Question concerning suppressor wipes

[Wyatt9k]

I was wondering, in the thompson machine posiedon 9mm suppressor for example, there is a wipe right in front of the muzzle and one on the end. When shot why doesnt this do anything to the firearm as far as bulged barrel or something catastrophic because there is something blocking the muzzle and you'd think the pressure would blow something up?

[doubloon]

For the same reason duct tape over the end of the muzzle will not cause a catastrophic failure.

[John Titsworth]

Wipes cause accuracy to suffer. Wipes went out with disco music..or at least I hoped they had.

[dtom29]

Wipes as a rule aren't used....except in a specialty suppressor like the posiedon. The reason is to contain the medium, and they do help to reduce the sound level in a suppressor that is so small. Thought you would have known that John.

[David Hineline]

Thompson stopped utilizing the front wipe. This made me sad. I use aluminum foil to seal the front end since they no longer seal that. It blows out easily with no residue.

[doubloon]

Thompson stopped utilizing the front wipe. This made me sad. ...

For baffle strikes IIRC. For some reason I thought they just reduced the recommended thickness of the front wipe, maybe I missed the thread where they did away with it all together.

[hs338lapua]

Thompson stopped utilizing the front wipe. This made me sad. ...

For baffle strikes IIRC. For some reason I thought they just reduced the recommended thickness of the front wipe, maybe I missed the thread where they did away with it all together.

If you sent in your 1st gen. core for the upgrade, they took the front wipe retaining ring. Originally they had said to use thinner wipes in front. I guess people didn't listen. I'm sad because I liked the front wipe. Oh well.

[M40A1308M]

They stopped using the BACK wipe not the front. I think that was a smart thing on there part due to the bullet closest to the muzzle COULD be deflected and hit the end cap or the baffles even in such a short can. I then you might have somebody use flat nose bullets or HP's and that could be damaging to the suppressor. On mine it did not degrade the performance as I could tell the back wipe was more there to keep the ablative in the can in case it was carried. And it is a specialized can for ultra small package requirements.

[jt526]

The took mine as well! I would have preferred to keep the option of it at the very least. Oh well. I do like the poseidon for those first few shots though. Wipes were easy to make as well.