Compact 40 caliber pistol suppressor

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Compact 40 caliber pistol suppressor

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I wanted something short to use on the bedside gun that happens to be a Glock 22; so a 4" long wet suppressor with optional wipe seemed like a good fit. This is all 6061-T6 aluminum that it type II anodized at home. It's a mix of Omega style baffles and simple skirted cones. The optional wipe is 1/4" thick 80a poly sheet. I shaved weight anywhere I could to get this under 4oz so it should cycle just fine; I will verify with a range report after the weekend.
I used a stainless steel thread insert so the aluminum cap is threaded 5/8-24 and I have two stainless inserts 9/16-24 and 1/2-28 so I can use this on the 40 or 9mm.

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Glock 22 bottom, Glock 17 with SWR Trident on top
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Very nice. I have an Abraxas and a Nano. You can put twice the weight on the end of your gun by using a slightly longer barrel.
The Glock 34 for example, will cycle my Abraxas with a Factory spring EVERYTIME. But the G19 will Jam everytime even with reduced power spring. See my thread below for specifics.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=123545&hilit=nano+success&start=0

What is your diameter?

My 6" wet abraxas with 9mm is quieter than my Dry Evo-9 or a Dry TiRant 45 using 9mm for about 8 shots.

When Wet how does it compare to the fullsize?

For how many Shots?
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I haven't shot it yet but plan to tomorrow. I'll report back after the weekend
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Cool. I love compact cans. They don't make everyone say "Wow!" but they sure are handy.
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Great work again my friend how many form 1s do u have if u dont mind me askin keep it up looks awesome
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sickasssig wrote:Great work again my friend how many form 1s do u have if u dont mind me askin keep it up looks awesome
This is my 12th form 1 suppressor. I'm pretty much out of stuff to suppress and the wife is prego with our first so I don't see any forms in my future for a long while
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Wow 12 form1 s thats gonna be one happy kid keep us posted on how they hold up and congratulations on the young one life changer from experience
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BTW, if you have reliability issues in your can,
i have used the 180 grain subsonic 357 sig ammo from doubletap.
its $1 per round, but it overcomes the sensitivity of some guns.
i can run my micro cans on an M&P 357 compact with this ammo reliably.
great for shooting snakes and carrying suppressed,
...but at $1 maybe not the best target shooting ammo(although 300 blk
shooters arent bitching!)
-Mike
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Its 37 degrees out so the testing was short after my morning hunt. The glock 22 cycles without any problems with the can on. The lithium grease I had in it isn't working as well at this temp. I'll try it with wire pulling gel next trip - I didn't bring any this time. It's seems hearing safe and much quieter than un- suppressed but not as quiet as the Trident on the 9mm.
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did you use the stainless steel YHM thread adapter? What thread pattern is that?
-Mike
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montage11 wrote:did you use the stainless steel YHM thread adapter? What thread pattern is that?
-Mike
I used a stainless thread adapter from Precision Armament (same one as sold through Brownells). The adapter has 5/8-24 external threads and 9/16-24 internal threads for the 40 cal. I also have the 1/2-28 internal thread adapter for the 9mm
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I finally had a chance to put a few more rounds through this Sunday, but this time with wire pulling gel and a fresh wipe. Huge difference over the lithium grease and it was nice and quiet, easy to have a conversation over shooting with my father in law.
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