The Ruger Precision Rimfire gives you two simple ways to go quiet, and both use Angstadt Arms suppressors. Thread a Reticent 22 silencer onto the factory barrel, or replace the barrel entirely with an integrally suppressed Vanquish 22. The Reticent 22 is lighter and slightly quieter. The Vanquish 22 keeps the overall rifle length short and removes the need to shoot subsonic ammunition.

Two ways to suppress a Ruger Precision Rimfire

The Ruger Precision Rimfire ships with an 18″ barrel threaded 1/2×28 rimfire from the factory. You can either mount a suppressor to it, or you swap the barrel entirely for one that’s suppressed.

Both routes end at one NFA item and one approval wait. The difference is what that item is, how long the rifle gets, and what you feed it to stay quiet.

Option 1: Thread a Reticent 22 onto the factory barrel

The Reticent 22 is an ultra-light, ultra-quiet, 3D-printed Grade 5 titanium suppressor. It’s 5″ long, 1″ in diameter, and weighs just 2.5 ounces, so it adds almost no weight to the front of the barrel. Our internal geometry is what delivers both the weight savings and the sound reduction. Our lowest recorded shot was just 113.4 dB and our 5-shot average is 115 dB, and that testing was done on a factory Ruger Precision Rimfire.

Two tradeoffs come with the thread-on route. The suppressor adds 5 inches past the muzzle, taking the rifle from 38.6″ to roughly 43.6″. And a muzzle suppressor quiets the blast but does not slow the bullet, so you need to run subsonic or standard velocity ammo to keep the sonic crack out of it. The upside: the factory barrel stays on the gun, and the suppressor threads on and off in seconds.

Option 2: Replace the barrel with an integrally suppressed Vanquish 22

The Vanquish 22 RPR is a drop-in replacement barrel for the Ruger Precision Rimfire. It has an 18″ precision ported 416R stainless barrel tucked inside a 6061 aluminum shroud. Porting bleeds gas off along the barrel, so supersonic velocity .22LR drops below the speed of sound. And because the suppressor and barrel are one piece, the rifle stays close to its original factory 18″ length with nothing hanging off the front.

The suppressor is baffleless, so there is nothing to strike or clog, and cleaning a lead-heavy round is as simple as cleaning a traditional barrel. Installation is easy and once installed requires almost no maintenance.

Which one is quieter on a Ruger Precision Rimfire?

Both put a suppressed .22 into hearing-safe territory, and the honest answer depends on your ammo choice. If you’re shooting subsonic ammo, the Reticent 22 is quieter. If you’re shooting supersonic ammo, the Vanquish 22 is quieter, because it drops the round below the speed of sound.

If you already stock subsonic .22 LR, the Reticent 22 is as quiet as it gets in an ultra-light package. If you want most standard ammo to run quiet, the integral Vanquish 22 does that without a second thought.

How do you choose between them?

Pick by what you care about most, because neither is the wrong answer.

• Lower price point: the Reticent 22 suppressor.
• One suppressor for multiple guns: the Reticent 22, which threads on and off.
• Lightest possible addition: the Reticent 22 at 2.5 ounces.
• Shortest overall package: the Vanquish 22 barrel, which adds no length past the muzzle.
• Any standard ammo runs quiet: the Vanquish 22, which makes standard loads subsonic.
• One part, nothing to index or remove: the Vanquish 22 integral barrel.

Reticent 22 and Vanquish 22 specs, side by side

Same rifle, two suppressor paths. Here is how the parts compare.

What about the tax stamp and the wait?

The federal transfer tax dropped from $200 to $0 on January 1, 2026, so there is no fee to add, but you still register the item, pass the background check, and wait for approval. The Vanquish 22 barrel is legally a suppressor, so it transfers the same way a can does, even though it looks like a barrel. Nothing about the Ruger Precision Rimfire changes the process: you file once, you wait, and you pick it up.

Set your RPR up quiet

The Reticent 22 is the lightest, quietest full-size 22LR suppressor, and it threads onto your factory barrel in seconds. The Vanquish 22 RPR barrel keeps the rifle at its factory length and turns any standard box of .22 into a quiet one. Both are built for the Ruger Precision Rimfire, not adapted to it. Pick the path that fits how you shoot, and go quiet.

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