Outdoor life suppressor testing

[Benjblt]

As I have said elsewhere, nearly everyone I have ever met treats buying his first suppressor like a “good girl” deciding to give up her virginity. I include myself in that category. But once you have one and start to use it, you quickly figure out how much you like it and start to wonder what took you so long to try it out.

There’s always going to be a newer, sexier suppressor calling out to you. It can cause analysis paralysis. But almost any suppressor is better than no suppressor, so there’s no reason to stress that hard over it.

I am sure you will be happy with the ZG 6.5. Mine is lovely. The only suppressor I have owned that I absolutely hated is the Scythe Ti (which was also my first one), because I just couldn’t trust it. So I sold it.

Well it took me a long time to get here. I'm excited for my first time!

 

[HuntHarder]

I think you need to read what I wrote again. I didn’t say baffle design doesn’t matter at all. It’s just not the most important factor. If you apply the same quality baffle design to a can with more volume, you get better results.

If you are trying to pick a fight, I am not interested. I just don’t care about reducing the recoil on my .243 or .270 as much as I care about making it quieter and shorter. As said, when I see a .375 caliber offering, I’m very interested in comparing it with my AB Raptor 10.

If this turns out to be a paradigm shift in suppressor design, as a consumer, I will be super excited. But right now, I really doubt these cans - which no consumer has purchased, used, or even handled - are going to make every suppressor I own obsolete overnight.

No sure why you think I want to pick a fight with you... Just trying to get you to understand how incorrect your statement was .
Volume absolutely plays a role, but so does design. Your original statement says nothing about ranking importance on suppression #'s.

Similar baffle design < more volume
Better design > same volume

 

[Huntnpack 2]

Flight Path

Flight Path Zero Gravity 30 – Spring 2026 The Zero Gravity 30 is the larger-volume variant in the Zero Gravity lineup, designed to accommodate magnum cartridges while maintaining our core focus on weight efficiency. With increased internal volume, it delivers improved suppression for...

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Interesting Flight Path. Good to see it.
Some Merit to Both of the TBD items.

 

[wind gypsy]

Honestly this whole thing made me feel better about not having the latest hotness yet with a RX gen 1 brake on a scythe and on a nomad XC. Great balance of recoil and sound in those combos but long and heavy. Would still like shorter, lighter (for NRL at least), and more recoil redux for gaming guns but i'm not rushing.

The tenet can hype is attractive but it's kind of crazy to think they are taking orders this week but there's not really any standard detailed info published far as I can tell. Some details about design intent, physical specs, material, hub/no hub, modularity possibilities, barrel restrictions, diameter, etc would go a long way.

There was also a non braked reaper tested.

Fair point. I'd still like to see at shooters ear comparisons.

 

[wind gypsy]

The reason we tested at muzzle was it was not giving consistent results at the ear as we were testing. to test at the ear we would have had to reshoot every combination off a tripod adding another 650ish rounds to the test. And at the end of the day me and vantage research were paying for the ammo

Thanks for the context. Do you think it was somethign with the sled that made the results inconsistent at SE?

Appreciate the effort and $ put into this man! great stuff.

 

[Huntnpack 2]

Thanks for the context. Do you think it was somethign with the sled that made the results inconsistent at SE?

Appreciate the effort and $ put into this man! great stuff.

I think he said the inconsistency was possibly due to the sound bouncing off the table. Thus the thought of needing to use a tripod for that type testing.

 

[wind gypsy]

It looks like the 1 port and 2 port results might be flip flopped on this table?