Guns.com trekked to the Georgia coast last weekend to hang out at the fully suppressed range day and gun show that is the fabled CANCON.
Held Veterans Day weekend at the 17 South Rod and Gun Club in sunny Savannah – where the temps hovered in the low 80s in November! – the event is now in its second year. Organized by the fine folks at Recoil with the support of more than 60 industry sponsors including some big players like B&T, Daniel Defense, FN, KAC, Kalashnikov USA, Maxim, PTR, SIG Sauer, SilencerCo, and Staccato, you can bet that it had something for everyone.
Open to the public, a $50 general admission ticket got you on the range for the day for unlimited shooting at every lane with all ammo included, while VIP and Premier tickets got you into the whole weekend including night shoots with both white light and NVGs and a swag bag that included a free suppressor (not a misprint).
While we'll have several follow-up articles this week diving deeper into some cool new developments in the quiet space that we ferreted out at the show, check out this preview to get a general feel for the event.
Tucked in off Coastal Highway... (All photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
On the campus of the private, family-friendly 17 South Rod & Gun Club...
Rising through the morning mist...
And just past the skunk apes...
Hark!
For it is CANCON 2023!
More than 60 different sponsors on board with lots of stuff to check out and lay hands on...
Everything from hushed-up .22s...
To a .50-cal with a massive can.
You know we had to swing by BT to take a look at their stuff.
I mean, have you heard of the APC9 family?
And the Station SIX? (AKA the modern Welrod)
All part of this complete breakfast.
You know the Savannah locals over at Daniel Defense were going to come correct with some suppressed Delta 5s...
As well as some smaller boys in .300 BLK.
It wouldn't be a suppressor event without Dead Air.
What's your pick?
We call dibs on the Spiker.
FN, which is new to the commercial suppressor space, was on hand with both its new Catch 22 Ti and Rush 9Ti cans
Including use on Winchester's neat little Wildcat rimfire repeater.
Gemtech, one of the oldest names in the suppressor game, was there with lots of goodies...
All of parent company S&W's cool stuff, including the new FPC folding 9mm carbine.
And the new Response 9mm PCC with its innovative modular mag well design (it takes Glock mags!).
Florida-based Knights Armarment Co is almost a local to Savannah...
And KACs are always a hit with the crowd, whether you are a Florida Man or not.
Kalashnikov USA was out in force with lots of cool guy stuff...
Some of it very new to the market...
...of which we will have more information coming up.
Talking about more information, Maxim seems to be making a strong pivot from being best known for its pistol braces and short guns to becoming a suppressor maker. The company has no less than five different series of cans in production from big "soup cans," like the PDX SD to the left, to smaller DS series cans on the right.
Their small-caliber MS series can, seen here on a two-tone S&W M&P57, is hanging tough with the notoriously high-pressure little round in handguns.
And their M240 suppressor program is still chugging along with good feedback from the military. More on Maxim's suppressor program later this week.
Lionheart out of Winder, Georgia, was on the line with their Vulcan series guns using Dead Air cans.
LMT Defense was at the event with their growing line of Ion series suppressors.
South Carolina's PTR is now a suppressor maker, and we'll have full details on their new Vent line of cans.
They are also now the U.S. distributor of Archon pistols.
Primary Weapons Systems had a serious line of folks wanting to get some trigger time...
Because, PWS, right?
It wouldn't be a suppressor event without SilencerCo...
...which was busy putting cans on everything, including this Q Fix.
Their new and innovative Scythe Ti Can was turning heads...
And you just can't go wrong with the classics.
Recently celebrating their 15th anniversary, SiCo did a short run of Titanium Sparrows that sold out in a day. Maybe it will become a regular item. Maybe.
And sure, FN makes their own cans now, but Switchbacks are tight.
SIG Sauer made the trip down from New Hampshire – where it is snowing – and brought lots of quiet time stuff...
...Including the MCX line, which the Army is putting through its paces currently for the Next Generation Squad Weapon program.
Staccato was ready to go...
And they remained in heavy use throughout the event.
With Taurus and Rossi now Georgia-based companies, you know they were going to be there to represent the home team, and the TX22, paired with a Switchback, is just good clean fun.
As are Rossi's lever guns...
Of all sorts.
Stay tuned to Guns.com for the rest of the week for more news from the event.
