I went with the Sparrow but It's still sitting in lock-up. Rugged makes good suppressors by all accounts as well. I'm not interested in the convertible factor however.

 

Dead Air Mask. It's the only suppressor I own, and the only one I have much experience with, but I love it.

ETA: Let me caution you that once you get a .22 can, you will want every .22 you own to have a threaded barrel.

 

Same here Dead Air Mask. Hopefully it will be released from jail soon.

 

I do love my Sparrow. It is an older design, but still holds it's own.
The top two I'd consider over the sparrow are CGS Hydra SS and Dead Air Mask. You can't beat their suppression and overall quality.

 

I've got a Sparrow. Works fine for me.

 

I have a older GemTech SAR. 57. Works great. Bunch of 5.7X28 rounds through and a bunch more 22LR.

 

I have a Texas Silencer Company Scoundrel, works good, comes apart easy for cleaning. It's still in jail of course.

The Dead Air Mask does seem to be the standard. I was just cheap.

 

I really like the osprey series

 

SilencerCo Switchback is a awesome can

 

Between those two the Oculus for sure. The Sparrow on pistols will be loud on the first shot which is known as FRP or first round pop.

I currently own an Oculus, Mask, CGS Siren and Ruger Silent SR. If I could only have one the Oculus would be it. Sounds great on pistols and awesome on rifles in short mode.

I’m addicted to shooting suppressed 22. Currently waiting on 6 more 22 cans to get sprung out of NFA jail.😄

 

Between those two the Oculus for sure. The Sparrow on pistols will be loud on the first shot which is known as FRP or first round pop.

I currently own an Oculus, Mask, CGS Siren and Ruger Silent SR. If I could only have one the Oculus would be it. Sounds great on pistols and awesome on rifles in short mode.

I’m addicted to shooting suppressed 22. Currently waiting on 6 more 22 cans to get sprung out of NFA jail.😄 View attachment 1051770 View attachment 1051774

How did you set up that LCP2? Did not know they could be surpressed.

 

Of those two, Oculus.

If you want a SiCo product, Switchback.

 

I'm waiting on two Oculus suppressors on paper F4's because one wasn't enough. They make a lighter .22 suppressor now called the Mustang, but I believe the baffles are aluminum instead of stellite.

My stock MkIII 22/45 won't cycle CCI 710fps with the Oculus, but will the 1,000fps and Remington Thunderbolt.

 

I have a "Q" El Camino on my MK IV and it is pretty darn quite plus you can take it apart for easy cleaning. This is an old picture and it now has a Vortex Venom.

Q EL Camino - Silencer Shop

 

That’s where I got mine. For some reason I linked the Ruger site?

 

No, I did before you posted.

 

I have a Sparrow and it works great. It can be a royal PITA to disassemble. I clean it every 200-300 rounds and have had to wrap it in a towel, stick it in my bench vise, put screwdriver inside suppressor core, and drive the monocore out by hitting screwdriver with hammer.

Normally, you can put Sparrow on a flat surface and push down to get monocore and its clamshell out of the tube. Anti-seize on outside of clamshell is your friend…

 

I’ve been pretty happy with a stainless sparrow. I use high temperature anti- seize on the clam shells (thin layer) and 1st and 2nd baffles.

O-rings can be a bit fragile. I’ll sometimes tumble the monocore in stainless media and water/soap (like wet tumbling brass).

The anti-seize smokes a bit for several rounds, but lessens after the first magazine or two.

 

The Sparrow works for me. I like the monocore design and it's easy to take apart for cleaning. It's also thin enough that it can be used on pistols without needing taller sights.

 

I've had a Sparrow SS close to 8 years and it works fine. Never really had a problem getting it apart but don't shoot 5k rounds without cleaning and expect an easy time. The main thing I probably don't like is the FRP with pistols, although it's not terrible, but can be mitigated with a few drops of water. To me that only matters if you're somewhere you really don't want to be heard as it's still (probably) hearing safe. At a range, it doesn't matter.

If I was buying today it'd probably be a Dead Air Mask and still haven't completely ruled out getting one.