Selecting a suppressor — especially a first suppressor — is difficult. With the generally high cost of entry, $200 NFA tax, and ~nine-month wait in addition to various other fees and hassles, it’s a big decision. If you ask me, the Liberty Cosmic is the best first suppressor available.
Rated for use on at least 66 calibers, the Cosmic provides huge bang for the buck. After the expense, hassle, and long wait, there’s major payoff from a suppressor that works on practically everything. As a basic rule of thumb, if it fires a .45 caliber or smaller projectile through an AR-15/AK-47 or smaller firearm, it’s good to go. Just note that rifle calibers producing 45,000 psi or more of chamber pressure require a 16″ or longer barrel.
I’ve been shooting my Cosmic regularly since mid-June of 2016. It has seen .22 LR, .22 WMR, 9mm, 9×25 Dillon, .40 S&W, 10mm Auto, .45 ACP, .460 Rowland, .30 Carbine, 5.56, 300 BLK, and .458 SOCOM through it.
The first thing I did after picking up my Cosmic (bottom) from NFA approval purgatory was compare its stainless steel guts against those of my Mystic X (top). Dimensionally, the two suppressors are identical. They use the same mounts and, not that I actually did this because I’m not sure it’s technically legal, even the titanium tubes can be swapped between monocore baffles.
As you can see, there isn’t a lot of similarity in baffle design, though. The Cosmic uses “Bi-Directional Baffles” and fewer of them (five vs the Mystic X’s 11). Liberty’s Centurion, which I borrowed from Silencer Shop for its own review, is seen at bottom.
No surprise, then, that the Cosmic is lighter. With all other components being equal, the difference is entirely in the core. The Mystic X’s tips the scales at 7-7/8 ounces.
While the Cosmic’s core is over an ounce lighter at 6-3/4 ounces.
The second thing I did with my new Cosmic was hit the range. I was most curious to shoot it back-to-back against my Mystic X on a 9mm to see how much louder the .45-bore suppressor with fewer baffles was.
As it turned out, I was the baffled one. A friend and I both gave the slightest of nods to the Cosmic as the quieter suppressor on a 9mm pistol and on my 9mm CZ Scorpion Evo. It could be that it has a marginally lower tone and that just makes it seem quieter. But as I’ve now shot both suppressors on 10 or more 9mm firearms of various sorts, I can say with complete confidence that the Cosmic does not sound louder on 9mm than the Mystic X.
Which is to say, it’s one of the quieter 9mm suppressors available. Somewhere in the range of 124 dB with subsonic ammo.
On a .45 ACP like the SIG P220 seen above, it’s louder. I had previously attributed the larger bore diameter to most of the sound level difference between suppressed 9mm and .45, but the Cosmic proved otherwise. That said, at about 131.5 dB on a .45 ACP pistol, the Cosmic is also one of the quietest .45 cans available.
Shooting 300 Blackout I think the Mystic has a slight edge, whereas on 5.56 / .223 they were equivalent as far as I could tell. On .22 LR, any large pistol can is going to be really quiet. The ability to easily disassemble and clean these Liberty options is a big plus, though.
Running the impressive .458 SOCOM through the Cosmic via a CMMG ANVIL, the suppressor is not rated as hearing safe. Detroit Ammo Co’s 350 grain subsonic loads almost certainly skirted under the 140 dB threshold, though, while 500 grain subs were clearly louder. Still, the Cosmic makes this heavy-hitting caliber more pleasant to shoot with a noticeable reduction in recoil and blast.
Part of the Cosmic’s industry-leading caliber handling capability is due to the strength of its monocore baffle design and titanium tube. The other important feature is an interchangeable mount system. Liberty makes boosters and fixed mounts for just about every thread pitch and QD attach you can imagine, and will even whip up custom ones if needed.
My next mount purchase will be Liberty’s Low Profile Fixed Barrel Adapter (or two). Instead of the normal FBA, which is a couple inches long to help act as a blast chamber, the low profile version adds only 0.1″ to the length of the monocore. This would knock about an inch-and-a-half off the length of my Cosmic (or Mystic X) when used on a fixed barrel gun like the CZ Scorpion Evo seen above or a 300 BLK shooting subsonic ammo. The larger adapter is needed for rifle-power calibers.
Ultimately, if I were hitting the suppressor market fresh today I wouldn’t purchase the Mystic X again and would make a Cosmic my first can. Given the expense and wait time involved in buying a suppressor, the ability to use it on 66+ calibers provides incredible bang for the buck and makes the Cosmic arguably the best first suppressor on the market. Yet at a scant 9.5 ounces (plus a mount, which will vary from 0.4 oz to about 3.3 oz) with industry-leading sound suppression ability, it will remain a go-to even as one’s stamp collection grows.
A Liberty Suppressors Cosmic, a rimfire suppressor, and a .30 caliber rifle suppressor will cover 99% of the guns 99% of the shooters will want to suppress. And, technically, the rimfire one is optional since the Cosmic has all of those calibers covered, too. It’s a great can.
Specifications: Liberty Suppressors Cosmic
Caliber: .45 ACP
Length: 8″ (Suppressor module only)
Diameter: 1.375″
Material: Titanium / Stainless steel
Weight: 9.5 ounces (a mount adds 0.4 oz to 3.3 oz)
Approx dB Overall: 131.9 dB (including First Round Pop, on .45 ACP)
Approx. dB Reduction: 30 – 31 dB (on .45 ACP)
Mounting Type: Multiple Mount Solutions
Finish: C-Series Cerakote
MSRP: $799 (approximately $100 less via Silencer Shop)
Ratings (out of five stars):
Utility * * * * *
The Cosmic can be used on at least 66 calibers and its swappable mount system ensures firearm compatibility. Basically, if the bullet will fit through the Cosmic’s .45-caliber bore and the cartridge produces 45,000 psi of chamber pressure or less, the Cosmic is in play.
Suppression * * * * *
It’s probably in the top 10% of the market for sound suppression performance on pistol calibers. I was shocked how quiet the Cosmic is on 9mm in particular.
Overall * * * * *
There’s nothing I can think of that would prevent the Liberty Cosmic from achieving a full five-star rating. While it’s slightly on the long end as compared to much of the pistol suppressor market, it’s still lightweight and it’s incredibly quiet. Officially rated for 66 different calibers, there’s little else that can provide the value of the Cosmic.
It would be a great win for me to win. Never have won anything in my entire life. Then I could go hunting with my sons. & Help provide food For the family. Have Lots of woods here In Texas o hunt in .
In 20 plus years of security design I’ve seen gunshops you could get into with a butter knife.
Sometimes just a cable through the trigger guards would be a great improvement
If you want to see lots of handling of products go into a fruit shop in a warm area. Everything is put back in cold room overnight. The well designed ones have the displays on wheels the others do it by hand. But it is done every night.
It comes down to time and money plus unfortunately the head in sand it cant happen to me thinking.
30-06 is better than 6.5. If I want less recoil I’d take .270 over 6.5. Heck, if you can’t handle a little recoil, check out the 22-250. It shoots flat and fast.
Yup, it is a full year now, not 9 months. I was 2 day short of a year for mine….
Loved the lemon spoof.
The only real accessory you need for a shotgun is a light. The problem with a pistol or shotgun is the one using either.
Frankly, this is complete idiocy.
All this “history of the Constitution stuff” ignores the fact that the basic principle, as Patrick Henry and numerous others stated explicitly, is that “every man be armed.”
Not in a “regulated militia” – which term simply meant the body of the people with experience in using firearms – but EVERY MAN (woman, of course, were historically excluded – deal with it.)
The notion that the US government today is going to allow the states to form armed militias is a hilarious fantasy. There is absolutely ZERO chance of that happening no matter how many of us “gun nuts” advocate for it.
For someone suggesting that “2nd Amendment absolutism” isn’t working to suggest this approach is simply pie-in-the-sky delusion.
Some people need to stop going to the range too often and get out more. The population of this country is sufficiently brainwashed that there is no chance that “militias” composed of “gun nuts” is going to be allowed to fly.
I think some people think that if they join a militia, they get to exercise their Rambo or Red Dawn fantasies. I don’t care how “legal” the militia might be, it’s going to be infiltrated by every one of the 17 intelligence agencies as well as every state and local police department to make sure that there is nothing that might be the slightest threat to the federal government.
Articles like this are “completely irrelevant” and don’t help retention of the 2nd Amendment one iota.
If you need a general purpose shotgun everyone can use, buy the youth version, (if I have that right), short stock, (12 inch to 13.5 inch length of pull). That would be the go to family firearm in absolutely have-to situations. Everyone should be familiar with it and pattern it. The real bug-a-boo in any family is firearm security. I do not have children around, but cats and dogs can pull triggers too, however unlikely that sounds. Get a grip? Keep it simple, use a fixed stock, tailor as needed.
so now this site has pop ups, great. just what we need , more pop ups of crap that you don’t want to see
You might be able to hit the bad guy and save your life with such a gun and a hot load, but why would you want too?;-)
Portman wasn’t in office when I lived in Ohio, as such I haven’t followed him particularly closely.
What saddens me about this statement is the profound level of ignorance it displays. The guy doesn’t know a damn thing about the topic but he’s more than willing to not just offer an opinion but voice support for a prospective law.
Ah, for the days when people would say “I don’t know. Let me find out and get back to you”.
Pumpkins will become a greater warfare item when the Fing chinettes finish buying up our nations Lead, Copper, and Zink.
Meanwhile production and use of depleted uranium munitions continues worry free…
I have the Mystic x (300 wm upgrade) which is very light weight and versatile. It will probably stay my rifle suppressor. When I get the chanch I plan to buy the Cosmic (uses the same 6x mounts i have for added value) for hunting use on a big bore (44mag, 458 cal) subsonic rife + use this for pistols.
Then either a .22 suppressor or maybe if they come out with a cosmic shorty just buy that as a .22 pistol can. I currently have an integral .22 suppressor for small game hunting that works wonderful. Just missing out on a small .22 pistol can.