Picking the Best Rimfire Micro Suppressor

"Tell me, Glaucon, what is the nature of the ideal suppressor for the .22 rimfire?"

"I confess I have not considered it, Socrates."

"Then let us reason through it together. We would agree that a thing is excellent when it performs its proper function and no more is required of it?"

"We would."

"And if a suppressor were to vanish upon its host firearm, adding nothing burdensome to its form, we would call this a virtue?"

"Certainly. A thing that accomplishes its purpose without excess approaches the Good."

"Then consider the Pluto. At only 2.5 inches, it disappears on a rifle entirely, and leaves a pistol still manageable in the hand. Would you say this is the suppressor fulfilling its proper nature?"

"I would say so, yes."

"And yet despite this economy of form, it performs. It is not diminished by its smallness but perfected by it."

"Then smallness here is not a deficiency but an expression of its ideal Form."

"Just so. And for the hunter who walks trap lines or moves through the woods in pursuit of squirrels, is this not the one suppressor that fully satisfies the demands of his work?"

"It seems it is, Socrates. He would have no need of another."

"Then we may say the Pluto is not merely a suppressor. It is the suppressor as it ought to be."

-Plato's Hillbilly Republic

It's specs land it a competitive spot in our ranking. While we don't know the details of the design, it does incorporate some backpressure reducing features.

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While its long configuration disqualifies it from our list, the short configuration just sneaks in with a tenth of an inch to spare. When you want a properly quiet suppressor, just add the extra baffle stack and you can play in both worlds.

That said, if your true goal is small and light, the other picks on this list get you that compact length while also featuring titanium construction. This can uses an older aluminum design, which brings lower material strength and higher backpressure.