My name is Forrest, long time reader and before starting the FFL/SOT game in late 2020, an occasional poster on LRH. I love to hunt when time allows and this site has been a great asset for information. I recently decided to become a LRH sponsor and hopefully can be some help for people when I am not in the shop.
My shop is in north central Montana, south of Great Falls and Ive been cutting cans since spring of 2021. Lots of prototyping, testing, and improving has happened since then. At the beginning of 2024, I opened up sales to local guys after 2 full years of testing (and building a house due to wife demands). That testing was conducted by myself and a limited group of early adopters willing to shoot all sorts of various designs.
Now that we have everything from weight, performance and durability dialed in, I want to focus on making them available to more like-minded hunters and shooters.
Our centerfire suppressors are all 100% Titanium - starting from Grade 5 bar stock, they are CNC machined and then hand assembled before being laser welded and Cerakoted. A balance between weight, sound reduction and the ability to hold up to big cartridges has been the focus. They are not designed for Rambo type shooting with a FAL or AR-10 (but it is fun), instead they are specifically made for bolt action rifles.
While some guys do prefer quick attach systems, these are all direct thread. In order to get the weight and repeatable precision that I intended, direct thread became the ideal method after testing various other systems early on.
Currently 4 models are in production:
Snipe Hunter - A rimfire can rated up to 22WMR (currently testing 5.7x28 to see longevity)
Mad Max - 5.56mm rated up to 22-250AI
Sasquatch - 7.62mm, a short light suppressor for compact hunting rifles
YeTI- a full size 7.62mm suppressor for the most sound reduction.
Both the Sasquatch and YeTI models will have a 6.5mm version by the end of this month. 338s will be a bit later as we would like to test some alternative baffle geometry with the larger bore.
For a bit more information see blackbullmachine.com or feel free to send DMs.
Im more than happy to answer suppressor related questions people have. Much of my testing includes effectiveness of various thread locking compounds, cleaning agents, cleaning methods, heat buildup etc. While I certainly do not know everything, hopefully my research and testing can be of use. Thanks!
My shop is in north central Montana, south of Great Falls and Ive been cutting cans since spring of 2021. Lots of prototyping, testing, and improving has happened since then. At the beginning of 2024, I opened up sales to local guys after 2 full years of testing (and building a house due to wife demands). That testing was conducted by myself and a limited group of early adopters willing to shoot all sorts of various designs.
Now that we have everything from weight, performance and durability dialed in, I want to focus on making them available to more like-minded hunters and shooters.
Our centerfire suppressors are all 100% Titanium - starting from Grade 5 bar stock, they are CNC machined and then hand assembled before being laser welded and Cerakoted. A balance between weight, sound reduction and the ability to hold up to big cartridges has been the focus. They are not designed for Rambo type shooting with a FAL or AR-10 (but it is fun), instead they are specifically made for bolt action rifles.
While some guys do prefer quick attach systems, these are all direct thread. In order to get the weight and repeatable precision that I intended, direct thread became the ideal method after testing various other systems early on.
Currently 4 models are in production:
Snipe Hunter - A rimfire can rated up to 22WMR (currently testing 5.7x28 to see longevity)
Mad Max - 5.56mm rated up to 22-250AI
Sasquatch - 7.62mm, a short light suppressor for compact hunting rifles
YeTI- a full size 7.62mm suppressor for the most sound reduction.
Both the Sasquatch and YeTI models will have a 6.5mm version by the end of this month. 338s will be a bit later as we would like to test some alternative baffle geometry with the larger bore.
For a bit more information see blackbullmachine.com or feel free to send DMs.
Im more than happy to answer suppressor related questions people have. Much of my testing includes effectiveness of various thread locking compounds, cleaning agents, cleaning methods, heat buildup etc. While I certainly do not know everything, hopefully my research and testing can be of use. Thanks!
