Episode 276 - Dead Air Wolverine AK Testing: Technical Performance Evaluation (24-SEP-2025)

2025-09-24

Today’s Topics:1. Public Research Supplement 6.200 – Unsuppressed 7.62x39mm AK-Pattern Rifles as Silencer Test Hosts. Zastava ZPAPM70 (16.3-in barrel), Arsenal SAM7R (16.3-in barrel), and Arsenal SAM7C (12.6-in barrel). Technical discussion of this new host platform. (00:06:54)2. Sound Signature Review 6.201 – Dead Air Wolverine on every AK. How does this U.S. tribute to the venerable Soviet PBS silencer system perform? How does AK action noise manifest? How much does it matter? Can the Wolverine suppress your AK to levels of a modern suppressed AR-15? Technical discussion of last week’s whitepa...

Today’s Topics:

1. Public Research Supplement 6.200 – Unsuppressed 7.62x39mm AK-Pattern Rifles as Silencer Test Hosts. Zastava ZPAPM70 (16.3-in barrel), Arsenal SAM7R (16.3-in barrel), and Arsenal SAM7C (12.6-in barrel). Technical discussion of this new host platform. (00:06:54)

2. Sound Signature Review 6.201 – Dead Air Wolverine on every AK. How does this U.S. tribute to the venerable Soviet PBS silencer system perform? How does AK action noise manifest? How much does it matter? Can the Wolverine suppress your AK to levels of a modern suppressed AR-15? Technical discussion of last week’s whitepaper.

a. Intro (00:26:20)

b. Physical overview (00:34:08)

c. Silencer Design (00:42:53)

d. System Performance (00:45:45)

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