DECEMBER DEMO DAY + SOCIAL - 12/6/25

Bauer Precision is hosting its largest Demo Range Day to date: a full-day, live-fire showcase featuring four disruptive manufacturers: Layer X, Ridgeback Defense, Exigent Defense, and Irregular Defense. Each of these brands has emerged in the last few years with limited legacy name recognition but rapid momentum, driven by aggressive engineering, modern manufacturing methods, and a willingness to challenge how suppressors, weapon accessories, and hard-use gear are built and presented.

The format is simple: get hands-on time behind the products, speak directly with the people who build them, and make informed decisions based on real performance, not gun internet guru hearsay.

The day closes with an optional cigar social at Denton Cigar Company, where guests can continue the conversation over cigars and cocktails and discuss both brand philosophy and the current state of the suppressor market. (21+ for the evening session.)

Featured Brands

Layer X
Layer X will be on the line with the STRAKE9, a titanium DMLS 9mm suppressor built specifically around MP5-style roller-delayed systems and modern pistol caliber carbines. It’s lightweight (around 8.5 oz without mount), uses a common 1.375-24 HUB interface for mounting flexibility, is full-auto rated for 9mm and subsonic .300 BLK, and is finished in a low IR signature coating. The core focus is controllable tone, smooth cycling, and reduced blowback on PCC hosts.

Ridgeback Defense
Ridgeback Defense specializes in rifle- and PCC-rated suppressors designed for duty use. Their Rhino-series cans are built using additive manufacturing (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) in materials like Inconel, titanium, Haynes 282, and 17-4, paired with HUB 1.375x24 mounts for cross-platform compatibility. The design intent is high durability under sustained fire, strong sound performance, and controllable gas/backpressure, including under night vision and short-barrel conditions.

Exigent Defense
Exigent Defense positions itself as “over built under budget,” delivering duty-grade suppressors that lean on monolithic, laser-sintered cores in high-strength alloys like 718 Inconel and Grade 5 Titanium. The goal is to bring law-enforcement/military performance, high durability, reduced back pressure, lowered gas blowback, to the commercial buyer at an approachable cost. Their lineup includes rifle cans such as the OVERWATCH762, a HUB-threaded (1.375x24) titanium DMLS suppressor rated for calibers like 7.62 NATO, .308, and even 6.5 Creedmoor, at around 10 oz of weight.

Irregular Defense
Irregular Defense and its related Irregular/SC Irregulars design house operate with a “Non-Standard Equipment, Built to Exacting Standards” mindset: American-made components, hard-use accessories (grips, slings, packs), and limited collaborations that merge technical function and brand identity. The company positions itself at the intersection of hard-use firearms culture, moto, and lifestyle aesthetic, with an emphasis on U.S. manufacturing, purpose-built gear, and a refusal to dilute identity for mass appeal.

What You’ll Be Able To Do

• Run live-fire demos with equipment from all four brands across multiple platforms.
• Listen to brief technical walk-throughs on suppressor design (tone, back pressure, mounting standards, material choices, service life).
• Compare options side by side and ask direct questions about performance, maintenance, and real-world use.
• Get guidance on NFA process and timelines from Bauer Precision staff.
• Access event-only purchase pathways and preorder opportunities while allocations last.

Schedule

10:00 AM – Check-In & Safety Brief
Range waiver, eye/ear requirements, and overview of demo lanes.

10:30 AM to 2:30 PM – Live-Fire Demo Blocks
Rotating product demos and Q&A with Layer X, Ridgeback Defense, Exigent Defense, and Irregular Defense.

12PM NOON – OMG Tacos Free courtesy of event hosts (Bauer, LayerX, Exigent, Ridgeback, Irregular)

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Final Q&A / Purchase & Paperwork Support
On-site Bauer Precision staff available to assist with next steps, including NFA item guidance.

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM – Optional Cigar Social (21+)
Denton Cigar Company, Denton, TX. Cigars and cocktails. Informal roundtable on brand direction, product philosophy, and current suppressor market conditions at the end of 2025.

What to Bring

• Eye and ear protection, closed-toe shoes.
• Driver’s license (and trust documents if you want to begin NFA paperwork with Bauer’s staff).
• Questions. The brands will be there in person, and this is the best time to get candid, unfiltered answers.

Attendance is free — RSVP now to secure your spot.

Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVPs help us plan and ensure you're included in prize drawings.

If you’re into real-world performance, not just specs on a screen, this is the event you don’t want to miss.

Location: Fossil Pointe Shooting Grounds

Date: 12/6/25

Time: 10 AM - 3 PM

Address: 7282 N FM 51 Decatur, TX 76234

*Ammunition, Suppressors & Firearms Provided

Check-in at the front Range building pictured below.

Notes & Compliance

All live-fire activity will be supervised by range staff / ROs. Safe handling is mandatory at all times. Inventory, preorder opportunities, and any promotional pricing are limited and subject to change throughout the event. NFA items are regulated products; all purchases are subject to federal, state, and local law, and ATF approval timelines are not guaranteed. The evening cigar social is optional and restricted to attendees 21+. Please plan transportation responsibly.