This is 100% legal. Those who come here commenting otherwise are absolute bafoons You can LEGALLY own this both as a civilian and a licensed ffl. The NFA item is the adapter to connect the 2. It’s serialized and the item that is regulated. If you comment anything at all with “atf” in it you are 100% an enemy to the cause. You proudly show your unwavering support for a tyrannical agency that has went above and beyond its duties. It’s duties now are destroying the American rights and liberties. If you don’t see it you’re absolutely part of the problem. If you look through the comments you’ll see a ton of boot deep throaters here and it’s truly sad. We are in the middle of quite possibly the biggest attacks on our personal liberties & rights and you’re here commenting about and tagging daddy tyrant. Shame. You’re better than this. Disobedience is in your fucking blood. Act like it.

As a mechanic, that's the best use of a Wix oil filter I have ever seen

I can vouch for this filter. I put one on my vehicle and I can't hear the oil going thru it at all. Great product.

ATF just raided jiffy lube for there illegal oil filters😂

srb's truly hold a special place in my heart. i love the compactness

Is it recommended you replace the filter every 3,000 rounds? :)

Even knowing you're using subsonic rounds, that's impressively quiet. Sounds like an airsoft rifle. Nice.

Loved seeing the 2 passions combined

I didn’t know I needed a subsonic/ suppressor combo in my life until now.

For anyone who didn’t notice it’s a 22lr, that’s why it’s so quiet

That is amazingly quiet. Almost like movie silencers but without the thwip sound.

That was a 22 lr. Conversion kit. No .556 would be that quiet or effectively suppressed by that filter.

I did the same with an oil filter a bit shorter that yours and did cover the holes on the open side left-overdisk.

If you've ever bought an oil filter...You're on a watch list.

Oil filters used to be standard 1/2" pipe thread. I had a mini bike with Briggs&Stratton engine and the exhaust was the same pipe thread so one day I found an old used filter that had all the oil drained out of it and attached it to the exhaust pipe as a muffler. It was whisper quiet but when it heated up I could leave a massive smoke trail behind me! I was about 8 or 9 years old then but loved to experiment with small engines

Who knew so much fun could come from such a tiny little can!

It’s a 22, pretty quiet without a suppressor. Still cool tho. I have an LWRC 556 that size and an oil can wouldn’t do anything for sound

These oil filter suppressors are the best I've heard for suppression. The first time that I heard one used was by some guy using one on a semi auto rifle and you literally could only hear the action of the moving parts of the rifle itself. You could only hear the movement of the parts due to the gasses released and that was it, it was without doubt the most quiet I have ever heard a suppressor, in fact much better than anything else ide heard that was actually made to do so before or since. In fact this one here is also very quiet.

Don't tell the AFT that WIX is really making silencers, not oil filters. This is exactly the kind of thing that drives them crazy. American ingenuity.

someone I knew made suppressors out of copper tubes filled with O-rings, and they worked great, he tried a few lengths and the longer ones were not the quietest, nor the shortest, about 6-7 inches was best as I remember, when painted up they looked great,

That's really nice and quiet. Awesome work.

Don't forget to change it out every 3k rounds or 3 months! Whatever comes first. Also, make sure you lube the gasket! Don't want it to crack and risk any rounds accidentally firing out.

luv it when the action and ejection is louder than the round 👍🏼

Have you tried just turning the volume knob down?

I had a oil filter solvent before. I know one thing when yo accidently mag dump when cleaning your rifle theaction is about all that you hear on a 22lr.

It's nothing new but fascinating to see stuff people did at least two decades or more ago 😁

I'm surprised how this has become a thing. Paladin Press used to publish books about using oil filters as disposable silencers for .22 firearms about 25 years ago.

It would win few points for aesthetics, but it is damn effective! Well done.

That is beyond cool, man! I love seeing this type of innovation at work. Infinitely more affordable than most suppressors, and recyclable when it burns through! Makes me wonder what other car parts could find uses outside of the industry.

When you can hear the bolt and the steel, that thing is workin' WELL.

I'm glad you mentioned that it was 22 lr. It seemed to be working really well, and that was freaking me out a bit.

I shot one of these a guy had registered and it was a mess. It was on a 5.56 and the back pressure was so high it was sending filter media (fiberglass material) back into the action. Maybe a good solution for SHTF but otherwise a commercial can is much better and cheaper these days. You can get a YHM can for less money than the cost of the chiropractor after constantly having to look over your shoulder.

The best thing is barrel concentricity isnt even an issue .

Nice...many years ago I used them in my side pipes to pass state vehicle testing for noise...had to paint them black so they wouldn't be obvious.

GENIUS 👏👍🇦🇺 There going to ban oil filters in Australia now 😂

used to be a muffler from a push mower.. this is new for me.. an oil filter.. damn!! cool Idea!!!

This was VERY cool! Well done my dude. 🤘

Trumpet mute works as well. Had a friend demonstrate it in 1984. Lighter than an oil filter.

100% legal. Just fill out a line 1 form and don't attach it until the paperwork returns. It's legal to build a homemade one, but illegal to attach it before your line 1 form applications returns. You can thank me after you save yourself $1000 plus dollars and build your own..lol also fram double guard oil filters are the best, they have a double chamber that reduces sound more than the cheaper single chamber filters. Fram PH8. Your welcome..

All the dislikes are ATF agents.

Mine NEVER feeds that well. 10/22 with BX-25's, and I just can't get subs to provide enough recoil to fully cycle. My first shot, however, is quieter than my Daisy 880 with 1 pump. No joke. I stood next to my wife and popped off about 8 rounds before she said, "What is that ticking noise?"

FYI for better results jam as much steel or brass wool as possible and it will dampen the noise further

If you use the longer filters it seems to help with the noise a bit better

This would be a great use for a fram filter because they will kill your engine for sure.

How often do you get the tires rotated?

Wix works great I bet, it restricted the fuel flow enough to give me a low rail pressure code, probably lowers the dbs pretty good

Seems to work okay. So far I'm favorably impressed. I'd watch a comparison video or semi-scientific measurement video any time.

I think he's runnin 5w-30 to keep that bolt moving smooth.. Good thing he's got a filter! :)

I once worked with a mechanic that would make suppressors out of old shock absorbers he took out of cars. They worked surprisingly well!

Gotta love the durability of a Wix filter 💪

I purchased 2 of these on a form 4 many years ago in 2012. They are ridiculously quite. The filter that was sent to me with the registered adapter had a lot of volume. I put it on an AK-74 and it was very quiet, surprising, with the 5.45x39 round. Note it will start to burn out after 100 rds of 5.45x39. Still it’s more of a novelty to me. Is it worth the $200 tax depends. Edited Part: I need to clarify. The registered item is NOT the oil filter. There is a small metal adapter made of steel, in my case, and threaded 1/2x28 and threaded on the other side to accept the standard oil filter. This part is serialized and registered as a suppressor with ATF. The oil filter is classified as a suppressor wipe. So a whip is a part of a suppressor that makes contact with the bullet, and is replaceable. The suppressor is the threaded adapter not the oil filter, this case. Now If you got an oil filter and put it around a barrel of a gun and shoot the gun with it on, at that time the oil filter it self would be an unregistered suppressor, according to ATF.

Sounds like more than enough suppression for some subsonic .22 rounds! Cool.

Brilliant! - but how did you come up with idea?...

What a nice solvent filter with a hole in the end you've got there!

Should try all of the oil filters on the market to see which one is the quietest.

Looks like he's running a 22 conversion with subsonic 22lr.

hunkered into that like a win mag 😂

Not only does Wix make some of the best oil filters, they also make some of the best oil filter suppressors...

Works real well and it's cheap..that's always a plus.

Wow! It actually works that'll help when you need a suppressor on the fly

That’s really cool, the first time I learned about the oil filter suppressor was on call of duty, modern warfare

They work better when you use a large washer that covers the bottom of the filter 🤙🏼

Very quite, would look cool painted black.

I heard from a friend of a friend that they work VERY well on MP5s too.

Wow that was quiet!!thats amazing man.

What’s truly amazing is that gun cycles sub-22’s that well.

A lawn mower muffler will do the same. Bottom line- in order to work well the round needs to be sub sonic. A 45 ACP works well for this reason

I forget how much fun a little .22 with a good tactical set up is.

Did you get that out of the dumpster at Jiffy Lube?

I haven't done it myself but my crazy uncle used to take the popup sprinklers and pull the gust out and fill with steel wool. He said it was whisper quiet on his 22lr

The newer oil filters now can last upto 10,000 rounds or 1 year, which ever comes first!

So the threads just so happen to be a perfect match? Brb, I have to see something 😂

All it takes is 3 mounter together or something for the gun to be literally silent

I'm honestly impressed how quiet that thing is

Ah, the perfect use for Fram filters. Just remember to weld together 2 because one piece only counts as half an oil filter

After how many miles, do you have to change the oil filter?

The first time I saw this was in a call of duty game. I kind of had my doubts and thought it was just a game thing but I guess it works.

I saw one of these on hickok45's channel way back in like 2012. I thought it was just a meme, but thinking about it now, there probably is some real tactical value here. If there were a natural disaster or some other event that would cause you to not be able to fix your 1000 dollar silencer, then you could still shoot quietly with one of these. Don't get me wrong, I'm not shitting on expensive tubes that the ATF regulates, I have a few, but it's a good backup.

It sounds like a damn camera! Awesome use of an oil filter. Props.

Did the oil filter just fit on the gun without having to do any mods? I hope so 🤣

What does the business end of the filter look like? Did you "pre-drill" a hole ? Most "oil filters" i have used over the years have a flat bottom

I could hear some one commenting in the background,"I love that you have got the oil filter out there."

Sounds even more like a bb gun than a .22 normally does

The Squirrels will never hear you coming LOL😂

I can confirm, i used this on my M4 in MW2019

After you pop one round thru. Dip it in a bucket of water and itll reduce the sound a few more. Not that ive ever made one out of a filter before. I saw it on a show.

I'd like to hear it before the filter attachment to hear the difference, nonetheless that is bad ass quiet.

Also, use a tractor filter because they have some a friggen foot long filters on some of those things. Also put a few layers of duct tape on the can (front too) will deaden the resonance of the can and act as a wipe at the muzzle and those things will make it even quieter

Back in the 80's it was the 2 liter Coke bottle adapter that was big.

The addition of subsonic ammo (less powder) and you have a fully silenced firearm otherwise its just suppressed. Without subsonic ammo standard ammo breaks the sound barrier and produces the "cracking" sound through the air.

Okay. This is freaky. Yesterday, I went to pick up my AR15 from the shop. I was browsing for some suppressor when the guy asked me if I was interested in getting one. I said “how long does it take to get your stamp?” He said about 2-3 months with e-filing and 12-16 months traditional paperwork. I said, “I’ll just trust my eardrums to not explode during a home invasion.” And you know what he said? “You can use an oil filter.” And now this was on top of my recommended videos? 🤨

Sounds like an air soft, I like it

THE LAST OF US REAL LIFE SUPPRESSOR

Scary quiet, wonder what it sounds like beyond the barrel.

Be careful with that. Ive seen one used that had paper filter material inside that was forced back dkwn the gas tube and plastered on the bolt face. Caused a round to get stuck in the chamber and the bolt couldn't get ahold of the round cause the paper was so thick On the bolt face.

Sooo.. you could just put the serial number on the adapter and replace as needed, right?

It’s as quiet as a subsonic .22lr 😮

I literally used to work for wix making those oil filters lol I guess there's more than one way to use them LOL

lawn mower exhaust/muffler works a treat also

I swear those are the best suppressors ever! 😊