Q Suppressors - Opinions ?

[longshot2000]

Interested in hearing from people who are using Q suppressors. Good, Bad, Ugly, Great, Ok ?

[VIP3R 237]

They’re great cans, too bad the owner is a narcissistic douche.

[longshot2000]

They’re great cans, too bad the owner is a narcissistic douche.

Maybe that runs in the industry ? I can think of at least two owner / CEOs of some very good AR rifle companies who fit that bill.

[Furbyballer]

From what I understand Kevin's cans are the next evolution of what he did for sig's lines of cans. Lighter, more volume, better tapered muzzle devices for his "QD" cans ect... However, I haven't seen any metering data on any of them and as of now hes only putting out 30 cal cans and 22 cans. I have heard dedicated 556 cans are coming down the line. If there was more info available on metering data, back pressure ect... I would have probably bought one at this point to try out.

[mig1nc]

Agreed here. Lack of independent test data is holding me back.

But that is also what I hear based on what they've publicly spoken about.

PS: there is a podcast interview series with him on iTunes. I don't use iTunes, so I haven't heard it yet.

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[Pappabear]

Very unlikely they will suck. They will be as good as his last work, but only time will tell. The concern is will he or it be around. On a bolt gun, cans just work for the most part. Ive been happy with every can I have run on bolts. Gas guns and back pressure is where the rubber meets the road IMHO. --And QD devices.

PB

[longshot2000]

And, he has a couple of guns as well. From what I hear they are selling well, but low production.

[GlocksInMySocks]

Lack of independent test data is holding me back.

I remember back in the day when independent testing was a thing... it was highly overrated. I paid for titsworth’s service to test cans and it was pretty worthless. After spending a lot of money for the service and owning 10+ cans (AAC, Silencerco, Surefire, KAC, Q on the way), I have come to the conclusion that decibel rating isn’t all that important when compared to other factors.

That said, if you really want the testing, modern rifleman has a pretty massive database of data that includes Q’s cans.

https://modernrifleman.net/suppressors/

[themonk]

I remember back in the day when independent testing was a thing... it was highly overrated. I paid for titsworth’s service to test cans and it was pretty worthless. After spending a lot of money for the service and owning 10+ cans (AAC, Silencerco, Surefire, KAC, Q on the way), I have come to the conclusion that decibel rating isn’t all that important when compared to other factors.

That said, if you really want the testing, modern rifleman has a pretty massive database of data that includes Q’s cans.

https://modernrifleman.net/suppressors/

Completely agree. IMO tone is far more of an issue than DB.

[Renegade]

I remember back in the day when independent testing was a thing... it was highly overrated. I paid for titsworth’s service to test cans and it was pretty worthless. After spending a lot of money for the service and owning 10+ cans (AAC, Silencerco, Surefire, KAC, Q on the way), I have come to the conclusion that decibel rating isn’t all that important when compared to other factors

You say "I have come to the conclusion that decibel rating isn’t all that important" well you could not be more wrong. Spend $1000 on a 15-20 dB can and you will understand how important it is. Before Joe Sixpack had a meter, MFGs were putting out a lot of crap and making a lot of BS claims. Lots of 40+ dB reduction claims on cans getting 20 dB reduction. As a result MFGs got better (You can thank the independent testers of yester-year for that) and most cans are similar nowadays, except for the occasional slug. The most recent fiasco was the Sig 22 can. I think SS metered it at 125 dB. POS. The public shaming resulted in them pulling it from the market and redesigning it and releasing a new version (SRD22x).

As for Q, history repeats itself. Some good cans, some slugs, and way too much childish marketing.