As many of you know I’m a pretty avid hunter. In fact my business revolves around developing and manufacturing hunting products. Fortunately for me this keeps me in the field. As a side benefit to testing and evaluating our own products I sometimes get to test other manufacture’s products.
A few weeks back Ed Schoppman, head man in charge at Silent Legion sent me some of their suppressors for me to wring out. This I can do! At my age (53) I’ve come to like nice stuff but I don’t baby it around. I hunt hard and expect top performance from any tool I incorporate into my hunts. These suppressors leave nothing to be desired in that department. Ed and his team have left no detail untouched with the design and execution of their entire product line. They offer several different models that will scratch any itch you may need scratched.
On a recent hunt in Nevada I took along my Christensen VTAC rifle with the Silent Legion SL-5R attached to the business end. The SL-5R addresses every detail I want in a suppressor. I’m more of a fan of direct thread suppressors as opposed to quick detach (QD) suppressors. Both certainly have their place and Silent Legion offers both options as desired. All of their direct thread rifle models such as the SL-5R feature a unique design they call the “Suppressor Retention System” (SRS). The SRS completely solves the problem of “shooting loose”, a common complaint of many direct thread suppressors that can lead to point of impact shift and even the dreaded baffle strike. This gives you the comfort of knowing the suppressor is securely locked down to the threads. I like this system a lot and through many hundreds of rounds the suppressor has stayed put.
My Christensen VTAC is lightweight and short on purpose, so it makes no sense to screw a long heavy suppressor to the end of it. The SL-5R solves this problem too, and is constructed using Titanium and Inconel so it only ads 13 ounces, and at 6.13 inches long it is also very short. Being short and light often means that you have to live with a bit less performance in sound suppression. This is not so with the SL-5R as it is rated at a solid 30 dB of sound reduction, and as a pleasant surprise the gas blowback is nearly undetectable.
Another really cool feature integrated into the design of the SL-5R is a removable core. Why this is so cool is that this give you the ability to remove the core for cleaning/maintenance or replace it entirely. This could be a very welcome feature being that with the current laws, replacing an entire suppressor can be costly in both money and time.
I also have comfort in knowing that all the Silent Legion cans are made in a facility that is ISO 9001 certified by professionals who have decades of gun industry experience. This guarantees a level of consistency that is very rare in the suppressor world. This is how they are able to stand behind their products with a lifetime warranty.
Now with all this said you might think this suppressor would cost much more than its competitors. Well you will be glad to hear that the entire Silent Legion’s line is priced very competitively. In fact, I feel they are the best value in the market today.
So, if you are shopping for a suppressor, I would highly recommend you look seriously at the features, design, and execution of Silent Legion products. That’s what I did and now I’ve joined the “Silent Legion”.
You can find more information on Silent Legion suppressors Here
Good Hunting, and God Bless
Byron South
(Co-founder of Convergent Hunting Solutions)