Triple 6 Update/Delay

[HuntHarder]

There are so many cans that a consumer can choose between now. Just buy one that fits the need you have. Turning down barrels to fit a specific can is like neutering a 6PRC to line up with QD.. Just buy a cartridge that lines up, if that is your desire.

 

[Fire_9]

Holy buckets. All I was offering was simple solution for a guy that wanted to try one. Is it the best option, possibly not. Is it an easy option, yes.

 

[Aux Arc]

Maybe I'm way off base with this but I see this as a very simple solution that opens up the ability to use a shorter, lighter, cheaper suppressor. What are the disadvantages of turning a barrel down other than the added cost of having it turned down if your barrel was already threaded? I would do it over picking any of the other options listed but apparently I'm the anomaly. To each their own...

If I was dead set on using the og6 or og65 on a fat barrel I would totally turn the muzzle down till it fit and really don’t see any issue except it looks weird with the suppressor off. I am biased though because I have lathes and this is basically a 30 minute $0 job for me. Might feel different if I was paying $150 and waiting 6 months for a gunsmith.

That being said, one of the biggest benefits of these suppressors is their low weight and you kind of defeat that with a fat barrel.

 

[lefthandedasian]

Maybe I'm way off base with this but I see this as a very simple solution that opens up the ability to use a shorter, lighter, cheaper suppressor. What are the disadvantages of turning a barrel down other than the added cost of having it turned down if your barrel was already threaded? I would do it over picking any of the other options listed but apparently I'm the anomaly. To each their own...

I'm with ya. I don't see how this is any different than recontouring a barrel. Might look a little weird when you take the suppressor off but after owning and using suppressors they stay on my rifles all the time anyways so no one would really be able to notice.

 

[nm.otter]

Still hoping for an integrated design like the OPS INC with a collar that seals. That's the profiling I want to pay for.

 

[Formidilosus]

Maybe I'm way off base with this but I see this as a very simple solution that opens up the ability to use a shorter, lighter, cheaper suppressor. What are the disadvantages of turning a barrel down other than the added cost of having it turned down if your barrel was already threaded? I would do it over picking any of the other options listed but apparently I'm the anomaly. To each their own...

There is nothing wrong with recontouring a barrel- I have had it done a bunch. Much like a lot of things, people are weirded out simply because they don’t have experience with it.

 

[Formidilosus]

Still hoping for an integrated design like the OPS INC with a collar that seals. That's the profiling I want to pay for.

There’s a prototype made. Just hasn’t been tested due to other projects.

 

[nm.otter]

Very happy to hear that -- thank you.

Once the OTB portion becomes just a tube, reflex capacity goes up, cost and complexity go down, and barrel heat can bleed off faster.

 

[Formidilosus]

Very happy to hear that -- thank you.

Once the OTB portion becomes just a tube, reflex capacity goes up, cost and complexity go down, and barrel heat can bleed off faster.

I wouldn’t say complexity goes down, and cost definitely does not. It is not easy to get the threads inside the tube perfectly aligned with the back edge of the tube that is used to seal the suppressor and time to do so costs quite a bit.

How would barrel heat “bleed off faster”?

 

[nm.otter]

I wouldn’t say complexity goes down, and cost definitely does not. It is not easy to get the threads inside the tube perfectly aligned with the back edge of the tube that is used to seal the suppressor and time to do so costs quite a bit.

Less material -- not sure if print time would decrease much. Cliff has mentioned the amount of machine work required after printing and special tooling required for threading OTB designs. Keeping everything properly centered on an open-backed can should not be too bad once the right tooling and processes are in place.

How would barrel heat “bleed off faster”?

The current OG family encloses the barrel in a rather tight little cylinder. Opening that up into the larger reflex area should allow the blast chamber heat to dissipate faster (some of that into the barrel). The more I think about it, the more I realize it would require modeling (perhaps including CFD) to predict.

The prospect of additional volume with less weight is quite attractive.

 

[Formidilosus]

Less material -- not sure if print time would decrease much. Cliff has mentioned the amount of machine work required after printing and special tooling required for threading OTB designs. Keeping everything properly centered on an open-backed can should not be too bad once the right tooling and processes are in place.

This can is going to be expensive- baseline is over $1,000- and the current one is something closer to $1,400 (though it is longer- 4” muzzle forward, 6” reflexed). Print time is not dramatically different per inch than current OG’s.

The current OG family encloses the barrel in a rather tight little cylinder. Opening that up into the larger reflex area should allow the blast chamber heat to dissipate faster (some of that into the barrel). The more I think about it, the more I realize it would require modeling (perhaps including CFD) to predict.

The prospect of additional volume with less weight is quite attractive.

The barrel gets hotter faster as gases are in direct contact with the barrel- and there is no airflow between barrel and inside wall of suppressor. I also expect to see that if shot until the barrel is warm, the can will also stay hotter longer- as it’s acting as a heat sink for the barrel.

 

[nm.otter]

I look forward to seeing it.