Renewed OSS Suppressors cuts price for old models, makes way for a new cans

By Daniel Terrill

OSS Marketing Manager Randy Carothers handles the new Helix QD suppressors (the first three) and an older model for a patron attending SHOT Show 2018 in Las Vegas. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Utah-based OSS Suppressors introduced their new Helix Quick Disconnect silencers at SHOT Show in Las Vegas last week, a short time after announcing a price reduction on the remaining inventory of their formative models.
Since new owners acquired OSS two years ago, they’ve been working on refining the company’s initial suppressor designs to both improve the product and cut down on any superfluous features, explained Randy Carothers, OSS’s marketing manager.
“(The old design) worked great in terms of flow through and how it functioned, but there were drawbacks to the design,” Carothers said. “For one, it was expensive to make and it was also a little heavy. And a little bit too complicated. Just too many parts, pieces and mounts. The mounts had more than one thread on the muzzle device. Just too complex.”
Although silencers are relatively simple in terms of construction, the old Helix models field-stripped into several pieces and had additional aesthetic features. For instance, the functional part of the silencer slipped into an external tube in the shape of

Source: Guns.com