Trends/new-hotness for 2012?

**jonconsiglio** · 01-20-12, 11:46

Rob, I thought you were at SHOT this year.. Disregard my last email then unless you're headed next year.

**scottryan** · 01-20-12, 11:57

Originally Posted by Alric

Agreed. Its more than a little disappointing that my SDN-6 is obsolete by the SR-7 before it even cleared the ATF.

I am in the same boat and I am extremely pissed about this.

I am so pissed that I have contemplating switching over to Surefire products completely.

**Titleist** · 01-20-12, 12:02

One of the biggest customers for the new 91-tooth mount was the SOCOM contract. But they should totally hold off on that stuff to take care of customer instant gratification.

**Todd.K** · 01-20-12, 12:06

It's normal with electronics, cars, etc. Not sure why some see improvements as such a bad thing with silencers.

I mean does my older car stop doing what I bought it for because the 2012 model came out with more HP and better mileage?

**markm** · 01-20-12, 12:08

Originally Posted by scottryan

I am so pissed that I have contemplating switching over to Surefire products completely.

AAC has done this almost every year. They're almost MASTERFUL at alienating their customers.

I don't think I could support the Surefire Machine though...

**orionz06** · 01-20-12, 12:14

Originally Posted by Titleist

-Suppressors. Wow did SilencerCo come out swinging with their Saker can. The biggest thing was that the Saker can be retrofitted to drop on the existing AAC 51-tooth muzzle devices. Talk about sneaky snakes. AAC also had their awesome Titanium Element .22, new SR 300BLK cans, break open rifle, and 91-Tooth cans and muzzle devices. Surefire had their new .22 (which to me felt way too complicated compared to SilencerCo and AAC's offerings).

So the Sparrow seems like the likely best choice considering the new SF can?

Also, size wise, Saker vs the SF Mini, any ideas?

Originally Posted by Titleist

-Lights. Sorry but I just do NOT get strobing...at all. And it seemed like strobes were on EVERYTHING this year.

Confuses zombies, duh!

**Titleist** · 01-20-12, 12:30

Originally Posted by orionz06

So the Sparrow seems like the likely best choice considering the new SF can?

Also, size wise, Saker vs the SF Mini, any ideas?

For my money I'd probably rock the AAC Element. The Saker is about the size of the SF 212. The Mini is still...friggin small. The SAKER is also about 200 dollars more than the SF Mini.

I do like that you can swap out the end caps, as they offer one with a 3 prong end-cap that makes first round flash all but non-existent. The downside is that the end caps look like they might fall off after heavy use.