Dead Air Silencers

Dead Air Silencers

Founded	2014
Founders	Mike Pappas Todd Magee
Key people	Eric Rogers (CEO) [1]
Website	deadairsilencers.com

Dead Air Silencers is an American firearms suppressor manufacturing company best known for their silencers.

History

Dead Air Silencers was founded in 2014 by Mike Pappas and Todd Magee, both formerly of SilencerCo. ^[2] They manufacture products for military, police, and civilian sales. ^[3] Some of their silencers are intended for hunting use. ^[4]

In the beginning they focused on the multicaliber silencer market producing silencers designed to be used with a number of different calibers. This due to the requirements of US commercial customers who must procure a different Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tax stamp for each silencer they own. ^[5] Their first silencer was the Sandman series. ^[3]

In 2018 Dead Air introduced Key-Mo, an adaptor which allows the use of Silencerco silencers with Dead Air muzzle devices. ^[6]

Products

Muzzle devices

• Pyro, muzzle brake ^[7]

Silencers

• Odessa-9 ^[8]
• Primal, .46-caliber magnum rated ^[9]
• Sandman, ^[10] multiple variants ^[11]
• Wolverine PBS-1, based on the Soviet PBS-1 silencer ^[12]
• Mask HD ^[3]
• Ghost-M, designed to mitigate first round pop ^[13]

Other

• “Heat Model” Colt 733 Enhanced Clone Package, a collaboration with Noveske Rifleworks based on a gun used in Heat (1995 film) and modeled on the Colt 733 ^[14]

Users

• United States Navy SEALs ^[10]

References

1. "ERIC ROGERS OF DEAD AIR SILENCERS AND PHILIP MILKS OF ORCHID ADVISORS ELECTED TO ASA BOARD". American Suppressor Association. July 23, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
2. Thornton, Nathan (October 9, 2014). "Mike Pappas Returns with Dead Air Silencers". www.internationalsportsman.com. International Sportsman. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
3. HORMAN, B. GIL (November 30, 2015). "Review: Dead Air Armament Mask HD Sound Suppressor". American Rifleman. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
4. Rainer, David (March 31, 2022). "Constitutional carry increases demand for proper firearms training". AL.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
5. Merrill, Dave (January 29, 2015). "Dead Air Silencers". Recoil. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
6. Merrill, Dave (July 24, 2018). "More Mounting Options for SilencerCo". Recoil. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
7. American Rifleman Staff (August 22, 2016). "Product Preview: Dead Air Pyro Muzzle Brake". American Rifleman. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
8. Massimilian, Andy (March 25, 2019). "Review: Dead Air Odessa-9 Suppressor". Shooting Illustrated. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
9. Shooting Illustrated Staff (September 13, 2021). "First Look: Dead Air Armament Primal Suppressor". Shooting Illustrated. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
10. Rogoway, Tyler (May 10, 2021). "About Those Custom Rifles Navy SEALs Were Seen Carrying On A Recent Training Mission". The War Zone. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
11. Crane, David (June 23, 2016). "Dead Air Arment DAA Sandman-S and Sandman-L .30-Caliber/Multi-Caliber Silencer/Sound Suppressor Systems". defensereview.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
12. Massimilian, Andy. "Range Review: Dead Air Wolverine PBS-1". Shooting Illustrated. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
13. McHale, Tom (January 22, 2016). "Top New Silencers from SHOT Show 2016". Outdoor Hub. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
14. Graves, Richard (January 6, 2020). "Noveske is building a rifle modeled on one of the greatest gunfights in cinema". Military Times. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.