Fellow Enthusiasts... Suppressor alignment assistance

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Got my Saker K direct thread in, fitted it, used a McMAster-Carr rode I’d ordered in advance, didn’t feel comfortable making a decision, ordered Griffin Armament alignment rods, mocked it up again today.

How close is too close?

Here are some pictures, I tried to get different angles. Bear with me, first foray into this, and I don’t really feel like blowing something up after a wait like that.

Go/No-Go?

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Looks fine

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:+1:… :+1:

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Never even bothered to do this on modern gas guns, maybe I’m crazy. Looks fine to me.

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Looks fine. Beside, worst case you can replace the end cap… well if you can get yours off… try as I might, I cannot get the flat Saker end cap off my 556-K. Soaked it in liquid wrench, torqued on it, no dice.

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Thanks, guys. I’ll be taking to the range soon…
Rhino, I don’t have the wrench, but I actually picked up a flat end plate for the heck of it while waiting for the stamp to come back.

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Most i ever do is mount the can and look down the bore from the chamber end. If i don’t see baffles i figure im good. Havent had a misaligned one yet, but it certainly could happen.

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Successsssssss

Very fun time today. I waited 15 full months… Satisfied. I was thinking the K can might have done less noise reduction than it did. More than satisfied.

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K cans are the best cans for sure OP

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https://wttactical.net/clamping-fixture-1/

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Looks good, congrats on your new can. Ive never done this before, but I do eyeball them and see if they are off and if they are its pretty obvious.

Blast away amigo.

PB

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It was fun. Looking forward to get back out with it. It’s on a pistol, though I have run it on the SBR. I was concerned about the balance, but am not disappointed. It points well.

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this is another good reason to own a .22lr conversion unit for the AR. You can test for a misaligned baffle without destroying said baffle. With subsonic 22 ammo, the unit is whisper-quiet, so you can fire a shot and look to see if the bullet hole is nice and round. if it aint, you’ve got a problem inside of the can, or with its alignment with the bore.