Suppressor - Forgotten Weapons

Gorilla GF-10: Lightweight Hunting Semiauto in 8.6mm Blackout (w/ Ballistics Gel)

December 13, 2023 Ian McCollum 4

Today I’ve got on of Gorilla Ammo’s GF-10 rifles to do some shooting with. It’s an AR-10 platform chambered for 8.6mm Blackout (they also offer it in .243 Win, .260 Rem, 6.5CM, and .308 Win). […]

VSS Vintorez: Russia’s Silent Sniper Rifle

December 11, 2023 Ian McCollum 13

The VSS (Special Sniper Rifle) Vintorez was one of two dedicated silenced rifles developed in Russia in the 1980s. The Vintorez was given a very good barrel and intended for precision shooting, while the AS […]

Ultralight Silencer: the Carbon Research CR9T

April 17, 2023 Ian McCollum 9

One of the cool new products we found at SHOT Show this year was the CR9T from Carbon Research. This is a small research company that has figured out how to bond metals to carbon […]

Successor to the Scout: Q’s 8.6mm Fix

April 14, 2023 Ian McCollum 24

0:00 – Purpose of the Fix 6:03 – The 8.6mm Blackout Cartridge 12:33 – Rifle Features 21:13 – Disassembly 29:35 – My Complaints 31:49 – At the Range There is a ton to go over […]

Prototype Silenced Sten Mk4(S) at the Range

March 25, 2023 Ian McCollum 30

Yesterday we looked at the mechanics and the history of the Sten Mk4(S), and today we have it out at the range! The very short barrel and its porting reduce the velocity of standard 115gr […]

Prototype Silenced Sten for Paratroops: the Mk4(S)

March 24, 2023 Ian McCollum 0

The Sten Mk4 was developed experimentally in 1943 for use by British paratroops. It used a remarkably awful folding stock along with a shortened receiver and barrel to make a very compact package – albeit […]

Germany’s L26 Silencer for the K98k, G43, and StG44

January 9, 2023 Ian McCollum 17

https://youtu.be/ZJYPsUboKOI Patented in Germany as System Schätzle, the L26 was a departure from the copies of the Russian wipe-based silencer designs. The L26 used a set of six identical cone-shaped metal baffles inside a simple […]

Germany Copies the Soviets: L23 & L27 Silencers

September 12, 2022 Ian McCollum 4

The German L23 silencer was essentially a copy of captured Soviet Bramit silencers, complete with the attachment system locking around a rifle front sight. Two hundred of these made for the K98k rifle for German […]

Soviet WW2 Bramit Silencer for the M91/30

August 29, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

https://youtu.be/Hecvt_oGvb4 The Soviet Union began to take an interest in military suppressors in the early 1930s, and experimented with things like suppressors for the DP light machine gun. Through the 1930s a variety of different […]

Agram 2000: Croatia’s Gangster Gun

June 13, 2022 Ian McCollum 24

The Agram 2000 was originally developed in the 1990s in response to a Croatian Army need for a submachine gun during the Independence War. It is a closed-bolt, hammer-fired, simple blowback submachine gun. The initial […]