.22 suppressors

I have have several .22 suppressors. I asked the dealer I bought them from to give me an update this past week as he got a bunch of new ones in. He had a half-dozen friends over and here's the response to an email I sent him:

"Just got done testing the new Silencerco Sparrow, new style AAC Prodigy, Spectre 2 and old Spectre.
The results by all in attendance was unanimous, buy a Spectre and stay away from the Sparrow. No one in attendance could tell a nickels difference in the Spectre 1 and 2. Pop on the Sparrow was ridiculous. AAC was good but not as good as either Spectre."

YMMV, I just found it interesting. I've never actually met this dealer but have bought a lot of stuff from him over the years, from 1911's to Sako TRG's and various suppressors from rimfire to .30

I just bought a specter 2 the other day so that's good to hear.

i have a sparrow SS and i'm happy with it super easy to clean! was it the first gen aluminum or newer Stainless steel model jw? any idea what host was used for testing?

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Originally Posted by coop68

any idea what host was used for testing?

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reply via email to the above question: "2 different host pistols. One was a Buck Mark and the other was a Beretta. Both sounded about the same. No rifles however."

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Originally Posted by coop68

i have a sparrow SS and i'm happy with it super easy to clean! was it the first gen aluminum or newer Stainless steel model jw? any idea what host was used for testing?

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-everything except the "old" version 1 Spectre was current issue (whatever the manufacturers are currently shipping as of last week). He emailed me last week to say he'd gotten in a big batch of new cans from various makers but had not had a chance to demo any of them yet. I'd been passively curious about a couple of them and asked how they sounded, hence the email I received. He know's I'm not actually in the market to buy a new one, so I don't think there's a lot of bias in the opinion...I doubt these thoughts are going to go on his website. (I have two take-apart .22 cans and am not adding any new NFA stuff to my collection, I'm done!).

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Originally Posted by hatidua

-everything except the "old" version 1 Spectre was current issue (whatever the manufacturers are currently shipping as of last week). He emailed me last week to say he'd gotten in a big batch of new cans from various makers but had not had a chance to demo any of them yet. I'd been passively curious about a couple of them and asked how they sounded, hence the email I received. He know's I'm not actually in the market to buy a new one, so I don't think there's a lot of bias in the opinion...I doubt these thoughts are going to go on his website. (I have two take-apart .22 cans and am not adding any new NFA stuff to my collection, I'm done!).

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no problem was just curious thanks for the response back, i'm happy with my purchase, comes down to buyers preference and since silencerco and SWR are the same company you really cant go wrong. i got stuck in the middle of the announcement when the spectra II was released and could only find the SS Sparrow on hand last jan at the same cost. wasn't until Feb my dealer got a Spectra II sold with in two days when he got them. im still in the market for NFA items as i am just starting. [Muaha]

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Originally Posted by hatidua

-everything except the "old" version 1 Spectre was current issue (whatever the manufacturers are currently shipping as of last week). He emailed me last week to say he'd gotten in a big batch of new cans from various makers but had not had a chance to demo any of them yet. I'd been passively curious about a couple of them and asked how they sounded, hence the email I received. He know's I'm not actually in the market to buy a new one, so I don't think there's a lot of bias in the opinion...I doubt these thoughts are going to go on his website. (I have two take-apart .22 cans and am not adding any new NFA stuff to my collection, I'm done!).

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I know even you don't believe those last few words. I'm done too, until i can figure out what to sell, to afford the next item.

Ha - I know what I need next - Another safe!

When It takes 10 minutes to get all the other stuff out, so that you can get to the firearm you actually want at the moment.