Suppressor - Forgotten Weapons

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 […]

Radical Defense M249FVS: Laser Sintering Meets Lewis Gun

March 25, 2022 Ian McCollum 19

One of the problems with using suppressors on machine guns is that suppressors or generally much more susceptible to heat buildup than the guns themselves. In 2019, US SOCOM put out a request for a […]

The Sneaky Silent Sten MkII(S) at the Range

November 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 23

Today we are taking an original Sten MkII(S) out to the range – something I am excited to be able to do! The suppressor on this Sten is all original, and about 80 years old…and […]

A Covert Weapons for Special Operations: the Sten MkII(S)

November 5, 2021 Ian McCollum 18

https://youtu.be/hcmVCb_ZgZA There are a fairly wide variety of silenced Sten guns that were made during World War Two, because many were needed for small Special Operations Executive missions. However, the British Army did also formally […]

Q&A: Silencers with Kevin Brittingham of AAC & Q

January 21, 2021 Ian McCollum 25

I am excited to have the opportunity to talk suppressors today with Kevin Brittingham. He has been working with them for more than 25 years, over that time founded Advanced Armament, sold it to Remington, […]

MP5SD at the Range: Subsonic vs Supersonic

November 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 23

While the MP5SD is made with a barrel ported right at the chamber to reduce bullet velocity, I am curious to see if it will actually work. Can I tell the difference between 115gr supersonic […]

Valkyrie Silenced DeLisle Carbine at the Range

October 10, 2020 Ian McCollum 18

The DeLisle carbine was a conversion of the Lee Enfield to .45 ACP made by the British during World War Two for SOE use. They used modified 1911 magazines to feed, and included a very […]

The Coolest Gun You Will See All Day: China’s Type 64 Silenced Pistol

August 14, 2020 Ian McCollum 19

Lot 1487 in the September 2020 RIA Premier auction. The Type 64 is a dedicated suppressed pistol first introduced in 1965 and used in the Vietnam War. It uses a rimless version of the .32 […]

Knight’s XM9 Beretta “Hush Puppy” – For USAF Survival Kits

July 24, 2020 Ian McCollum 12

The original “Hush Puppy” was a Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol fitted with a suppressor for use by Special Forced in Vietnam. The name came back in the 1980s, when the US Air Force […]