January 13th, 2025
7minute read
Sound suppressors are expensive.
Truly top-end sound suppressors are really expensive.
Additionally, the process of transferring a registered suppressor is just a pain.
Equipped with a Linear Inertial Decoupler, the Omega 36M runs just fine on this Springfield Armory Echelon.
As a result, it behooves us to maximize the versatility of our individual suppressor purchases.
Nowhere will you find a more versatile sound suppressor than the SilencerCo Omega 36M.
The Dream Can
Imagine a single registered sound suppressor that was all things to everyone.
The SilencerCo Omega 36M is arguably the most versatile sound suppressor in the world. This one can will run reliably on .22 rimfires, 9mm pistols, 5.56mm MSRs, and .30-caliber rifles.
That hypothetical can would run on .22 rimfire hosts using a direct thread mount.
It would also accept quick-detach mounts and handle heavy hitters like .300 Win.
and .338 Lapua Magnum.
By customizing mounts and components, the SilencerCo Omega 36M can fit a wide variety of firearms.
This hypothetical gun snuffer would be rated for full-auto operation and tolerate fire-breathing short-barreled 5.56mm barrels.
It would also be convertible for maximum stealth or minimal footprint.
These specs just happen to accurately described the SilencerCo Omega 36M.
SilencerCo offers an array of flash hider and muzzle brake mounts specifically designed to make mounting and dismounting a snap.
It does all that stuff and more.
The SilencerCo Omega 36M is meticulously crafted out of some pretty exotic materials.
Titanium, 14-4 stainless steel, Inconel, and Cobalt 6 form the foundation.
In its short configuration mounted on this superb Springfield Armory Hellion, the Omega 36M takes the bark out of the gun while still retaining its legendary maneuverability.
The chassis itself consists of a pair of threaded sections that stack onto each other.
Assemble everything that comes in the box, and it is 6.85 long.
In this configuration, the suppressor weighs 12.5 oz.
A single SilencerCo Omega 36M sound suppressor will service all these guns and more.
and is arguably the most effective rifle can I have ever fired.
This setup is only 4.9 long and weighs 9.8 oz.
The tools you need for the conversion come with the suppressor.
The author tests the SilencerCo Omega 36M suppressor on a Springfield Hellion. The suppressor worked well on the bullpup.
SilencerCo offers mounts to fit most anything that shoots.
If the bullet will fit down the bore, it’s possible for you to make this can work.
Details
This guts of the Omega 36M are fully welded.
With the tube extension in place, the SilencerCo Omega 36M offers impressive sound suppression.
You cannot disassemble the entrails for cleaning as a result, but that really doesnt matter.
Im not sure you could shoot this thing enough to require much maintenance beyond just wiping it off.
The exotic materials SilencerCo uses to build the Omega 36M provide exceptional thermal and wear resistance.
I have gotten mine crazy hot with no ill effects.
The blackCerakote finishis both rugged and cool.
The Omega 36M is rated for full-auto operation in .223 barrels 10 and longer.
That is a pretty amazing claim.
A full auto M4 with a 10 tube could be mistaken for aflamethrowerin dim light.
A .308 tube need to be at least 16, while .300 Win.
and .338 Lapua Mag.
guns require 20 barrels for safe operation with this suppressor.
Each Omega 36M comes with a basic Charlie ASR mount.
SilencerCos .22- and .30-caliber flash hider and muzzle brake mounts come in a variety of flavors.
Intentionally coarse threads make this chore quick and easy.
The capacity to use that same suppressor on a Browning-style short-recoil handgun, by contrast, is fairly rare.
SilencerCo has pulled that off with both class and style.
This short recoil, tilting lock mechanism was developed by firearms luminary John Moses Browning and is apparently perfect.
However, it does not well tolerate hanging heavy stuff off of the end of the barrel.
The solution to that thorny quandary is theLinear Inertial Decoupler, or Nielsen unit.
LID-equipped sound-suppressed handguns are monotonously reliable.
Its a bit heavier, perhaps, but still nonetheless reliable.
Trigger Time
Just how quiet a suppressor sounds can be is a fairly subjective thing.
All reputable manufacturers publish standardized Decibel numbers, but that often doesnt equate out to perceived noise.
subsonic ammo through my sound-suppressed Springfield Armory Echelon is as quiet as a handgun can be.
All sound-suppressed centerfire handguns are a bit noisy.
However, the Omega 36M is as good as it gets.
The addition of the can makes all the difference as regards weapon noise and shooter comfort.
Interestingly, the overall effect is a function of exposure.
Fire the sound-suppressed Hellion out over a long distance, and the sonic crack is pronounced.
This occurs outside the gun.
Theres nothing you’re able to hang onto the muzzle that will mitigate that.
However, shoot something up close and you might hardly notice.
Once again, having a sound-suppressed weapon in a defensive engagement just helps retain your capacity to communicate.
Firing supersonic ammo, you have the same sonic crack issues as you might on the smaller caliber platforms.
However, I load my own subsonic fodder.
That set-up is actually the closest I have come to replicating movie-grade suppressed performance.
Download a 5.56mm round to subsonic velocities and you have just created a terribly expensive .22 rifle.
However, the same exercise with a .30-cal.
platform has a great deal of practical potential.
With an MSRP of $1,187, the SilencerCo Omega 36M is hardly cheap.
Accessories are spendy as well.
Just swap out mounts, and the suppressor floats from one host to another effortlessly.
The Omega 36M is the one can to rule them all.
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