Should be picking up my can next week (maybe this week, but I don’t want to be disappointed)
I’m immediately taking it and my AAC Pilot to the range. I’m more looking forward to making sure my small gas port AR actually works suppressed as opposed to the actual act of using the suppressor.
At any rate, I will be bringing about 400 rounds with me to put through three different ARs. Most of it will be shot pretty quickly, no semi-auto mag dumps but not slow precision fire either. Think many “failure to stop/mogadishu” drills in rapid succession.
Will I be good?
Also, what about the pilot? I cant imagine .22LR beating up a suppressor too much, but for the sake of conversation will firing (4) 25 round mags as fast as possible damage the can? I can’t ever imagine doing that so if it can hold up to that then I’ll be content with whatever else I do.
You’ll cook the finish if you get silly with more than a few mags in a row. The can can take it, but if you don’t want that old barbque look to your silencer, you won’t want to overheat it.
One mag of moderate/slow fire yields a VERY hot silencer.
Full auto rated means nothing. An idiot with a semi can fry his can quicker than a guy shooting sensible bursts in full auto.
You shoot a few mags through it fast enough and you can mess up the finish. I think pretty much every suppressor my friends have and mine have heat marks on the finish.
Not too concerned about the finish, I don’t mind refinishing it if it gets too bad.
Would 3 rounds shot in rapid succession every 15 seconds for 2 or 3 minutes be an issue with the actual functional capability of the can, finish aside? I don’t want to unwittingly beat my gear up with something I think it safe. Especially because there’s no way in hell I’m waiting another 7 months for another M4-2000.
The M4-1000 has an 18t mount and the 2000 has a 51t mount. Other than that the actual method is exactly the same (with some minor differences in materials or something Im sure)
I’ve run carbine matches where I fire 20-30+ rounds in 10-30 seconds for 5 stages. Dumping a whole mag gets the can hot but there’s no sign of the finish fading.
You won’t hurt the can. It will get “scalding” hot and stay that way for longer than you think. It will burn wood and melt plastic if it touches either so keep that in mind when you set the gun/can down. Moving the can to multiple guns, you better bring a good pair of thick gloves (I use a pair of welding gloves), or else you will be waiting for the can to cool.
I have seen some guys use an “oven glove”, gloves for changing MG barrels, etc. I keep a thick pair of leather insulated golves (winter work gloves) in my truck that I sometimes use. They work if your fast and the can is not “too hot”. I am not a welder, the guys in my truck shop gave me the welding gloves one day when I was “bitching” about burning my hands and melting my bedliner when I droped a hot can.:shout: I now keep the welding gloves in my MG repair/tool kit which always goes with me shooting.