C Products Defense has been making high quality AR and pistol magazines under its DuraMag brand in Bradenton, Florida since 2011. These include AR-10 .308 magazines, standard AR-15 30 round magazines, as well as caliber specific models for rifles chambered in rounds like 6.5 Grendel and 7.62×39. These magazines are typified by an all-aluminum body and dead stops to prevent movement of components during normal firing use. Recently, Jeremy Stone from GMW had the chance to tour DuraMag’s facility in Bradenton, Florida. While there, he was introduced to DuraMag’s manufacturing process for their flagship product. He also got a first look at a new departure for the company: the DuraMag suppressor.
The New DuraMag Suppressor
Jeremy sat down with Justus Hall, DuraMag’s Vice-President of Sales, to discuss its latest product. The DuraMag suppressor is so new that it doesn’t have a name and will be the inaugural product of C Product Defense’s new suppressor division.
Justus explained some of the shortcomings of currently manufactured suppressors that he believes the company’s new suppressor could solve. It would attempt to further the concept of what shooters are calling modular suppressors.
Modular Suppressors
Modern suppressors are easy to service and maintain but their ability to effectively deaden the blast and sound of the shot comes down to ammunition choices and dwell time of the gas expended into the suppressor. In an ever evolving world of modern rifle cartridges, a caliber may be loaded with such variety that a given suppressor may not work optimally.
The .300 Blackout cartridge is a good example. Lighter-grained 125 grain .300 Blackout rounds can come out of the muzzle at over 2,200 feet per second. Subsonic loads with a heavier 220 grain bullet might leave the muzzle at half that velocity. The distribution of gas will differ even though the heavier round is keeping overall operating pressure close to supersonic rounds.
The Monocore of the DuraMag Suppressor
Currently produced suppressors are modular in the sense you can tailor the load by adding or reducing the number of baffles inside the suppressor tube. The new DuraMag suppressor takes away the guesswork with a single monocore inside a seemingly-conventional titanium tube. The monocore is nothing new. It’s a simple, one piece unit that is easy to service. When designed correctly, it maximizes the amount of surface area for gas to expand into.
The monocore leaves little room for adjustment but will theoretically give maximum results. Where the DuraMag suppressor will be truly modular is in core interchangeability. Suppressors are caliber-specific and if you want one in another caliber, another suppressor and ATF Tax Stamp is necessary. The DuraMag suppressor’s tube is the registered and serialized part that requires all the paperwork. The monocore is bored to different calibers, so going from .22 to .30 and so on is as easy as ordering another monocore. This is far easier than the lethargy of needed paperwork for another suppressor since you will already own the serialized tube.
Jeremy is particularly keen on this, given his propensity to collect suppressors, and you can watch his complete breakdown HERE. The new unnamed DuraMag suppressor can cut down on the monetary and opportunity costs of owning multiple suppressors and reduce the headache if, for some reason, a suppressor needs repair. This convenience translates to less money spent and less time in ATF purgatory. DuraMag’s first suppressor has a lot going for it. It only needs a name.
