Marksman, that company is out of business. I brought up this topic for reasons that I will not go into. Needless to say, I would spend 4x the price of a cheap can on one that can be taken apart.
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I've found that heated ultra sonic tubs are worthless for cleaning my cans. I cycled one of them over and over again all day and never lost any measurable weight. And that one is 6oz over the original weight.
I've called a few of the major suppressor guys who sell sealed cans and they all claim you'll never need to clean one. The one I have now I've taken apart has so much carbon build up that there was big chunks blowing back into my action. I've soaked it in every concoction you could think of and that stuff don't come off. I have to physically scrape it off with a small screw driver. I have no idea how many rounds were down it but it's like that every time I clean it. There is close to a quarter inch of carbon on some of the first few baffles. Next time I clean it I'll post some pics.
Tom264
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So????
You're not going to name the manufacturer?
Is it because this is a made up story?
And and the same time.
Wonder why this manufacturer is out of business????
Because it started out as cheap junk?
Inquiring minds want to know
TRnCO
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I've cleaned my SAS ,22 cal Ti once and it took days to stop getting stuff out. Have owned the suppressor since 2010 and shoot many small center fire calibers through it on prairie dogs.
What I did was soaked it in CLR for days and also ran it in our ultra sonic heated cleaner at work. Cycle the ultra sonic off and on for a couple of days. Sure was getting black out of it, BUT I didn't really start to get chunks out until I started smacking the outside of the suppressor with a rubber mallet while holding it in my hand. That's when I finally really started getting chunks and chunks of carbon out. I wish I would've takin some pics. Some of the chunks were so large they almost didn't fit out of the 1/2"x28 opening.
I don't see how shooting more rounds through a suppressor is going to clean it.
What I did was soaked it in CLR for days and also ran it in our ultra sonic heated cleaner at work. Cycle the ultra sonic off and on for a couple of days. Sure was getting black out of it, BUT I didn't really start to get chunks out until I started smacking the outside of the suppressor with a rubber mallet while holding it in my hand. That's when I finally really started getting chunks and chunks of carbon out. I wish I would've takin some pics. Some of the chunks were so large they almost didn't fit out of the 1/2"x28 opening.
I don't see how shooting more rounds through a suppressor is going to clean it.
hunterbob
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I just bought a suppressor for my 308. There was several to choose from and different prices too. Some really high. The counter guy was honest and told me, "they all do the same thing" no matter the price. So with the 200 bucks added in it was total of just over $900.00
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lancetkenyon
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That is 2 rounds a minute for 8.5 hours straight with no stopping...
.22LR? 17HMR?
I can't see many centerfire rifle barrels surviving that rate of fire without toasting them. You would also have to have a full-auto rated can to survive that amount of heat. And a titanium shoulder...
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QuietTexan
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I'd say about 8 different rifles
lancetkenyon
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Then you aren't switching suppressors between those 8 rifles...as it will be WAY too hot to touch after the first 4-5 shots...and remain so.I'd say about 8 different rifles
When I go bang steel and shoot 100-120 rounds over 4 hours, I have to have 4-6 rifles with 4 suppressors, because I can't touch the cans between switching rifles. Plus, my shoulder is about done at that point when shooting rounds like 22GT, 6CM, 25CM, etc.
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Some days we actually shot 1200! Right bolt, left port actions you can shoot 5 per minute. 17 thirty round mags and 25, 20 round mags on ARs help.
We shot centerfires only:
17 AH
221FB
223 & AI
22/250s & AI
243 & AI
600 centerfires per day was an average slow day.
Lots of guys were doing this kind of shooting at that time from the 70s to the early 90s. My hunting partner and I had 4-5 rifles each and we rotated them out when mirage from barrel heat got so hot that we could not see though the scope.
I had a rack made with angled legs to support the weight of 4 very heavy target rifles, a cooling/cleaning station.
Dealer cost on Hart barrels was $200 per barrel, delivered. We ordered 10 at a time. One thing for sure, you sure learn which powders are rough on throats.
Times have changed. Poison has killed off a tremendous portion of the p. dog population along with eagles, hawks, and kites that fed off of them.
QuietTexan
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I agree. I get that not everyone can have multiple cans, but if I'm lining up multiple rifles to be shot they'll all have whatever they need screwed on to them already.
Guys complain about the cost of cans, but I find it a lot more difficult to keep enough good glass around to put on rifles. Scopes are much, much more expensive than even premium suppressors.
