Polite Society Industries Launches Six 3D-Printed Silencers
A new suppressor company launching with six models and a $250 rimfire can gets attention on price alone. Polite Society Industries came out of Tampa with a lineup spanning rimfire through .36 caliber, every model printed by laser powder bed fusion as one continuous piece rather than a tube stuffed with baffles.
The company name comes from the Heinlein line about an armed society being a polite society. The pricing philosophy comes from something more practical. Company president Jon Scott argues that suppressor prices were set during an era of year-long wait times and a $200 tax stamp, and with the transfer tax now at $0 for most NFA firearms, that scarcity premium no longer applies.
The Six Models:
- Temperance .22: 4 inches, titanium, 3 ounces, 1/2×28 direct thread, rated .22 LR through .223 Rem from a bolt gun. $250
- Fortitude 5.56 HD: 5 inches, Inconel, 11.5 ounces, 1.375×24 HUB. $600
- Fortitude 5.56 Ti: 5 inches, titanium, 6.4 ounces, 1.375×24 HUB. $600
- Verdict 7.62 HD: 6.41 inches, Inconel, 15.4 ounces. $650
- Verdict 7.62 Ti: 6.41 inches, titanium, 8.33 ounces. $650
- Huckleberry: 6.5 inches, titanium, 8.6 ounces, interchangeable .22/.30/.36 endcaps. $750
Both Fortitude models ship with a 1/2×28 direct-thread mount that incorporates a flash hider. The Huckleberry comes with the .36 endcap plus 1/2×28 and 5/8×24 mounts, though the product page doesn’t mention a recoil booster, so pistol shooters should confirm host compatibility before ordering.
The warranty is the other selling point. If a PSI can breaks under proper use, the company fixes it. If it can’t be fixed, it gets replaced. If it can’t be replaced, you get your money back.
Polite Society calls its centerfire design Tripass Core Technology, routing gas through the bore and two helical bypass channels into three expansion chambers to cut what gets pushed back at the action. That’s a manufacturer claim without published sound-pressure data, backpressure numbers, minimum barrel lengths, or firing schedules behind it. The one-piece Temperance also raises a legitimate cleaning question, since rimfire cans fill up with lead and carbon and this one doesn’t come apart.
The prices and the titanium weights will move product. Independent testing will settle whether the performance backs it up.
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