Metal sourcing
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:17 pm
I have two form 1's in hand now and am slowly moving forward with my plans, I am using a idea I saw from john.t.little1 on his TI-30 can I have found sources for grade 9 titanium and grade 5 bar without issue and a wide variety of Stainless steel if I wanted to go that route for the cones. Would there be any significant wear advantage to having the first baffle be Stellite or Inconel, if so does anyone have a source for it and is it cost prohibitive?
As it stands right now I am planning on having a 10" tube .065 thick ID of 1.5, 10 baffle cones 60 degrees .075 thick for the first one and the rest probably .065, 4 1" spacers and 5 0.5" inch spacers as well as one 1.58 in the beginning for the blast chamber. I want to be able to mount this on my 300 win mag in the off chance I decided to suppress it although it will primarily live on my 308 rifle. I planned on making the spacers and tube of grade 9 titanium and the cones of grade 5, both ends threaded in the off chance I ever need to service it, as well as the ability to change the mount in the unlikely chance I want. I was thinking 0.5" of threaded length and possibly making a tool to disassemble if need be. Would 0.02" be enough clearance between the baffles OD and the tubes ID for it to be servicable without the need to use a press to insert the baffles and spacers? Thank you again for all the info and wisdom people have input so far with various questions.
As it stands right now I am planning on having a 10" tube .065 thick ID of 1.5, 10 baffle cones 60 degrees .075 thick for the first one and the rest probably .065, 4 1" spacers and 5 0.5" inch spacers as well as one 1.58 in the beginning for the blast chamber. I want to be able to mount this on my 300 win mag in the off chance I decided to suppress it although it will primarily live on my 308 rifle. I planned on making the spacers and tube of grade 9 titanium and the cones of grade 5, both ends threaded in the off chance I ever need to service it, as well as the ability to change the mount in the unlikely chance I want. I was thinking 0.5" of threaded length and possibly making a tool to disassemble if need be. Would 0.02" be enough clearance between the baffles OD and the tubes ID for it to be servicable without the need to use a press to insert the baffles and spacers? Thank you again for all the info and wisdom people have input so far with various questions.