After browsing this thread, without diving into proprietary info and stuff, here's how things really are.
The silencer isn't "designed by the literal rocket scientists at Oak Ridge National Labs". It isn't even using anything meaningful or relevant to any patents ORNL holds that would provide them with any positive benefit. They didn't even have to license anything from ORNL because it's all already been done before. It's just using consumers perceptions of the entity for marketing purposes to make people believe that just because ORNL was involved in some part of the process that it makes it the best and most advanced thing ever made. CFD is completely useless for silencer development. It's a meaningless money drain for which the sole benefit to the manufacturer is that they get to tell consumers that it was DeSiGnEd WiTh SuPeRcOmPuTeRs like that actually means anything. The best silencers you can buy were never touched by CFD.
Flow through silencers have existed since at least 1909 and in their current form since at least 1927. Full auto rated doesn't mean anything except that the manufacturer will fix it when it breaks. That applies to everyone. First round pop can be undetectable by ear because all the shots are loud. Any time you vent gas to atmosphere quicker than normal it will be loud. The TDS silencers are simple shallow vented cone baffles with a vented blast chamber directing to the spiral around the core and a vented front cap for both the core and for the coaxial. There's so much wrong with the claims on the website it would take far too long to dissect them.
Direct thread is perfectly fine for most peoples real life applications, you don't need to "grab an 800° suppressor to verify its tight" when the silencer has wrench flats, or if it has a SIG 25 deg taper and compatible barrel shoulder if hand tightening. If the wrench flats are utilized then the silencer isn't going to come loose and it isn't a concern at all. Wrench flats are something this silencer should have had implemented into it.
Mag dumping the silencer isn't going to magically clean it all by itself.
This silencer absolutely can easily be made by traditional machining methods. Anyone that's actually seen the inside of one that knows machining would know that, and it would be incredibly easy to accomplish. 3D printing does provide weight savings over traditional machining.
This silencer is not hearing safe. But also just because something brakes the sound barrier does not at all mean it will cause hearing damage or even be remotely unpleasant for the shooter or bystanders. It is possible to make a 7.62 rifle silencer on a 22" bolt gun firing supersonic 6.5 Creedmoor quieter than a fullsize 9mm silencer is on a 9mm handgun firing subsonic ammo. Not by just a little bit either, it's noticeable and measurable. It is possible to very nearly make it as quiet at the ear as a fullsize 22LR silencer on a 22LR handgun firing subsonic ammo.
You don't have to own a silencer to know about it, all you have to do is shoot through it then you'll know plenty about how it performs on that host firearm in that exact config. This particular silencer you guys are talking about comes with a crush washer, but a crush washer shouldn't be used at all.
Meters do not pick up the actual peak of a gunshot, and even if they did the peak dB is irrelevant anyway. The sole source of sound data anyone should ever use is PewScience.
Previously did all design work at CGS Group, 2014-2024.
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