First: Great timing on the NFA forum as I am contemplating getting a suppressor.
I was just viewing some videos from a manufacturer and am not impressed at all. In fact, it makes me wonder if it's worth it.
In the video they are shooting a 10mm semi-auto. Unsuppressed it's running about 164db. Suppressed it dropped to 140 dry (130 wet) ? ! ?
This a suppressor manufacturer's video, and they're proud of this 24db drop. What happened to "all I could hear was the slide operate, the bullet hit the target and the brass hit the floor"? I checked other videos from the manufacturer and there aren't any that would prompt me to drop $800+ on hardware and license. Anybody got better videos?