Absolutely 👍 It’s a great can and a fantastic mount on top of that. Y’all hit it out of the park! The Checkmate HD video should drop this Saturday 😉 And thank you guys for making solid products 🤙
I love my HRT. Its probably the best duty can on the market. I also have the DL5/7. Griffin is such a dark horse in the industry. More people need to know about them and how great their products are. Their Sn-atch charging handle is also the best I've tried. My buddies sierra 5 turned into a maraca. It's been over 4 months since he sent it in. Griffin is finishing a 60,000sqft manufacturing plant. They invested millions in tech like robotic arms for precision laser welds and Autospray. They make everything in house. After the DA debacle, people should see how important that is.
I agree with you totally on your 'Dark Horse' comment. I still get those feelings of not wanting other people to find out about them, like it was a band I was into or something. I am super impressed with the stuff I've read and seen about their barrels, as well. I'm putting together a portfolio featuring a line of custom camo as well as some other really cool ideas and they are definitely one of the companies I'm going to be showing it off to and trying to work with. Griffin Armament RULES!!!.
@@CalebDowning The DL5 is really nice! Gets hot quick, but that's always a tradeoff of tubeless vs tubed. It also cools down faster. A bit more flashy under nods, too. I consider them for different purposes. I would take an HRT as a "Go to war/Duty" can and a DL5 for range day all day. Now that my cans are starting to get out of the grips of our evil government I'm going to make some reviews as well. I want as many people as possible to know how awesome GA is!
The HRT is a little bit more gassy. Not nuch though. Its absolutely better at signature reduction (flash). I have their new Recce5k coming too. If I wanted a tubeless can from them today, I would go with the new m4sd-l. They reworked the flash baffle and endcap. It's also stupid quite. Theres a fantastic review on ar15cm between flow556k, sierra 5, and Dual-lok 5. The Dual-lok smoked them both. I would take the HRT over Dual-lok 5 if I had to pick one, but be aware. The HRT doesn't take their long muzzle devices. So you can't use their device to p&w a 13.7. You can easily p&w a 14.5 with the hrt
Love Griffin Armament. I'm so glad I held off on buying my cans till I did. Bought the HRT and DL-7 (S/N below 100) soon as they came in, ordered the DL HRT 762 s/n 7 and plan on getting more..love the mount and believe there slept on as a company. Been so excited for this review... Still hoping for you to show that custom G29 one day lol
I’m right there with you man. I never really looked into the Griffin cans much. If I had back in the beginning then I’d probably have a lot more of them 😁 I’m definitely a fan now 🤙 I’ll put the G29 on the list 😉
Nice dude 🤙 Griffin Armament seems pretty underrated, I hope folks catch wind of what they are doing and jump on board. Glad you enjoyed the review man👊🏻
So it’s marketed as a balanced suppressor for flash/Sound, nice! How is the gas to the face compared to YHM Turbo? I’d hope at least 50% better😅. Didn’t know about the mounting system either, looks like it’s keymo but refined and simplified..I dig it😎.
I’m going to do another 5.56 can comparison here shortly. The HRT does a better job of mitigating back pressure than most traditional cans. The modern cans designed to reduce that back blast are all getting better. There are one or two main applications the KeyMo mount beats out the Dual-Lok, but the vast maturity of the time the Dual-Lok wins out. That’s another video coming 😉
I’ve been watching this can since it came out right after I ordered a Sierra 5. Seems like such a good can, wish I’d gone that route since Dead air has now had my Sierra 5 back for over 3 months and still can’t get me an ETA.
@@CalebDowning brother they have my mask too. It blew up on 5.7. If you have one, you know that first thin triangle cut baffle spacer thing? That part just broke apart. As far as the Sierra it’s embarrassing man, I was a huge DA supporter and now I’m left with a sandman that has screwed up endcap threads. My other two are at DA and last update when I got fairly upset and said listen guys, I just need a realistic timeframe since you told me 50-60 days 90 days ago was “we’re still waiting on parts”. Just completely ignored the time frame part on multiple emails. Really sucks. Live and learn!
Did you get your S5 back? My buddies turned into a maraca. He was a early 2000's serial #. They've had his can for almost 6 months now. He is more than a bit livid
Nope, 121 days and after 6 emails and a public instagram post on their page asking them to respond to me I got “I have no updates on Sierra 5’s at this time”. Completely ignoring everything else I said and the mask HD I asked about that they’ve had for 52 days. It’s sad man. I really believed in them. I was a big supporter.
Good video. Im glad you mentioned that they're different types of the duallock 5. Id rather have less flash than blowback. If im not wearing ear protection do you think it will cause any ringing/ear damage? New sub
Hey man, glad to have you in board 😎👊🏻 In my experience, 12.5” is as short you’ll want to go without ear protection on. You will notice a bigger difference if you have something like a 14.5” and up to 20”. But if you are shooting a short 7.5” or 10.5” then I’d say you should wear some ear protection.
@Jermaine-NC You should be 👍 Everyone’s ears are different though. I’ve been exposed to shooting and loud noises all my adult life so what is loud to someone else may not seem as loud to me. But you should be pretty solid on a 16” setup 👍
I bet it would be a good suppressor choice for a short or long stroke piston operated AR, like with my 12.5" POF-USA P415 Edge Pistol! Especially since my preference is both sound AND flash suppression.
My HRT lives on my 12.5. Not a piston. I really want to get one because I hear they supress great. I have a riflespeed on mine and its phenomenal. My absolute favorite setup. I have their recce5k going in jail for a 16"
Awwww....C'MON!!!! Read the instruction manual to us!!!!! Slacker.... Just kidding....great vid! This one goes on my list of 'Possibly To Purchase." Thanks!
I’m not sure if I said that in the video or if I thought this comment was under a different video but the Dead Air KeyMo system is not compatible with the Griffin Armament Dual-Lok. If a Griffin can has a HUB mount then you can run a KeyMo mount on it, that is true.
Nice review! I had looked at and still want the dual lok 5 since it’s lighter. I found some posts from griffin that the flash is a bit better here and it’s their hard use can but the dual lok is still going to rock. How do you think this compares to the sierra 5 or T3?
Thanks man 😎👊🏻 I’m gonna be doing an updated 5.56 can comparison here shortly. I’ve got another dedicated 5.56 can in for review and it’ll be added to the comparison list. The HRT definitely wins on flash reduction. As far as sound reduction, I’d have to shoot them side by side but they are close..
There is one aspect of this review with which I disagree. Getting free stuff from a company does introduce bias. It always will. If you give a bad review, you may not receive free stuff in the future. If you give a good review the company is incentivized to send you more free product. Thus a bias is always present. The only way to elimiate bias is to receive products from a 3rd party distributor unrelated to any particular company. That being said, I personally have several Griffin cans and absolutely love them and really wish they were more popular... and that they had fewer gov contracts.... but c'est la vie.
Blast baffle. However, their 17-4 has a proprietary heat treat. Its stupid strong. Their SS 416r barrels last 45,000 rounds. It really shows how dialed in their gotten over almost 2 decades
The only Inconel represented within the Dual-Lok product line is in the wave spring of the mount itself, all baffles & tube body are 100% 17-4 PH SS H900
Hard decisions 🤔 I have to say that the HRT 556 is probably the best performing, dedicated 5.56 can that I have. I prefer the Dual-Lok over other mounts as long as the host has an exposed muzzle device. If the can is tucked then I like to go with Key-Mo when I can.
I believe the Dual-Lok 5 has extra ports on the front cap that allow more gasses to escape. This results in less back pressure. That’s my understanding at least.
Dual-lok 5 is tubeless vs the HRT being tubes. The great thing about GA and their tubed cans. When they create a new baffle design you can probably send it in for an upgrade.
@@EDC_All_Daysame thing can be accomplished with the refurbishment of tubeless suppressors by simply chopping off the entire stack where the blast baffle meets the blast chamber tube body, and welding on an entire new baffle stack to that mount/blast chamber.
Appreciate the review, Caleb! Happy to hear you're enjoying the product 🇺🇸
Absolutely 👍 It’s a great can and a fantastic mount on top of that. Y’all hit it out of the park!
The Checkmate HD video should drop this Saturday 😉
And thank you guys for making solid products 🤙
I love my HRT. Its probably the best duty can on the market. I also have the DL5/7. Griffin is such a dark horse in the industry. More people need to know about them and how great their products are. Their Sn-atch charging handle is also the best I've tried. My buddies sierra 5 turned into a maraca. It's been over 4 months since he sent it in. Griffin is finishing a 60,000sqft manufacturing plant. They invested millions in tech like robotic arms for precision laser welds and Autospray. They make everything in house. After the DA debacle, people should see how important that is.
I agree with you totally on your 'Dark Horse' comment. I still get those feelings of not wanting other people to find out about them, like it was a band I was into or something. I am super impressed with the stuff I've read and seen about their barrels, as well.
I'm putting together a portfolio featuring a line of custom camo as well as some other really cool ideas and they are definitely one of the companies I'm going to be showing it off to and trying to work with.
Griffin Armament RULES!!!.
How’s the gas between the hrt and the dual lok 5? I’ve been debating between these two for my spear-lt which is gassy with my Helios
I might be getting a DL5 to demo for y’all 😉
I was told that the DL5 will have less backpressure than the HRT.
@@CalebDowning The DL5 is really nice! Gets hot quick, but that's always a tradeoff of tubeless vs tubed. It also cools down faster. A bit more flashy under nods, too. I consider them for different purposes. I would take an HRT as a "Go to war/Duty" can and a DL5 for range day all day. Now that my cans are starting to get out of the grips of our evil government I'm going to make some reviews as well. I want as many people as possible to know how awesome GA is!
The HRT is a little bit more gassy. Not nuch though. Its absolutely better at signature reduction (flash). I have their new Recce5k coming too. If I wanted a tubeless can from them today, I would go with the new m4sd-l. They reworked the flash baffle and endcap. It's also stupid quite. Theres a fantastic review on ar15cm between flow556k, sierra 5, and Dual-lok 5. The Dual-lok smoked them both. I would take the HRT over Dual-lok 5 if I had to pick one, but be aware. The HRT doesn't take their long muzzle devices. So you can't use their device to p&w a 13.7. You can easily p&w a 14.5 with the hrt
Love Griffin Armament. I'm so glad I held off on buying my cans till I did. Bought the HRT and DL-7 (S/N below 100) soon as they came in, ordered the DL HRT 762 s/n 7 and plan on getting more..love the mount and believe there slept on as a company. Been so excited for this review... Still hoping for you to show that custom G29 one day lol
I’m right there with you man. I never really looked into the Griffin cans much. If I had back in the beginning then I’d probably have a lot more of them 😁
I’m definitely a fan now 🤙
I’ll put the G29 on the list 😉
@@CalebDowning You rock sir!! 🤘🤘🤘
I have the dual lock5 and dual lock 7 can’t complain at all I don’t need any plugs or worry about a blast !!! Nice review !
Nice dude 🤙 Griffin Armament seems pretty underrated, I hope folks catch wind of what they are doing and jump on board. Glad you enjoyed the review man👊🏻
So it’s marketed as a balanced suppressor for flash/Sound, nice!
How is the gas to the face compared to YHM Turbo? I’d hope at least 50% better😅.
Didn’t know about the mounting system either, looks like it’s keymo but refined and simplified..I dig it😎.
I’m going to do another 5.56 can comparison here shortly. The HRT does a better job of mitigating back pressure than most traditional cans. The modern cans designed to reduce that back blast are all getting better.
There are one or two main applications the KeyMo mount beats out the Dual-Lok, but the vast maturity of the time the Dual-Lok wins out. That’s another video coming 😉
@@CalebDowning right on🦾
I’ve been watching this can since it came out right after I ordered a Sierra 5. Seems like such a good can, wish I’d gone that route since Dead air has now had my Sierra 5 back for over 3 months and still can’t get me an ETA.
Maybe you can have the best of both worlds and put the Dual-Lok mount on the Sierra-5 when it gets back.
3 month though, that’s too long 🤔 Dang…
@@CalebDowning brother they have my mask too. It blew up on 5.7. If you have one, you know that first thin triangle cut baffle spacer thing? That part just broke apart. As far as the Sierra it’s embarrassing man, I was a huge DA supporter and now I’m left with a sandman that has screwed up endcap threads. My other two are at DA and last update when I got fairly upset and said listen guys, I just need a realistic timeframe since you told me 50-60 days 90 days ago was “we’re still waiting on parts”. Just completely ignored the time frame part on multiple emails. Really sucks. Live and learn!
Did you get your S5 back? My buddies turned into a maraca. He was a early 2000's serial #. They've had his can for almost 6 months now. He is more than a bit livid
Nope, 121 days and after 6 emails and a public instagram post on their page asking them to respond to me I got “I have no updates on Sierra 5’s at this time”. Completely ignoring everything else I said and the mask HD I asked about that they’ve had for 52 days. It’s sad man. I really believed in them. I was a big supporter.
Good video. Im glad you mentioned that they're different types of the duallock 5. Id rather have less flash than blowback. If im not wearing ear protection do you think it will cause any ringing/ear damage? New sub
Hey man, glad to have you in board 😎👊🏻
In my experience, 12.5” is as short you’ll want to go without ear protection on. You will notice a bigger difference if you have something like a 14.5” and up to 20”. But if you are shooting a short 7.5” or 10.5” then I’d say you should wear some ear protection.
@@CalebDowning ok. I have a ddm4v7 16in with a GA 3 prong flash hider so i should be good to go.
@Jermaine-NC You should be 👍 Everyone’s ears are different though. I’ve been exposed to shooting and loud noises all my adult life so what is loud to someone else may not seem as loud to me. But you should be pretty solid on a 16” setup 👍
@@CalebDowning thanks appreciate it 👍
@Jermaine-NC No problem! 😎👊🏻
Mine is currently in jail> Cannot wait to get it paroled and home!
Patience is hard sometimes… I feel your pain 😵💫⏳
I bet it would be a good suppressor choice for a short or long stroke piston operated AR, like with my 12.5" POF-USA P415 Edge Pistol!
Especially since my preference is both sound AND flash suppression.
There ya go 👌Sounds like a match made
In heaven 💪
My HRT lives on my 12.5. Not a piston. I really want to get one because I hear they supress great. I have a riflespeed on mine and its phenomenal. My absolute favorite setup. I have their recce5k going in jail for a 16"
Awwww....C'MON!!!! Read the instruction manual to us!!!!! Slacker....
Just kidding....great vid! This one goes on my list of 'Possibly To Purchase." Thanks!
Haha 😆
Thanks man 😎👊🏻 It’s a really nice can for sure, and it’s got my favorite mounting system 👌
Best part is, KEYMO hubs work with their system.
I’m not sure if I said that in the video or if I thought this comment was under a different video but the Dead Air KeyMo system is not compatible with the Griffin Armament Dual-Lok. If a Griffin can has a HUB mount then you can run a KeyMo mount on it, that is true.
I haven’t been able to find any other info online supporting this claim 🤷♂️
@garrettzorn5145 Ya, I’m not sure what I was saying in that comment. Griffin Dual-Lok is not compatible with DA KeyMo.
Nice review! I had looked at and still want the dual lok 5 since it’s lighter. I found some posts from griffin that the flash is a bit better here and it’s their hard use can but the dual lok is still going to rock. How do you think this compares to the sierra 5 or T3?
Thanks man 😎👊🏻
I’m gonna be doing an updated 5.56 can comparison here shortly. I’ve got another dedicated 5.56 can in for review and it’ll be added to the comparison list.
The HRT definitely wins on flash reduction. As far as sound reduction, I’d have to shoot them side by side but they are close..
Sierra 5 backpressure vs hrt 556?
There is one aspect of this review with which I disagree. Getting free stuff from a company does introduce bias. It always will. If you give a bad review, you may not receive free stuff in the future. If you give a good review the company is incentivized to send you more free product. Thus a bias is always present.
The only way to elimiate bias is to receive products from a 3rd party distributor unrelated to any particular company.
That being said, I personally have several Griffin cans and absolutely love them and really wish they were more popular... and that they had fewer gov contracts.... but c'est la vie.
I hear you and I agree. The best way is to get items from a 3rd party. Perhaps some day… 🤞
Between the hrt556 and the dual look 5. Which one has better flash suppression?
HRT556 👌
I’m planning a comparison between the two and I’ll try and show the difference.
Polonium series?
I’d love to do some Otter Creek cans 🤞
Curious to know which parts on this can are actually Inconel….
Blast baffle
I’m not sure which parts are inconel 🤔 It would like sense that the baffles or blast baffle are like BasementOps said.
Blast baffle. However, their 17-4 has a proprietary heat treat. Its stupid strong. Their SS 416r barrels last 45,000 rounds. It really shows how dialed in their gotten over almost 2 decades
The only Inconel represented within the Dual-Lok product line is in the wave spring of the mount itself, all baffles & tube body are 100% 17-4 PH SS H900
how does it work when getting a suppressor like yourself, just pay the tax stamp? do you have to wait as long as everyone else?
He is probably a SOT or an employee of an SOT so he does not have to wait or purchase a Tax stamp
I can the cans in to my shop pretty quickly, but it takes the same amount of time as everyone else to transfer them from the business to myself.
@okienightstalker3145 👌
Can’t decide between this or the sico velos
Then griffin makes a dual lock Charlie mount too. Not making it any easier on me lol
The Gemtech abyss is nice too. Looking for a 556 specific can. Already have a lahar 30 otw and deadair wolverine queued up for my Wbp
Hard decisions 🤔
I have to say that the HRT 556 is probably the best performing, dedicated 5.56 can that I have. I prefer the Dual-Lok over other mounts as long as the host has an exposed muzzle device. If the can is tucked then I like to go with Key-Mo when I can.
@@CalebDowning say no more I’ll get the hrt. It was cheaper than the velos anyhow. I don’t see much about the gemtech cans either
@Rocksteady713 Glad to help 😎👊🏻
I haven’t used Gemtech cans either, I might try to get one to test out 🤔
So what’s the difference between this and the dual lok 5?
I believe the Dual-Lok 5 has extra ports on the front cap that allow more gasses to escape. This results in less back pressure. That’s my understanding at least.
@@CalebDowning ohh I see thanks!
Dual-lok 5 is tubeless vs the HRT being tubes. The great thing about GA and their tubed cans. When they create a new baffle design you can probably send it in for an upgrade.
@@EDC_All_Daysame thing can be accomplished with the refurbishment of tubeless suppressors by simply chopping off the entire stack where the blast baffle meets the blast chamber tube body, and welding on an entire new baffle stack to that mount/blast chamber.