Howdy gents.
Im currently in the process of building a suppressor.
It is primarily for a Kimber .45 1911gov and a Springfield .45 XD. It will (hopefully) be used on a g19 also.
I appreciate any help and (nice) critiques!
-Ben
UPDATE: 5/8/14
After much measuring, trial and error, more measuring, more purchases of aluminum, and more trial and error. I have finally nailed down the OD and ID of the tube and baffles.
The ID of my tube is bigger than the OD of my booster, so once I loctite the crap out of the spacer I will remove the excess "collar" and it will spin flush with the booster.
The reason for such tom-foolery is that I wanted the largest ID tube possible with the thinnest walled tube possible.
The double threaded spacer with excess "collar"
What it will look like with booster installed
From tonight: loctite in the collar/spacer. Wife's finger nail polish remover. AKA Ben's degreaser.
So purty
UPDATE 5/9/14
I parted off the excess shoulder and the booster screwed in nicely. Have not made any k-baffles or end cap. It's just a booster and tube.
Put it on my g19 and wanted to see if it would cycle...
Well, I fired 6 shots and none of them cycled. I imagine it's BC the tube sits at 12" long BC I have not cut it to length yet.
Would a weaker spring help???
I just realized it might be that there is no end cap. Which leaves it zero back pressure for the booster to work on. Hmmmmm... Duct tape for a test end cap??
Im currently in the process of building a suppressor.
It is primarily for a Kimber .45 1911gov and a Springfield .45 XD. It will (hopefully) be used on a g19 also.
I appreciate any help and (nice) critiques!
-Ben
UPDATE: 5/8/14
After much measuring, trial and error, more measuring, more purchases of aluminum, and more trial and error. I have finally nailed down the OD and ID of the tube and baffles.
The ID of my tube is bigger than the OD of my booster, so once I loctite the crap out of the spacer I will remove the excess "collar" and it will spin flush with the booster.
The reason for such tom-foolery is that I wanted the largest ID tube possible with the thinnest walled tube possible.
The double threaded spacer with excess "collar"
What it will look like with booster installed
From tonight: loctite in the collar/spacer. Wife's finger nail polish remover. AKA Ben's degreaser.
So purty
UPDATE 5/9/14
I parted off the excess shoulder and the booster screwed in nicely. Have not made any k-baffles or end cap. It's just a booster and tube.
Put it on my g19 and wanted to see if it would cycle...
Well, I fired 6 shots and none of them cycled. I imagine it's BC the tube sits at 12" long BC I have not cut it to length yet.
Would a weaker spring help???
I just realized it might be that there is no end cap. Which leaves it zero back pressure for the booster to work on. Hmmmmm... Duct tape for a test end cap??
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