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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Bell View Post
    I think that must be why it works so well. I have never heard another .45 suppressor that was worth a crap. I have a friend with a Gemtech who loves to brag how quiet it is. He insists on people listening without hearing protection and you can just watch them wince in pain as they humor him.
    I really CANNOT stress enough how insanely blown away I was when hearing and shooting the .45 Ti-Rant, guys. And even though it's 9 inches, it's also Titanium, so it's probably very close to, if not lighter, in weight to other shorter brands/models, which are almost all inferior to this .45 can (if not all, although I hear the SilencerCo .45 Osprey is awesome, too).

    It's also crazy how effective the .45 Ti-Rant is at suppressing muzzle flash under Night Vision optics. It's fairly easy to suppress/hide flash from the naked eye with suppressors, but under NVD's it's almost always a different story. The .45 Ti-Rant pretty much eliminated all the muzzle flash, as you can see in my video posted above.

    I know it sounds like I have a love affair with this particular can, but I've honestly never seen or personally experienced such an effective suppressor before... ever. My new SilencerCo .22 Sparrow comes close though, as it's the best .22 can out there IMHO. But it's a lot harder to bring down the dB level of a .45 cal round, as evidenced by all the other horrible sounding .45 cans out there, including AAC's previous .45 can (sorry, just being honest here).

    I plan on shooting it wet next time (using wire pulling gel, not water) to see/hear how it performs. Looking forward to that!
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    Yeah! Do a daytime video with wire pulling gel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd.K View Post
    I shoot both eyes open and standard sights don't bother me for normal shooting with a can.

    Shooting for groups and/or longer range I could see it being an issue.
    A suppressed pistol is a CQB weapon. The taller sights are really pointless. They also prevent the use of a holster.

    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Bell View Post
    I think that must be why it works so well. I have never heard another .45 suppressor that was worth a crap. I have a friend with a Gemtech who loves to brag how quiet it is. He insists on people listening without hearing protection and you can just watch them wince in pain as they humor him.
    It may not be as quiet as the AAC, but it is an effective suppressor. I have to say I would take the Gemtech over the AAC just on length and weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MK18Pilot View Post
    A suppressed pistol is a CQB weapon. The taller sights are really pointless. They also prevent the use of a holster.



    It may not be as quiet as the AAC, but it is an effective suppressor. I have to say I would take the Gemtech over the AAC just on length and weight.
    I'd go with which one was hearing safe, and by as far a margin as I can get it. I've shot .22 LR's and honestly, some of those bothered me. I plan on eventually getting a .22 Suppressor and I ideally want it to be below 120 DB regularly, I'd like it to be around 115.

    Nothing like paying a $1,000, waiting months and then going "Hey, listen to this... get your hearing protection on first."

    Most things, I would say yeah, sacrifice some performance for size and weight.

    But a suppressor, honestly at the end of the day is an accessory, and the name fits it's role. With the amount of hearing safe pistol cans now out for 9 and .45 ACP, I just wouldn't spend that kind of money on a non-hearing safe can.

    The Ti-Rant's, Osprey's and now SWR's Octane-9 HD (Able Disassemble and SS, and I'm sure they're going to release a 45 sooner or later), I'd say this isn't a two years ago, where you had to get the correct gun and a KAC OHG Silencer to have a on the verge hearing safe suppressor.

    That's my honest $.02

    No offense intended.

    ETA: Not to mention the NFA hassles (if this is your first can, you need to figure out if you're going to do trust v.s. individual, etc, etc.)

    ETA 2: Also as a side note, I'm sure Gemtech will be releasing a hearing safe .45 ACP soon, so if you really like Gemtech, the bar has been raised in the market, I think we'll see a new pistol caliber can out for them that's hearing safe sooner or later.

    I think the day of wet pistol cans is pretty much over as an aside note, but it is neat to do to dry hearing safe cans to see how low you can get them.

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    I think that must be why it works so well. I have never heard another .45 suppressor that was worth a crap. I have a friend with a Gemtech who loves to brag how quiet it is. He insists on people listening without hearing protection and you can just watch them wince in pain as they humor him.
    Dude... that was pretty much my experience at the Silencer Shoot... I thought about bringing hearing protection, ear plugs, because there are some non-hearing safe cans there, but I didn't.

    If I get out to another one, I will be wearing some.
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    If I wanted a .45 suppressor I'd go AAC or KAC.

    I really want to see what Gemtech does though. Their Tundra is pretty sweet from what I've seen a bit.
    We miss you, AC.
    We miss you, ToddG.

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    Really, the only choices that make any sense right now in a 45 can are the Ti-RANT and Osprey. ..If you want hearing safe dry.

    Also the KAC if you are a collector.

    The Ti-RANT is the quietest, and the only one that disassembles.
    If you want small, with the trade off that you need to shoot wet to be really quiet, you can go with the new Ti-RANT 45S - 9 oz and 6.4" (it's the version we make for the military).

    As a civilian though, i would want the quietest possible, IMHO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonAAC View Post
    Really, the only choices that make any sense right now in a 45 can are the Ti-RANT and Osprey. ..If you want hearing safe dry.
    Untill this latest generation of 45 cans came out 9mm was the only way to go, in my opinion. The difference is huge shooting the Evo 45 then the TiRant.

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