....... and so far heat treated 4140/4340 with a thermoreactive diffusion coating is looking to be a pretty clear front runner for a lot of things. The material is readily available (even in seamless tube), inexpensive, and easy to machine. With the right heat treat it's about the right hardness, a...

And also, why are some people using 304 if 316 has way better strength and properties?

if you temper 4130 you can get great strength (i am looking for the yield vs temp charts). 4130 should definitely be on the list, maybe for outer tube and then a SS 321 of iconel blast chamber. So I'm trying to find some info on 321 vs 316 ss and from my research, I did not find 321 to have any pro...

So in other words, it's kinda hopeless, forget it....?

So let me throw it out there Im very political naive when it comes to all this legislature/congress and passing a bill stuff. Having said, what is the status of the HPA in layman's definition? What are we waiting for? whats the next step? What can I do to help it? I had an idea, to print out a bunch...

None of the pics are showing
Anyone else having the same problem?

I've had a similar idea, but to use old circular saw blades that are carbide tipped to make a cutoff tool.

alordnapa wrote:............ It might, maybe, be possible to thin down the insides of your baffles with a step drill or grinding cone to get a bit more volume between stages.......

Been thinking about it.. how thin do you think I could grind the baffle walls?

No harm in that at all, just trying to separate whether or not an expedient solution was acceptable or desired. It's good to swing for the fence, especially when it's a challenge. A free floated take down barrel is an interesting proposition. I like to think in what passes for barrel harmonics of a...

You have muddled your problem scope and you're over thinking the issues. You're inventing more problems than actually exist. If your real goal is quiet as possible rodent control without leaving cases laying around for your cows to eat (but for some reason you're not worried about them eating littl...

Im really gonna look into using one of those mini check valves. In the name of science, its worth it.
If all fails, Ill just get the hole welded shut with an extra thick weld bead.
Maybe sometime in december ill find the time to do it.

CO2 would only purge the O2 in my eyes just eliminating FRP like you mentioned.. There is a cooling effect as it expands You really only get any noticable cooling effect when it goes liquid-gas rapidly, and it needs to be in sufficient amounts of volume/ bursts. And, the rapid cooling/heating will ...

... still the problem with instances/places where you cant leave casings laying around on the ground. brass catcher? Have one. cant use it because it dont fit with a scope on. And when I had it, was big, bulky, inconvenient, and restricts access to manually cycling the bolt. And then it doesnt addr...

I'm still waiting on my 5th and 6th build paperwork. One of which is going to be similar to the gemtech mist, on a lakefield (pre savage) bolt action. I understand why you'd want to quiet the action down on a 10/22. But if you're going to lock the bolt closed, why not just a single shot or a bolt a...

... Another idea I was pondering upon, (10/22 specific, ... some way how to make it have a bolt action/ single shot So, what you all think of this Idea? The Colossic bolt lock was a convenient variant of this idea. http://www.legalsilencer.com/?p=67 So, been having lots of fun ... Got me thinking a...

So, been having lots of fun with pest control around the countryside with my suppressor, build thread here: http://www.silencertalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=139444 Direct link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UuyaVnp93o Got me thinking about ways to make it even more quieter, way...

doubloon wrote:I think I dinged you for the length last time, this one borders on entertaining.

You already got props from two of the brightest minds on this board so what I say shouldn't matter much.

Yes you did lol and thanks for doing that

Compliments on your presentation, ingenuity, and final production. Thank you for sharing. Proof that younger generation has not lost excitement and joy of producing 'metal magic'. Background range's beauty complements your success. Best! Thanks mate! Im trying to get myself a lathe, so a nicer buil...

Ok, so I did a video on my first build a while back, and it turned into a 1.5 hour video in which I got into way too much nonsense detail, and got criticism for it. So heres my second attempt at it. https://youtu.be/8BLYF0oPD_M Let me know what you all think. Trying to do my part of spreading awaren...

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Thanks for all the feedback guys. I know the can could use some fixin and mods to make it better, but Im not a machinist and its the best I could do with makeshift parts...for now, next can build coming soon... Regarding the set screw, thinking back to when I was doing my research, many commercial ....

A handful of absolutely basic machining steps which any home hobbyist of even rather modest ability should be able to do without a tutorial, being explained at incredible length in the videos.... Of course, I agree, for a good portion of the members here they could figure out how to do it just by l...

I won't go into why everything you showed in your video constitute dozens of felonies in Americistan. I will assume that you live in a place where you can do such things, and I am sure a lot of people will be happy to take a crap on you. LOl this is a suppressors forum, not Hillarys Clintons FB pag...

Welcome. I think not many here are going to watch an hour and a half worth of footage about drilling for set screws and parting off spacers with tubing cutters. I can't even keep many folks' attention for 25 minutes going over completely scratch built one-of-a-kind semi automatic firearms. Also, un...

Hey guys, I guess Im still a newbie here... but Ive been lurking around.. The last time I posted was a couple years ago I believe, of a video that I did on some potentially ideal stepped baffles for a homemade can (cant find the post). Well it started there and turned into a mission with several of ...