SSS.6.82 - Energetic Armament ARX and the MK18 5.56x45mm Short Barrel Automatic AR15 Rifle

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SSS.6.82 - Energetic Armament ARX and the MK18 5.56x45mm Short Barrel Automatic AR15 Rifle

The Energetic Armament ARX is a relatively compact 5.56mm machine gun rated rifle silencer that possesses a high flow rate at the expense of sound signature suppression performance on the MK18. The silencer is extremely light, and weighs 8.8 ounces with its included direct-thread mount.

In this review, the ARX performance metrics depend upon suppressing a supersonic centerfire rifle cartridge on a short barrel gas-operated rifle, which is an incredibly difficult task. How would the Energetic Armament ARX perform on your AR15 short barrel rifle?

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SSS.6.38 - EA VOX S (Wiped) and the Q mini FIX 300 BLK Subsonic

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SSS.6.38 - EA VOX S (Wiped) and the Q mini FIX 300 BLK Subsonic

The EA VOX S is a machine gun rated silencer with a diameter and weight conducive to dual-use on semiautomatic hosts. The VOX S may use a wipe. In this review, the wiped EA VOX S performance metrics depend upon suppressing a subsonic intermediate rifle cartridge on a bolt-action host platform. How would the VOX S perform on your personal defense weapon, with a wipe installed?

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SSS.6.25 - EA VOX S and the Q mini FIX 300 BLK Subsonic

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SSS.6.25 - EA VOX S and the Q mini FIX 300 BLK Subsonic

The EA VOX S is a machine gun rated silencer with a diameter and weight conducive to dual-use on semiautomatic hosts. In this review, the EA VOX S performance metrics depend upon suppressing a subsonic intermediate rifle cartridge on a bolt-action host platform. How would the VOX S perform on your personal defense weapon?

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SSS.6.18 - Intermediate Results Summary: Compact and Mid-Size .308 Rifle Silencers - Suppression and Back Pressure

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SSS.6.18 - Intermediate Results Summary: Compact and Mid-Size .308 Rifle Silencers - Suppression and Back Pressure

The previous Sound Signature Reviews, up to and including Review 6.16, have featured various silencers on several host weapons. Eight of those reviews feature centerfire rifle silencers; two of which were tested in two configurations each due to modularity of the silencer body or end-cap. This is a comparative summary of the objective performance of those ten total configurations.

This Results Summary is part of ongoing PEW Science small arm weapon system sound signature research.

The data herein references the Suppression Rating and relative back pressure metrics which have been reported throughout the centerfire rifle reviews, to date, in order to frame objective flow rate characteristics of the silencers for their prospective use on semi- and fully-automatic small arms. This data is the first of its kind in the public domain and represents a direct contribution of PEW Science member-funded research to the state of practice.

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SSS.6.5 - Research Supplement: Trash Panda and VOX S Further Analysis

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SSS.6.5 - Research Supplement: Trash Panda and VOX S Further Analysis

The previous Sound Signature Reviews of the VOX S (6.3) and the Q Trash Panda (6.4) presented typical sound signatures of the silencers on typical hunting rifle configurations.

This members-only review supplement is intended to provide more information to PEW Science members with regard to specific sound signature characteristics of the tested configurations in the aforementioned reviews and to help frame objective loudness comparisons between the two silencers. This supplement is part of ongoing PEW Science small arm weapon system sound signature research.

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