Adding a firearm silencer or suppressor to your rifle or hand-gun can greatly improve the pleasure of your shooting experience. Over a long period of exposure, shooting can permanently damage your hearing – even if you are wearing firearm hearing protection.
Homemade gun silencers are not difficult to build for most types of firearms. You can build a homemade rifle or pistol silencer in a small home workshop.
Be certain to check all applicable Federal, State, and Local laws before purchasing, building, or installing a gun silencer or suppressor.
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Information
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Patents
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Owner’s Manuals
Gun Silencer and Suppressor Manufacturers
Gun Silencer and Suppressor Dealers
Books on Firearm Silencers and Suppressors
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Information
Introduction to Firearm Suppressor Technology
Basic introduction to firearm silencers.
How to Make a Silencer
Plans to make a firearm silencer from a PVC pipe.
Suppressors / Silencers
Plans to build a firearm silencer from PVC pipe.
The Use of Firearm Sound Suppressors for Wildlife Management
Describes the use of firearm silencers for animal control.
How does a firearm silencer work?
Explanation of how a firearm silencer works from How Stuff Works
Silencer 101
Forget what you’ve seen on TV or read in The Poor Man’s James Bond – the facts about sound suppressors will surprise you.
HEL 5.56 Suppressors for the M16A1
Review and technical information on early suppressors for the M-16
On the Control of Silencers in the United States
In 1934 a bill was passed levying a tax of $200 (4 times the price of a Thompson submachine gun at the time.) on future sales of machine guns. Short-barreled rifles and shotguns, cane guns and silencers were also thrown into the bill, almost as an afterthought. The BATF was set up, and one of its functions today is to collect such a tax. So much of the controversy dealing with Title II weapons is not that they are illegal, but that a tax will be levied on their ownership. Owning one which is not properly registered and taxed is a violation of federal tax code (tax evasion) a felony punishable by large fines and up to ten years in prison.
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Patents
Expired patents are a great source of technical information and schematics for building homemade silencers.
Each patent application is effectively a set of gun silencer plans.
U.S. Patent 0916885
Silent Firearm
U.S. Patent 0958943
Silent Firearm
U.S. Patent 1004665
Firearm
U.S. Patent 1017003
Silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 1021742
Silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 1066898
Silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 1111202
Silencer construction for firearms
U.S. Patent 1140578
Noiseless firearm
U.S. Patent 1173687
Firearm
U.S. Patent 1229675
Firearm silencer and recoil reducer
U.S. Patent 1341363
Silencer and flash obscurer
U.S. Patent 1427802
Firearm silencer, flash cover, and recoil check
U.S. Patent 1487214
Firearm and ammunition therefor
U.S. Patent 1487312
Flash hider
U.S. Patent 1773443
Manufacture of silencers or exhaust tanks for machine firearms and other automatic arms
U.S. Patent 2375617
Firearm Silencer
U.S. Patent 2442773
Sound suppressor
U.S. Patent 2448382
Silencer
U.S. Patent 2503491
Firearm silencer including side branch chamber
U.S. Patent 2514996
Flash eliminator and silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 2868078
Noise reducer for firearm
U.S. Patent 2932915
Choke-compensator adaptor for metal-plastic firearm barrel
U.S. Patent 3164060
Firearm recoil, flash and sound reducer assembly
U.S. Patent 3399597
Silent firearm
U.S. Patent 3483794
Firearm barrel for silent launching of a projectile
U.S. Patent 3500955
Firearm silencer with helical suppressor elements
U.S. Patent 3667570
Silencers for firearm, internal combustion engines, or the like
U.S. Patent 3677132
Waterproof sound, flash and recoil suppressor for firearms
U.S. Patent 3713362
Silencer
U.S. Patent 3748956
Silencer for fire arms
U.S. Patent 3776093
Muzzle blast suppressor
U.S. Patent 3913703
Silencer inner assembly wave interference silencer
U.S. Patent 3948348
Wave interference silencer construction
U.S. Patent 4291610
Silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 4341283
Sound suppression system
U.S. Patent 4501189
Silenced hand-held firearm with rotating tube and sleeve
U.S. Patent 4510843
Sound suppressor attaching device for firearms
U.S. Patent 4530417
Suppressor
U.S. Patent 4576083
Device for silencing firearms
U.S. Patent 4584924
Silencer for firearms
U.S. Patent 4588043
Sound suppressor for a firearm
U.S. Patent 4643073
Muzzle stabilization arrangement for firearms
U.S. Patent 4833808
Anti-recoil device
U.S. Patent 4939977
Firearm silencer and muzzle protector
U.S. Patent 4869151
Noise and recoil suppressor apparatus for high powered rifles
U.S. Patent 4907488
Device for silencing firearms and cannon
U.S. Patent 4974489
Suppressor for firearms
U.S. Patent 4977815
Self cleaning automatic machine pistol and silencer for the same
U.S. Patent 5029512
Firearm muzzle silencer
U.S. Patent 5036747
Muzzle break
U.S. Patent 5164535
Firearm silencer
U.S. Patent 6079311
Firearm noise and recoil suppressor
U.S. Patent 6302009
Firearm noise and recoil suppressor
U.S. Patent 6425310
Muzzle Brake
U.S. Patent D415812
Firearms noise suppressor
U.S. Patent D415813
Firearms noise suppressor.
Firearm Silencer and Suppressor Owner’s Manuals
Reflex Suppressor
Owner’s manual for the BR Telescopic Reflex Suppressor.
50 caliber Reflex Suppressor
Owner’s manual for the BR .50 Caliber Telescopic Reflex Suppressor.
MP5 Trilock Suppressor
Owner’s manual for the BR MP5 Reflex Suppressor with Easy Bayonet Mount for the Heckler & Koch MP5
MG16 Handfirearm Moderator
Owner’s manual for the BR MX/MG Sound Moderators for 9mm and 7.65mm Pistols
Z-Jet Suppressor
Owner’s manual for the ASE Utra Z-Jet Suppressors
Gun Silencer and Suppressor Manufacturers
Advanced Armament Corp.
Gun silencers for rim-fire and center-fire hand-guns, rifles, and submachine guns
American Manufacturing
Triple-X and Triple-X Warrior .223 threaded or MIRS mounted gun silencers and .22 integrally suppressed rifles
AWC Systems Technology
High efficiency, user friendly gun sound suppressors
Brugger + Thomet
Swiss / German company which manufactures a large assortment of gun silencers.
BR Reflex Suppressors
Reflex Suppressors for Environmental Firearms Noise Control and for Shooter’s Hearing Protection
Capital City Firearms
U.S. manufacturer and reseller of Brugger & Thomet supressors.
Gemtech
World leader in modern gun silencer design
GunWorks
New Zealand based manufacturer of .22 and .223 caliber firearm suppressors.
JMD Distribution
Manufacturer of user-cleanable long-lasting gun silencers.
Ops Inc
Maker of 5.56/.223, .30, .40 and .50 caliber firearm suppressors.
Parabellum Industries
Manufacturer of suppressors, machineguns and short barreled dynamic entry weapons.
The Saddlery & Gunroom
British maker of “Hushpower” shotgun silencers.
LRM Firearms
Makers of the Vidar integrally suppressed Ruger 10/22 rifle.
Paladin Armory
Manufacturer of custom firearms and suppressors.
PES: Percy Engineering Suppressors
New Zealand manufacturer of threaded and integral gun suppressors.
Precision Weapons
Manufacturer of gun suppressors, AOW’s and machine guns
Revelation Arms
Integral silencers for the Ruger 10-22, Ruger 77-22, and Ruger MKII. Screw-on silencers for other .22 caliber handguns and rifles.
SAK
SAK is a Finnish manufacturer of .22 caliber pistol suppressors and suppressor adapters
SilencerCo
SilencerCo was formed in 2008 with the goal of bringing the most innovative silencers to the market.
SubFirearms
.22, .380, 9mm, and .45 caliber suppressors
SRT Arms
SRT Arms manufactures both threaded and integral gun silencers. SRT offers a number of off-the-shelf models, and can also make custom suppressors. SRT manufactures a very nice integral gun silencer based upon the Ruger 77/44. Subsonic .44 ammunition packs quite a whallop!
SWR Suppressors
SWR is a design and manufacturing comany specializing in suppressors and small arms development. SWR was founded in 1994 by Joe Gaddini, a mechanical engineer and former design engineer for Knights Armament. The mission of SWR is to design and manufacture the world’s quietest and most durable suppressors available.
SSK Industries
Maker of the Whispers line of firearm suppressors, from 6mm up to .50 caliber.
Suppressed Tactical Weapons
Threaded gun silencers for many popular guns. STW silencers are installed inside a heavy barrel, giving them the look and feel of integral silencers, and yet allowing removal of the silencer.
Tactical Innovations
High-performance suppressors priced right and popular thread Adapters for gun silencers at great prices
The Riddle of Steel
American manufacturer of a wide range of rifle and pistol silencers and thread adapters.
Tibbetts
Home of the legendary John’s Gun Suppressors. Gun silencers built around the Ruger 22/45, Ruger MKII, H&K MP5, Remington 700, Norinco 522, Ruger 77/22, Ruger 10/22, Remington 541T, Marlin Camp 9mm, and the Marlin Camp 45 ACP. Most of the gun silencer models are integral silencers, but some are external.
Valkyrie Arms
Maker of working replicas of historic firearms.
Gun Silencer and Suppressor Dealers
Impact Guns
Dealer of AAC (Advanced Armament) Silencer, AWC Silencers, Bowers Suppressors, Gemtech Silencers, Heckler-Kock Silenrs, HTG Silenrs, Surefire Suppressors, Tactical Innovations Silencers, and Knight’s Silencers. Also sells threaded barrel’s for attaching silencers and subsonic ammunition for use with silencers. Tell Ken that Will sent you!
Elite Firearms
Elite Firearms is a Kentucky-based distributor of Advanced Armament, GemTech, and other gun suppressors
Reflex Suppressors UK
British distributor of Reflex suppressors
Canadian Tactical
Canadian dealer for Reflex and Z-Jet gun suppressors
Artemis AS
Norwegian dealer of BR Reflex, Ase Utra and SAK gun suppressors
Lyddemper
Lyddemper is a Finnish reseller of BR Reflex suppressors
Jackson Rifles
Scottish silencer dealer. Distributor of ASE Utra and BR-Tuote Reflex Suppressors to the UK and Ireland. Distributor of SAK silencers.
L’Armurier Breton
French gun silencer distributor. Dealer of BR-Tuore Reflex Suppressors.
International Police Supply
Class III firearms dealer in Northern Virginia.
Books on Firearm Silencers and Suppressors
Modern Firearm Silencers
This illustrated report on suppressor technology presents innovative designs of well-known suppressor manufacturers and offers definitive comparisons of models based on prices, features, kits, independent manufacturers and technological advances. It also examines the history of the gun silencer and the attitudes of the U.S. government, the public and terrorists about its usage.
Home Workshop Silencers I
More than fifty 9″ x 12″ working machinist’s drawings present clear step-by-step directions for building three different advanced firearm silencers for submachine guns and pistols. Improvised materials and machining techniques are suggested. For reference and historical purposes only.
Hayduke Silencer Book
Learn how to make firearm silencers from common items found around the house. George Hayduke, the Master of Revenge, will show you how! Enter the world of muffled mayhem with these simple, effective and legal firearm silencer designs. For information purposes only.
Silent But Deadly: More Homemade Silencers From Hayduke The Master
Despite what the Brady bunch might say, gun silencers serve some very civilized functions and contribute to a saner, quieter way of life, which is why a lot of folks like them. After reading The Hayduke Silencer Book, many readers shared their own ideas for simple designs you can build at home, legally. Here is the cream of the crop.
How To Make A Silencer For A .22
This handy little manual teaches you everything you need to know to legally manufacture a .22 rifle or pistol silencer – without a lathe or welder. These inexpensive homemade silencers give you all the suppression you need, thread on solidly, do not affect your accuracy or the gun’s functioning and last for hundreds of rounds. For academic study only.
How to Make a Silencer For A .45
Because it does not produce a sonic “crack,” the .45 is an ideal pistol for a silencer. Here is a nuts-and-bolts guide to making your own silencer for the Colt 1911 Government Model .45 and its clones. Includes construction details for all components, manufacturing tips that will save you time and effort, and plenty of clear illustrations. For academic study only.
Sporting and Tactical Silencers
This is the most significant book on firearm silencers in years. Find out the story behind and incredible capabilities of modern silencers used by elite military units and secretive government agencies. Author Alan Paulson has been called “the dean of the American silencer experts today.”
Silencer History and Performance: Cqb, Assault Rifle, and Sniper Technology
This highly anticipated second volume in the Silencer History and Performance series provides an unprecedented look into the evolution, tactical employment and performance of historic and state-of-the-art silenced firearms suitable for close-quarters combat, long-distance sniping and other professional applications. It chronicles the production of pioneering silenced weapons used during World War II and the Cold War as well as the more sophisticated low-signature designs and tactics that emerged from the Vietnam War and again during an explosion of creative development in the 1990s. The authors have combined recently declassified materials, numerous confidential sources and years of hands-on evaluations to reveal a wealth of information about today’s incredible screw-on and integral suppressors.
Workbench Silencers : The Art Of Improvised Designs (Silencers)
Here is a slew of new and interesting improvised silencer designs featuring innovative couplings plus variations on aluminum cans, oil filters, PVC pipe, plumbing devices, water sprinkler pieces and other unique materials. Warning: It is illegal to possess or make firearm silencers without BATF registration. For academic study only.
How To Make A Silencer For A Mini-14
The Ruger Mini-14 may be the ultimate plinker, hunting and survival rifle. If you already have the many accessories available for it, why not complete your collection with a do-it-yourself silencer? Here are step-by-step instructions to show you how to construct a tough, working silencer able to handle the high pressures generated by the Mini-14’s .223 round. All BATF rules apply.
Silencers For Hand Firearms
One of the world’s foremost experts, Siegfried Huebner has published numerous books and articles in his native Germany, and he has drawn from extensive research at the Mauser works, Heckler & Koch and the German army proving ground to bring to you this, his first English-language text on silencers. This complete and authoritative guide includes chapters on the principles of silencers, WWII silencers, clandestine weapons and more.