Episode 259 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Technical Performance and Sylvan Arms Intro (14-MAY-2025)

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Episode 259 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Technical Performance and Sylvan Arms Intro (14-MAY-2025)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Big shout-out to Mark and the Hunt Backcountry Podcast! Mark invited me to speak with him a while back about “Suppressor Science, Selection, and Sound” in sort of a “hunting centric” fashion. Please check out Episode 523 of their podcast when you can! (00:09:18)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.185 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity with subsonic 300 BLK. The Q mini Fix – an 8-in barrel proving ground, from the beginning. How does the versatile Infinity handle subsonic ammunition combustion out of a relatively short barrel? How does its performance compare with some older designs and some purpose-built 300 BLK designs? Technical discussion for this technical paper published 30-APR. (00:11:37)

  3. Sound Signature Review 6.186 – Sylvan Arms SA30TI with supersonic .308. Classic design; smaller diameter. Simple and secure mount. Let’s take a look at this 30 caliber silencer in this introductory topic to the whitepaper published today with this episode! (00:37:36)

  4. Sound Signature Review 6.187 – Sylvan Arms SA223TIS on the 14.5 M4. The shorter, dedicated 5.56 silencer to complement the SA30TI. Another classic, small diameter system with the same simple ACME thread secondary-retention. This is the introductory topic to the second whitepaper published today with this episode! (00:46:16)

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Episode 257 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity subsonic 300 BLK Testing Intro (30-APR-2025)

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Episode 257 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity subsonic 300 BLK Testing Intro (30-APR-2025)

Today’s Topic:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.185 – Otter Creek Labs Infinity with subsonic 300 BLK. The Q mini Fix – an 8-in barrel proving ground, from the beginning. How does the versatile Infinity handle subsonic ammunition combustion out of a relatively short barrel? How does its performance compare with some older designs and some purpose-built 300 BLK designs? Can it hang? Introductory discussion for this technical paper published today. (00:05:49)

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Episode 249 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Testing Technical Performance (26-FEB-2025)

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Episode 249 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Testing Technical Performance (26-FEB-2025)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.178 – the Otter Creek Labs Infinity on .308 bolt-action. New hybrid design silencer from OCL – two tests; both solid and vented 7.62 end caps. Technical discussion of the Infinity’s .308 performance.

    a. Intro and Infinity physical characteristics (00:07:34)

    b. Solid 7.62 end cap technical performance walkthrough (00:29:31)

    c. Vented 7.62 end cap technical performance walkthrough (00:36:58)

    d. Performance comparisons (00:45:44)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.179 – the Otter Creek Labs Infinity on the 5.56 standard untuned MK18. Three tests! Solid 5.56 end cap, vented 5.56 end cap, and the vented 7.62 end cap. Adjustable back pressure. Technical discussion of the Infinity’s 5.56 performance.

    a. Intro and Polonium and Infinity 5.56 semiauto behavior (00:49:43)

    b. Solid 5.56 end cap performance notes (01:11:15)

    c. Vented 5.56 end cap performance notes (01:13:10)

    d. Vented 7.62 end cap performance notes (01:15:26)

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Episode 248 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Testing Intro (19-FEB-2025)

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Episode 248 - Otter Creek Labs Infinity Testing Intro (19-FEB-2025)

Today’s Topics:

  1. Sound Signature Review 6.178 – the Otter Creek Labs Infinity on .308 bolt-action. New hybrid design silencer from OCL – two tests; both solid and vented 7.62 end caps. How does this technology perform with 7.62 NATO? Introductory discussion for this whitepaper published today. (00:09:35)

  2. Sound Signature Review 6.179 – the Otter Creek Labs Infinity on the 5.56 standard untuned MK18. Three tests! Solid 5.56 end cap, vented 5.56 end cap, and the vented 7.62 end cap. Adjustable back pressure? Yes. How does each configuration perform? Introductory discussion for this lengthy study published today. (00:23:48)

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