Episode 207 - CAT JL and CAT MOB Technical Performance and PEW Science Anniversary (17-APR-2024)

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Episode 207 - CAT JL and CAT MOB Technical Performance and PEW Science Anniversary (17-APR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Happy belated 4th birthday to the Silencer Sound Standard! In March of 2020, the PEW Science laboratory publicly launched the Standard that is used, worldwide, for objective analysis of suppressed system performance. (00:12:06)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.147 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/JL/A1. The CAT JL on supersonic .308. Technical discussion of this paper that was published last week. This addresses CAT SNIPER2 technology. (00:23:17)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.148 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/MOB/A1. The CAT MOB on the HK MP5. Technical discussion of this paper that was also published last week; this discussion addresses CAT DiVerge technology. (01:26:37)

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Episode 206 - Mercy Pluto, CAT JL, CAT MOB, and the SkyNET Research Progression (10-APR-2024)

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Episode 206 - Mercy Pluto, CAT JL, CAT MOB, and the SkyNET Research Progression (10-APR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.146 – the Mercy Pluto on the CZ 452 16-in .22LR bolt-action. This is the technical discussion of the white paper published last week! (00:13:42)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.147 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/JL/A1. The CAT JL on supersonic .308. Introductory discussion of this advanced system, and a first-look at the CAT SNIPER2 technology. (00:57:28)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.148 – the Combat Application Technologies CAT/MOB/A1. The CAT MOB on the HK MP5. Introductory discussion of this extremely interesting system, and a first-look at another CAT technology; DiVerge. (01:16:46)

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Episode 205 - Mercy Firearms Pluto, Rimfire Pistol Hosts, and You (03-APR-2024)

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Episode 205 - Mercy Firearms Pluto, Rimfire Pistol Hosts, and You (03-APR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.146 – the Mercy Pluto on the CZ 452 16-in .22LR bolt-action. Rimfire is back again, baby! This is the introductory discussion for this whitepaper published concurrently with this episode. Is the Pluto small and light? Yes. Things are getting a little nuts! (00:13:35)

  2. Rimfire pistol hosts. There are so many! We’ve been messing with the FN 502. It’s like the full size FNX series, but not. Hammer-fired, looks pretty cool, and seems to work OK. It has some idiosyncrasies – we’ll talk about those, the experience so far, and what folks look for in these types of hosts! (00:28:53)

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Episode 204 - Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P Technical Discussion (27-MAR-2024)

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Episode 204 - Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P Technical Discussion (27-MAR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.145 – the Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P on the HK P30L. This is the technical discussion of the article published last week, examining this design evolution of the Resilient Suppressors RSP. (00:07:48)

  2. Tons of testing is going on right now, and there are some great technical articles coming your way. Huge thanks to our wonderful laboratory clients for trusting us to do this justice. Great big thanks and warm welcomes to all of you new PEW Science members! Form 4 approval times are quickly becoming interesting! (00:51:20)

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Episode 203 - Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P and Listener Questions (20-MAR-2024)

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Episode 203 - Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P and Listener Questions (20-MAR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Listener Questions are back again! We continue to make our way through the 6th Solicitation. Looks like today we’ll tackle everything from pizza, to blast physics, to sparking, to predicative results, and beyond! (00:08:34)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.145 – the Inert Haze Suppressors Ti-P on the HK P30L semiauto combat handgun. Let’s revisit centerfire pistol silencers. We’ll take a look at this design evolution of the Resilient Suppressors RSP in this introductory discussion. (01:10:28)

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Episode 202 - Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 vs. RC2 - Technical Discussion (13-MAR-2024)

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Episode 202 - Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 vs. RC2 - Technical Discussion (13-MAR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.144 – the Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 midgas system. Two mounts – two tests! 3-Prong and WARCOMP. Technical discussion of the white paper published 06-MAR-2024. (00:07:45)

  2. Mini field case study. MINI2 on the HK 416? Yes. Compared with the RC2? Yes. Field report from this past weekend. We took the feedback from 6.144 and put it into practice, ourselves. Is the Surefire 556-MINI2 low back pressure? Well, no. Does it have lower back pressure than the RC2? Well, yes. (00:58:36)

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Episode 201 - Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 and Listener Questions (06-MAR-2024)

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Episode 201 - Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 and Listener Questions (06-MAR-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Listener Questions! We’ll dive back into the 6th solicitation and answer more of your queries. Always a great time! (00:07:02)

  2. 14.5-in M4 data is back, baby. Sound Signature Review 6.144 – the Surefire SOCOM556-MINI2 on the 14.5 M4A1 midgas system. With…. You guessed it – 3-Prong and WARCOMP mounts! Oh, WARCOMP mount…. Never change (just kidding – please stop leaking). Introductory discussion. (01:04:42)

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Episode 200 - Otter Creek Labs Polonium vs. Polonium-30 on the MK18 (28-FEB-2024)

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Episode 200 - Otter Creek Labs Polonium vs. Polonium-30 on the MK18 (28-FEB-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.142 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard .308 bolt-action. Technical discussion. (00:11:18)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.143 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard 5.56 MK18; technical discussion of this white paper published last week. (00:37:04)

  3. More silencers, more testing, and more data! Research continues here at PEW Science – testing is ongoing with member funding as well as under contract from some great companies! The time to be into silencers has never been better. (00:53:14)

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Episode 199 - Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 Intro and Listener Questions (20-FEB-2024)

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Episode 199 - Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 Intro and Listener Questions (20-FEB-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Listener Questions are back! We’ll answer more of your queries from the 6th solicitation. (00:10:32)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.142 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30 on the standard .308 bolt-action. Introductory discussion! (00:49:05)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.143 – the Otter Creek Labs Polonium-30, again – this time, on the standard 5.56 MK18! How does over-bore influence the performance of this design? Introductory discussion of this study. (00:56:37)

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Episode 198 - CAT SR Rimfire Silencer Technical Performance Discussion (14-FEB-2024)

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Episode 198 - CAT SR Rimfire Silencer Technical Performance Discussion (14-FEB-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.140 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the 16-in .22LR CZ 452 bolt action. Technical discussion. (00:07:34)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.141 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the subcompact Beretta 21A semiauto .22LR pistol. Technical discussion. (00:56:18)

  3. Some administrative items – thank you for your patience during this busy time, and thank you PEW Science members for your support and your donations. The effort continues thanks to you! (01:30:33)

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Episode 197 - CAT SR Rimfire and AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 Tech Discussion (07-FEB-2024)

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Episode 197 - CAT SR Rimfire and AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 Tech Discussion (07-FEB-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.139 – AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 (Unvented) on the standard MK18 5.56 SBR. Historical and prolific silencer! Technical discussion of this white paper published last week. (00:10:14)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.140 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the 16-in .22LR CZ 452 bolt action. Introductory discussion of this ultralight, wild silencer. (00:56:29)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.141 – Combat Application Technologies CAT/SR/A1 on the subcompact Beretta 21A semiauto .22LR pistol. Can the CAT SR do both? Apparently, yes… and then some. Introductory discussion for this interesting dataset. (01:10:14)

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Episode 196 - AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 on the MK18 and Jolene Tech Discussion (31-JAN-2024)

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Episode 196 - AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 on the MK18 and Jolene Tech Discussion (31-JAN-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. New publication this week! Sound Signature Review 6.139 – AAC M4-2000 Mod 08 (Unvented) on the standard MK18 5.56 SBR. Long time coming; this extremely prolific silencer is now added to the pedigree. Introductory discussion. (00:12:49)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.137 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 20-in .308 bolt action. Technical discussion of the article published 17-JAN-2024. (00:25:23)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.138 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 8-in 300 BLK subsonic bolt action. Technical discussion of the article published 17-JAN-2024. (00:53:20)

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Episode 195 - Jolene, Listener Questions, and the NRA covers PEW Science! (17-JAN-2024)

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Episode 195 - Jolene, Listener Questions, and the NRA covers PEW Science! (17-JAN-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.137 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 20-in .308 bolt action. More 7.62 data is here. An ultra lightweight silencer… how does it perform? This is an introductory discussion for this white paper published concurrently with this episode. (00:10:06)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.138 – Resilient Suppressors Jolene on 8-in 300 BLK subsonic bolt action! Good golly, Miss Molly – both supersonic and subsonic characterization for this lightweight system. Bring the quiet! Again – introductory discussion – two publications today! (00:19:52)

  3. Listener Questions are back! Let’s dive into more if your queries from the 6th Solicitation. This is a great time! (00:26:22)

  4. The NRA had some nice things to say about the PEW Science laboratory in January’s issue of Shooting Sports USA! Great to see the effort get some recognition nationwide, spurred on by your support! (01:01:15)

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Episode 194 - Jessie's Girl .22 Pistol Technical Discussion and AR-15 Gas Blowback (10-JAN-2024)

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Episode 194 - Jessie's Girl .22 Pistol Technical Discussion and AR-15 Gas Blowback (10-JAN-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.136 – Resilient Suppressors Jessie’s Girl on the Beretta 21A subcompact semiautomatic rimfire pistol. This is the technical discussion for this white paper, published 03-JAN-2024. (00:08:30)

  2. Gas blowback out of your AR-15 ejection port. Do you know why it happens? When you add a silencer, does it change what happens unsuppressed? How do you know how much it will change? What are the variables? Let’s revisit this basic discussion. Often requested by PEW Science members. Part 1. (00:39:59)

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Episode 193 - Resilient Jessie's Girl on .22 Pistol, Listener Questions, Happy New Year! (03-JAN-2024)

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Episode 193 - Resilient Jessie's Girl on .22 Pistol, Listener Questions, Happy New Year! (03-JAN-2024)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.136 – Resilient Suppressors Jessie’s Girl on the Beretta 21A subcompact semiautomatic rimfire pistol! An interesting silencer – an interesting host – and an interesting test! Let’s kick off 2024 with the introductory discussion for this white paper, published concurrently with this episode. (00:08:40)

  2. Happy New Year! So glad to be back with all of you – let’s take a dive into Listener Questions again! We’ll hit more from the 6th solicitation. All questions are submitted by the public; this is a great opportunity to learn about things that you may want to know about! (00:18:19)

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Episode 192- PTR VENT 3 MK18 Technical Discussion, the HK MK23, and Merry Christmas! (20-DEC-2023)

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Episode 192- PTR VENT 3 MK18 Technical Discussion, the HK MK23, and Merry Christmas! (20-DEC-2023)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.135 – PTR VENT 3 on the 5.56 MK18. This is the technical discussion of this silencer and white paper, published 13-DEC-2023. Very interesting silencer – the Purposely Induced Porosity (PIP) technology apparently has some legs! (00:07:58)

  2. Merry Christmas from the PEW Science family to you and yours. The holiday is this coming Monday – hopefully you are able to spend it with your loved ones. Rejoice! Thank you all for making this a great year. How are you going to take advantage of the holidays? Should you get a MK23? (01:00:07)

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Episode 191 - PTR VENT 3 on the MK18 and Surefire RC3 Flash Reduction Performance (13-DEC-2023)

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Episode 191 - PTR VENT 3 on the MK18 and Surefire RC3 Flash Reduction Performance (13-DEC-2023)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.135 – PTR VENT 3 on the 5.56 MK18. This is the introductory discussion for this white paper, published concurrently with this episode! Low back pressure wars are heating up – this is a very interesting time in silencer history. Which technologies demonstrate the highest degree of efficacy? (00:08:33)

  2. The Surefire SOCOM556-RC3. PEW Science will be testing it, due to extremely popular demand from members and the public. The test specimen has been acquired. In the meantime, let’s talk about flash. This is topical due to a recent Surefire social media post highlighting the flash reduction phenomenology of the system (or lack thereof in certain configurations). (00:22:12)

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Episode 190 - SilencerCo Velos LBP Test, KAC 556 QDC-CRS/PRT, QDC/MCQ-PRT, Mod 2 Upper (06-DEC-2023)

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Episode 190 - SilencerCo Velos LBP Test, KAC 556 QDC-CRS/PRT, QDC/MCQ-PRT, Mod 2 Upper (06-DEC-2023)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.134 – SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18. This is the technical discussion for this long-awaited white paper, published last week! Again, big thanks to PEW Science members for making research like this possible. (00:08:53)

  2. Sometimes it takes a village – KAC silencer system testing is in the works, with contributions from several folks! KAC 556 QDC-CRS/PRT, 556 QDC/MCQ-PRT, and in addition to MK18 and M4A1 midlength 14.5, maybe we do SR-15 Carbine MOD 2 14.5 and SR-15 CQB MOD 2 uppers for members. Oh, and MAMS and 3-Prong. Thanks to several PEW Science Members for making something like this possible. (00:59:51)

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Podcast Erratum:

We have been informed, by the PEW Science member who loaned us the Velos, that it does not, in fact, also come with the direct thread mount. They had included both mounts in the box in case we wanted to test it with both. We chose the direct thread mount for testing based on the logic of having used the same type of mount with the Saker 556 previously, along with some gas dynamics factors, as discussed on the podcast. Sorry folks - didn't realize the direct thread mount was not included!

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Episode 189 - SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18 and Listener Questions (29-NOV-2023)

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Episode 189 - SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18 and Listener Questions (29-NOV-2023)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.134 – SilencerCo Velos LBP on the 5.56 MK18. This is the introductory discussion for this long-awaited white paper, published today with this podcast episode! Huge thanks to PEW Science members for making this research possible. (00:06:04)

  2. Listener Questions are back! That’s right – it’s time for the 6th solicitation. Fresh off of the presses, we just gathered all of your questions earlier this week, so we’ll kick off answering some from this new batch right now! If you didn’t get your question in this time, don’t worry – there will be more opportunities! (00:16:04)

  3. Thank you for all your support – consumers, dealers, distributors, and manufacturers – you are all making this happen! It’s been a great year and it’s not even over yet! The state of suppressed small arms research is in your debt. (00:57:55)

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Episode 188 - BOSS Silencers and Suppressed Hunting with Thermal (21-NOV-2023)

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Episode 188 - BOSS Silencers and Suppressed Hunting with Thermal (21-NOV-2023)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.132 - BOSS Silencers Chairman (7.62) on the .308 bolt action. This is the technical discussion of this white paper released last week. A Tesla valve design principle? Maybe, but not exactly. (00:07:05)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.133 – BOSS Silencers Guillotine (5.56) on the 5.56 MK18. This is another silencer with analysis published last week – and this is the technical discussion for that article. (00:27:11)

  3. Whitetail deer season is in full swing! I just had a great weekend hunt. Used traditional tools, with a silencer, during the day. At night? Advanced tools with silencers and thermal. Be the apex predator your tribe wants you to be. Hunting story time! (00:41:12)

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