[Ramius]

Hey Mister Mag! I finally have something for show-and-tell... After six-- count 'em-- six freaking months of waiting, my ATF tax stamps finally came through for my suppressors.

Here they are:

The little one is 6in long. It is an SWR Mfg. "Spectre" 22LR. It is also good for .223, 17HMR, 22WMR and 5.7mm. I've already shot this one with my Ruger Mk3 and it is [sigh]... wonderful. :-)

The bigger one is from "Advanced Armament Corp."and is the "Evolution .45" model. It is made for .45 ACP but will also work for 40SW, 9mm, and anything else similar.

The thing that really drove me to these two is that unlike many of the others on the market both of these are user-serviceable. Many of the suppressors on the market are sealed-- and cannot be cleaned. The only way to clean them is to send them off to the manufacturer. Don't like that.

Both of these are user-cleanable. They just unscrew and all the parts come open. Not that you'd clean them all that often. The manual even says that some coating of soot and powder residue actually helps with the suppression task. They only recommend cleaning after every 1000 rounds or so.

I'm all set for the .22 stuff. The guy at the gun shop is chasing down some threaded barrels for my various .45s, and my 9mm. Hopefully will have some good news there soon. :-)

[300winmag]

I've already shot this one with my Ruger Mk3 and it is [sigh]... wonderful. :-)

Did you have a smoke afterwards? :)

I'm told a good suppressor on a Ruger makes it sound like dropping the hammer on an empty chamber.

I'm not too familiar with SWC, but AAC is high on my wish list. A lot will depend on what my buddy scares up at the SHOT show.

Congrats!!!!