Haven't 100% decided yet, but after completing an 80% lower a while back, it has made me want to make another Form 1 suppressor. There's just something that I really enjoy when I have a caliper in my hand and making something beneficial to me. Plus I guess it helps that my buddy said I could use his Dads' old mini lathe anytime I wanted.
I've already designed and built 2 previously which I enjoy using, but I want to go much more lightweight this time around and will likely start using the first one only on rifle cal's since it's so heavy, and use the new one strictly for various pistol calibers. And perhaps 300 Whisper subsonic for HD use.
I want the blast baffle to be made of stainless steel to help with heat/erosion mitigation if I use it in auto and also so I can service it and put it in the tumbler and clean it if I use lead bullets instead of plated bullets.
Using a stainless baffle would add to the overall weight of things, but the benefits are pretty obvious. I can shave weight in other ways. I may not be able to make up the entire difference in the heavier weight while using a SS blast baffle, but my goal is to keep it at or under 16 ounces so I can enjoy using it better than the heavy can, and would use it more often primarily.
I've looked at various commercial 9mm pistol specific suppressors which are usually around 7 ounces or so, but the larger subgun suppressors usually run around a pound and the plan for mine is using a large diameter 1.625" tube, 8 inches long because I like the low tone of fat cans. Plus on carbines, don't look out of place and are not unwieldy so if I can stay at or under a pound, would be great.
I could make it smaller and shorter and use all aluminum or titanium and do other things to cut weight, but I'm not willing to sacrifice sound reduction for weight reduction and serviceability and service life. Plus, titanium has its' own issues that I'm not going to get into now.
I'm also planning to keep this on the lower end of the budget. We all know that there is going to be a $200 tax. That's inevitable unfortunately and while it would be easy for me to complain, it wont' change anything even if I do cry about it. But with materials, tooling, engraving, tax, etc I'm wanting to keep the final price under the cost of a used pistol. I'm thinking I can do this for $400 or less and that's including the registration tax. I'm going to keep my receipts and such and will share the total cost once it is complete.
Anyway, it will take months to get the paperwork, approved, and done, so this topic will take quite some time to see an end, but hopefully it'll go well.
I've already designed and built 2 previously which I enjoy using, but I want to go much more lightweight this time around and will likely start using the first one only on rifle cal's since it's so heavy, and use the new one strictly for various pistol calibers. And perhaps 300 Whisper subsonic for HD use.
I want the blast baffle to be made of stainless steel to help with heat/erosion mitigation if I use it in auto and also so I can service it and put it in the tumbler and clean it if I use lead bullets instead of plated bullets.
Using a stainless baffle would add to the overall weight of things, but the benefits are pretty obvious. I can shave weight in other ways. I may not be able to make up the entire difference in the heavier weight while using a SS blast baffle, but my goal is to keep it at or under 16 ounces so I can enjoy using it better than the heavy can, and would use it more often primarily.
I've looked at various commercial 9mm pistol specific suppressors which are usually around 7 ounces or so, but the larger subgun suppressors usually run around a pound and the plan for mine is using a large diameter 1.625" tube, 8 inches long because I like the low tone of fat cans. Plus on carbines, don't look out of place and are not unwieldy so if I can stay at or under a pound, would be great.
I could make it smaller and shorter and use all aluminum or titanium and do other things to cut weight, but I'm not willing to sacrifice sound reduction for weight reduction and serviceability and service life. Plus, titanium has its' own issues that I'm not going to get into now.
I'm also planning to keep this on the lower end of the budget. We all know that there is going to be a $200 tax. That's inevitable unfortunately and while it would be easy for me to complain, it wont' change anything even if I do cry about it. But with materials, tooling, engraving, tax, etc I'm wanting to keep the final price under the cost of a used pistol. I'm thinking I can do this for $400 or less and that's including the registration tax. I'm going to keep my receipts and such and will share the total cost once it is complete.
Anyway, it will take months to get the paperwork, approved, and done, so this topic will take quite some time to see an end, but hopefully it'll go well.