The Dead Air Sandman-L is a full-size 30 caliber machine gun rated rifle silencer that possesses relatively high sound signature suppression performance with back pressure slightly lower than that of the Sandman-Ti. The silencer is advertised to have extreme durability and is one of the heavier silencers on the market for its size, at a total system weight of 25.4 ounces.

This review concludes the PEW Science evaluation of the Dead Air Sandman series on the 20-inch barrel bolt action host weapon platform with supersonic 7.62x51mm ammunition. Future Research Supplements and other comparative articles will provide further analysis of the data presented, to date.

In this review, the Sandman-L performance metrics depend upon suppressing a supersonic centerfire rifle cartridge; no easy task. How would the Sandman-L perform on your .308 deer rifle?