FAIRFAX, Va. — The instructor popped off a few rounds with a .22 semiautomatic rifle, first with a silencer and then without, before asking his loaded question. “By a show of hands, did anyone think ...

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If you’re looking to quietly plink in style, look no further than Ruger’s new integrally suppressed barrel, the Silent-SR ISB. While Ruger is a household name — the firm’s 10/22 rifle has been in ...

For months, producers and consumers of firearms sound suppressors — “silencers,” as most people know them — have been hopping with excitement about the prospect that their gear might get cheaper and ...

It wasn’t all that long ago when only the gun geeks owned suppressors. You might have seen one on occasion at the range, but they weren’t very popular. More than anything else, it was probably the 300 ...

Ed Hughes attributes a good chunk of his hearing loss to his hobbies: hunting and competitive shooting. As a kid, he didn't wear hearing protection. Hughes, 73, now uses a silencer when he's shooting ...

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More than 100 years ago, inventor Hiram Percy Maxim created two almost identical products to accomplish the same goal in two very different industries. The divergent ways we treat those products today ...

When it comes to silencer vs suppressor, it’s not a question of which is which because they’re the same thing. It’s a question of what do you call it. Some people say “silencer” and some say ...