I’ve been reading this forum for some time now. I’ve enjoyed reading the build threads here, so I guess it's time for me to contribute with something myself. I've built quite a few suppressors over the years, but never bothered to take pictures. The following is my take on building a suppressor for my new tikka t3, chambered in 6.5x55 SE.
First: legalities - I'm living in the northern part of Europe. Here suppressors are totally legal, and require no paperwork of any kind. One more thing. English is not my native language, so please excuse my misspellings and bad grammar.
First the drawing:
This suppressor is of the reflex type with an expansion chamber going back over the barrel. The basic technical data is written on the drawing.
Here is my pile of junk materials which will become my suppressor.
And here is (according to some) an even bigger pile of junk which will serve as the primary tool in making this thing.
The first thing I made was the threaded attachment point for the barrel.
This was internally threaded M14X1.
This part also serves as a muzzle brake.
The internal tube and the rear endcap were then made. These parts are press fitted to each other. A groove was cut in the back of the rear endcap for a C type retaining clip. This will hold in place a plastic bushing.
The outer tube was cut to length and threaded in one end. Here I make the front end cap. The point of making a threaded endcap on such a suppressor is really just to be able to experiment with different internals at a later stage.
Here are the parts ready for welding. Notice the four spokes near the muzzle brake. These will be plug welded to the outer tube.
All welded up!
Clean up on the lathe.
Turning down the OD of the tube to reduce weight.
After a coat of flat black bake on paint.
Here is the plastic bushing in the rear of the suppressor. This has the function of protecting the finish of the barrel when mounting the suppressor, and also to take up the forces of an impact. This is however not a “solid” secondary mount. There is a tiny amount of slop between the barrel and the bushing.
Here is the tube next to the baffle stack… baffels are of the simple cone type.
Set up for threading the barrel.
Turning external threads M14x1. The barrel was also cut about 2 inches and recrowned.
Here is the whole deal. Suppressor, threaded barrel, thread protector and a tool to remove the front end cap.
And finally the rifle with the suppressor mounted.
This project took me about two weeks, didn’t cost me anything (other than a bit of time), and I’m very happy with the result. I’ve fired about 400 rounds through it by now, and it holds up nicely. Suppression is good, no visible muzzle flash and reduces recoil well. The rifle is sweet to shoot.
I’m ready for hunting season.
Have a nice weekend!
All I can say is thats damn SWEET. Good job!!!!!!
