I have an L, that I’ve been very happy with, and a K that I won from Dead Air should be here within a month or so. They are great people that make great cans!I’ve got a sandman K that, honestly, I’ve yet to put a round thru…
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I have an L, that I’ve been very happy with, and a K that I won from Dead Air should be here within a month or so. They are great people that make great cans!
The K will work nicely for that role, and it will handle super sonic rounds, full auto.I wanted something light that I could shoot subsonic 300BO, and not completely blow my ears out in a DGU situation.
I really can’t wait to try it out, but the price of ammo is keeping me from going to the range with it LOL
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I have a Yankee Hill Machine with quick detach. I have a 16" rifle that I use for pigs and a 10.5" pistol. With 208 gn subs it sounds like a pellet gun.I wanted something light that I could shoot subsonic 300BO, and not completely blow my ears out in a DGU situation.
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In this age of CNC, I really have a problem with the initial price. I guess since a tax stamp is $200, then of course it would seem silly to sell them anywhere near what it costs to make.
Get a solvent trap, trust me…
Who wants to be the first in prison on that one.Cant wait until Texas has made in Texas/used in Texas only.
Just dont order a solvent trap.
I waited 380 days to get the suppressor after purchase, fingerprinting and payment of tax stamp. It is only used a few times a year on average. I'd like to purchase additional suppressors but haven't due to the long wait.....Is it worth the cost, effort, tax, fingerprinting, etc. to get a suppressor?
....Was it worth it to you personally? What value does it bring to you? Pro's vs. Con's?
I waited 380 days to get the suppressor after purchase, fingerprinting and payment of tax stamp. It is only used a few times a year on average. I'd like to purchase additional suppressors but haven't due to the long wait.
It was several years ago that I obtained my suppressor. The process should no different or longer than for a firearm purchase.Ever thought of doing a form 1? Wait times are around a month usually less right now and much cheaper. Ever form 4 times are down to around 5-6 months
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Not that you don't have a point re: supply/demand, but one thing which I think is easy to overlook is material and machining costs...
For example:
1. Aluminum and Steel are aren't too expensive and are easy to machine; Titanium can be a little pricey, but not that much more difficult to work with assuming you don't accidentally harden the workpiece (assuming proper tooling/rake geometry, etc...). This covers the majority of the can...however;
2. In addition to your primary baffle-stack (K, M, mono, whatever), you've also got your blast chamber at the front, which is often a different material so as to better handle the initial heat/pressure. This may be something like 17-4 (still cheap and easy to work), but for a rifle-rated can, it will often be a 'superalloy' like Stellite or Inconel. Stellite is proprietary, so no idea on cost there, but Inconel alloys are both expensive as shit and just as difficult to work.
Funny enough, for various reasons (unless I'm mistaken), a 5.56 can actually erode the blast baffle faster than something larger like a .308, etc. One of the things that made me decide to purchase a commercial 5.56 can was first looking into the cost of a short piece of Inconel718 bar, then realizing I had no access to machinery anywhere near rigid enough to work with that shit...
I'd imagine that simple consideration is what most of the extra cost is tied to in many cases, but that's just a rough guess...
also, I've posted this pic elsewhere on the forum, but it's been a while and figured it would fit here