors to test. And in the end, we picked, well, we didn't like any of them. We didn't like how any of them worked on a 5.7 pistol. And just as I was wrapping up that video saying, hey, I don't like 5.7s to be suppressed, particularly as a pistol, we put the MG22 on from Rex Sillencium, and that one actually performed really well. It sounded good, it looked good. POI shift shouldn't really be a thing, but on that pistol for some reason, I'm seeing one foot to three foot north at 100 yards. When I don't have the suppressor on, we test it at the end of the video. I mean, I'm hitting little rocks at 100 yards with it. It's an accurate effective pistol, but I'm getting north POI shifts with these suppressors, with the exception of the MG22 suppressor from Rexallencium. It sounded the best, and it had the least amount of impact shift. So I would say that that is definitely the place to go if you're into suppressing 5.7 pistols, which I'm really not into that. Next is the 5.7 rifle. So we have a rifle, we screwed all these suppressors off to the ones that were applicable. And I think in the end,they all were kind of abusive to the years. So I think we all decided that if I had to pick maybe the MG22 again, maybe the silencer cross-feral, but if you put a 5.5.6 silencer on your 5.7 rifle, you'll get so much better results. Sure, it's a little bit heavier in a lot of cases, but I mean, if you can put a 5.5.6 silencer on your 5.7 rifle, I think you'll be a lot happier. So even though your rimfire suppressor can do it, is ready to do it, I would recommend that you don't do it. Just because it can doesn't mean you should. So understand rimfire is 22 mag, 17 HMR. Centerfire is 5.7 by 28, and that's capable, but I just don't recommend it. In the end, if you are a 5.7 guy with a rifle, check out getting either a 5.7 specific suppressor that's really more designed to contain that explosion, or just step it up to one of your 5.5.6 cans, screw that on the end, and I think you'll be a lot happier. Same thing with the pistol. There's a handful of rifle suppressors that are light enough, like from BNT, that you can screw those on there and be okay, but I personally just don't think it's all that great of a performer. So the end state is 17 HMR and 22, 22 rifles, pistols. I think that's a great place for these things to live. Move into a 5.7 pistol, I don't recommend that. 5.7 rifle, I don't recommend it. But if you're into it, it'll work. And if you want our data, our data, we chose that the MG22 suppressor kinda did better with the 5.7 category than the other guys. But as far as 17 HMR goes, really everything else from the collection I currently have, we decided the Silencer Co. Sparrow was really the top performer in everything that should be applicable. I apologize again, my 22 mist is out of pocket. It's being worked on by Gemtech. That suppressor, I mean, that system, because it's an integral suppressor, really is very impressively quiet. So if you already have a 22 suppressor and you're thinking, why won't it just the craziest, quietest that 22 mist, I wish I had had the chance to show it to you today. Whenever I get it back, I will make a video, maybe a followup video and show you that if you're gonna be on a 22 rifle, if you're a 10-22 kinda guy, that Gemtech mist, I mean, and it's priced well too. It really is a good system. It keeps the barrel 16 inches with the suppressor, so just a phenomenal system. I highly recommend that one. But again, for your first 22 or second 22 suppressor, you might want something more versatile. So where we landed pretty unanimously yet again was the Silencer Co. Sparrow. I think left to my own devices, it would be hard to say that if I didn't do head-to-head testing, so I'm glad we got to do that today. But I do wanna throw in one more little bit, the Mercy Firearm Suppressor. This little two-ounce Silencer, I mean, I really like that suppressor. It's very similar to the Gemtech Outback II, except it can handle a little bit more. It's two ounces instead of three ounces, and it is an impressive Silencer. So to screw it on the end of the Mark IV light, I mean, this pistol is very light. Adding that super light suppressor is just a killer combo. I absolutely love that setup. While it's not the quietest, it is still a great setup. So if you wanna say, "Well, sound isn't everything, Rob." I agree with you. If you're after sound, the Sparrow, love it. If you're after lightweight and sound, I think the Mercy Firearms is really a top contender. If you said, "Rob, pick two, everything else goes away." It would be hard for me, but the first one would definitely be the Silencer Co. Sparrow. The next one would be a battle between the Mercy Firearms and the BDE 22. I really don't know. I don't know, three ounces is crazy. Two ounces, sorry. Two ounces is crazy light, but I don't know. Both of these Silencers are really great cans. So if you have either of these, definitely don't feel like you need to go out and get a Sparrow because it's not that different in my opinion, but that's just based on my experiences from today. If you liked this video, please do me a favor. Like, comment, subscribe, as I mentioned before, it really goes a long way for us. Keep in mind, this is a community. Don't pee in the communal pool. Be friendly to people. There's a lot of new people in the Silencer world and in the gun world, it's our job as seasoned guys to kind of help them along, help them understand, and more than anything, keep them safe as they go down this rabbit hole and learn to play with these fun, exciting little toys. All right, as always, stay safe, and we'll see you in the comments section.