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Posted: 2/13/2018 10:48:04 PM EDT
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No one will ever really know.
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Posted: 2/13/2018 11:16:31 PM EDT
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I have always been curious which silencers sell the most frequently, least, how many off brands sell? I imagine they won't tell, but curious if anyone has an idea. Even how many each do sell? |
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Posted: 2/14/2018 9:39:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Varies wildy with what is popular at the moment. |
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Posted: 2/14/2018 11:18:16 AM EDT
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@hansohnbrothers care to weigh in?
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Posted: 2/14/2018 12:47:57 PM EDT
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@hansohnbrothers care to weigh in? 
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Posted: 2/14/2018 2:11:36 PM EDT
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^ Same. Varies by model almost monthly. I will say that over the last few years, the largest selling single model that wasn't a liquidation deal ($350/450 TiRants, blowout OSS, etc) is the Omega for us. And judging by the high serial numbers we see, that's easy to understand.
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Posted: 2/14/2018 4:05:59 PM EDT
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As for volume, let's just say I don't get to pay the reduced SOT. |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 10:15:14 AM EDT
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Sure. SilencerCo, TBAC, Dead Air and Rugged are the big ones for us and outsell the less popular brands by a very wide margin. As for volume, let's just say I don't get to pay the reduced SOT. Granted if the customers can forgive the financial problems, 3 recent waves of mass firings, loss of company founder and general obvious shaky signs at utah based silencer co, they might be in the top 2 brands sold at silencer shop in 6 months. Or obviously on the flipside companies in that position have 2 directions to go and the other isnt a happy place. |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 10:55:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Texas headquartered Silencer shop is probably the #1 or 2 largest national distributor of silencers in the us, and as far as I know, their top two selling brands arent on your list. Interesting. Of course, Sico was separated from TSS until very recently, but what is the other brand? |
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Posted: 2/15/2018 10:59:13 AM EDT
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Alpha Dog is at the bottom of the list I am sure
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Posted: 2/15/2018 11:02:03 AM EDT
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Texas headquartered Silencer shop is probably the #1 or 2 largest national distributor of silencers in the us, and as far as I know, their top two selling brands arent on your list. Granted if the customers can forgive the financial problems, 3 recent waves of mass firings, loss of company founder and general obvious shaky signs at utah based silencer co, they might be in the top 2 brands sold at silencer shop in 6 months. Or obviously on the flipside companies in that position have 2 directions to go and the other isnt a happy place. |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 11:37:43 AM EDT
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Alpha Dog is at the bottom of the list I am sure https://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Alpha-Dog-Silencers-Suppressors.jpg |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 11:52:00 AM EDT
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Wait, how is the world is that supposed to even function, let alone be legal since VFG on a pistol? |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 1:36:35 PM EDT
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Texas headquartered Silencer shop is probably the #1 or 2 largest national distributor of silencers in the us, and as far as I know, their top two selling brands arent on your list. Granted if the customers can forgive the financial problems, 3 recent waves of mass firings, loss of company founder and general obvious shaky signs at utah based silencer co, they might be in the top 2 brands sold at silencer shop in 6 months. Or obviously on the flipside companies in that position have 2 directions to go and the other isnt a happy place. |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 2:18:45 PM EDT
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You could probably find out popularity by starting a who has the highest S/N thread. To my knowledge it seems most are chronologically serialized, i don't know if any use special secret code. You wouldn't have to post exactly, i.e my S/N is 00220's, so assumption is my suppressor model is only about the 220th built, of course that negate's what's on distribution shelves for who know's how long. (example only, and it might not be so good an idea for simple gratification of knowledge, other than knowing your buying a popular model or not)
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Posted: 2/16/2018 2:49:29 PM EDT
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You could probably find out popularity by starting a who has the highest S/N thread. To my knowledge it seems most are chronologically serialized, i don't know if any use special secret code. You wouldn't have to post exactly, i.e my S/N is 00220's, so assumption is my suppressor model is only about the 220th built, of course that negate's what's on distribution shelves for who know's how long. (example only, and it might not be so good an idea for simple gratification of knowledge, other than knowing your buying a popular model or not) |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 3:37:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ehhhh not quite, I know Rugged obsidians had different SN prefixes for the different places that sold the can |
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Posted: 2/16/2018 5:09:20 PM EDT
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yea, i figured there would be a hole in my theory.
not seeing enough of them i didn't know, but was a thought. |
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Posted: 2/17/2018 11:16:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/18/2018 6:38:00 PM EDT
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Hi.
I haven't posted for a while, but happened to pop in and see this thread. I'm an industry intel nerd at heart, so this sort of thing has always been a topic of interest to me. In my private consulting for industry and government on silencer topics, I am sometimes asked by clients for the exact data you're looking for. Unfortunately, it isn't (easily) available. However, if you spend enough time with the raw data compiled from many sources, you can discern patterns that will bring you a reasonably clear picture of market scope and trends. While I won't put out on public fora the most recent or specific information, perhaps you'll get an idea of which/how many silencers are transferred from dealers to civilian consumers from some of last year's general numbers. Here's a snapshot of the top 15 most-transferred civilian silencer models at a particular sample date range during 2016:
As you can see, just by way of random quickie observations: AAC wasn't as irrelevant as people would think (even though they're way down from 2013 when they held the #1 top seller spot with their 762SDN6 at 6,818 — now down to 2,200); Silencerco had a really good year — like Lamborghini lease money there; Gary and Mike had a nice first year introduction of the MASK; some assumed players... ain't players; and Jesse James is apparently not killin' it even with those off-the-charts deebees. Peace, Kel if you dig, what'd you think you would find it’s a tomb, not a gold mine it’s the creche of the creatures who climb over each other’s bent spines giants in the earth and bullets in the sky grand abandoned mansions from a better time rotting out from the inside |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 7:27:56 PM EDT
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[size=4]Hi. |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 9:43:51 PM EDT
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Kel,
Thanks. Keep on Postin'! |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 10:33:06 PM EDT
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Here's a snapshot of the top 15 most-transferred civilian silencer models at a particular sample date range during 2016: |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 10:34:47 PM EDT
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So, that's when the Omega was introduced, though, correct? Should be a statistical bump for that time frame. |
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Posted: 2/19/2018 12:13:23 AM EDT
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So, that's when the Omega was introduced, though, correct? Should be a statistical bump for that time frame. |
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Posted: 2/19/2018 2:13:44 AM EDT
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Great thanks!
It will be interesting to see some 2017 numbers, especially Silencerco ones. |
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Posted: 2/19/2018 1:37:23 PM EDT
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Hahahahahahahaha "Lamborghini lease money" . . . . that is gold.
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Posted: 2/19/2018 4:26:53 PM EDT
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Late 2016 Omega 9k serial numbers are in the 6000s and early 2017: Hybrid S/Ns are in the 17000s, Warlock II in the 9000s and the last of the Specwar762 in the 7000s. If I recall the registry went from around 900,000 suppressors to about 1.3 million in 2016. I can't find where I'd read that but definitely a growth spurt.
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