Plant.One
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Originally Posted By: bronco2i made my own suppressor cant i just make another one with the stamp i got. i cant pay $1000 for a good one
your stamp was good for the one you built. if it gets damaged beyond repair - which said repair would have to be done at an appropriately licensed FFL anyway - your stamp has been forever used up. there is no do-over, unfortunately.
dont let this experience get you down. take it as a - relatively - cheap lesson. that being use the proper grade and type of materials for the right job.
thin, repurposed aluminum - designed to withstand hundreds of PSI on a fuel system instead of 10's of thousands of PSI - was a poor choice for the pressures you're working in. had you been building a 22lr can, or a dedicated blackout subsonic can, or a pistol can... you might probably still have a functional suppressor.
( some faq's that may help about repair/replacement of damaged suppressor parts )
at this point...crush that bad boy, call the atf to let them know its destroyed, apply for a new stamp, and look at one of the kits from a known supplier of these kind of things - JK, or diversified machine, STDA, etc. order steel or titanium so you can sustain the pressure of a full bore firearm like your 243.
i wish this would have been available when i did mine.. but i was relatively early on in the solvent trap conversions and this level of quality wasnt available then
https://diversifiedmachine.us/product/premium-titanium-kit/
if you need to shave a few $
https://diversifiedmachine.us/product/select-titanium-kit/
however - either of the above is a kit you can convert into a suppressor you can use for years to come.
ps: since you're on a budget... finish to the largest caliber you own/plan to own. having fired several 45 caliber cans on guns down to 223, while you do lose a little performance... its still very solid sound reduction.
have two friends with the SiCo hybrid 46 and neither felt the need to get the .22 caliber endcap after firing it on their smaller diameter centerfire guns with the stock endcap.
I did a .30 cal when i did my form1 and shoot it all the way down to .204 and love it. just regretting i didn't do 45 cal when i did.. but i didnt have my 450 bushmaster at the time, or any 9mm carbines with threads (just an old hipoint). so now i'm stuck investing in another can to cover the >.30 cal range. Long term goal was 3 to begin with.. but i was only thinking pistol caliber (pressure) capable for the 3rd, not another rifle pressure capable one.
sorry for your loss, but glad nobody got hurt in the process.
hth
your stamp was good for the one you built. if it gets damaged beyond repair - which said repair would have to be done at an appropriately licensed FFL anyway - your stamp has been forever used up. there is no do-over, unfortunately.
dont let this experience get you down. take it as a - relatively - cheap lesson. that being use the proper grade and type of materials for the right job.
thin, repurposed aluminum - designed to withstand hundreds of PSI on a fuel system instead of 10's of thousands of PSI - was a poor choice for the pressures you're working in. had you been building a 22lr can, or a dedicated blackout subsonic can, or a pistol can... you might probably still have a functional suppressor.
( some faq's that may help about repair/replacement of damaged suppressor parts )
at this point...crush that bad boy, call the atf to let them know its destroyed, apply for a new stamp, and look at one of the kits from a known supplier of these kind of things - JK, or diversified machine, STDA, etc. order steel or titanium so you can sustain the pressure of a full bore firearm like your 243.
i wish this would have been available when i did mine.. but i was relatively early on in the solvent trap conversions and this level of quality wasnt available then
https://diversifiedmachine.us/product/premium-titanium-kit/
if you need to shave a few $
https://diversifiedmachine.us/product/select-titanium-kit/
however - either of the above is a kit you can convert into a suppressor you can use for years to come.
ps: since you're on a budget... finish to the largest caliber you own/plan to own. having fired several 45 caliber cans on guns down to 223, while you do lose a little performance... its still very solid sound reduction.
have two friends with the SiCo hybrid 46 and neither felt the need to get the .22 caliber endcap after firing it on their smaller diameter centerfire guns with the stock endcap.
I did a .30 cal when i did my form1 and shoot it all the way down to .204 and love it. just regretting i didn't do 45 cal when i did.. but i didnt have my 450 bushmaster at the time, or any 9mm carbines with threads (just an old hipoint). so now i'm stuck investing in another can to cover the >.30 cal range. Long term goal was 3 to begin with.. but i was only thinking pistol caliber (pressure) capable for the 3rd, not another rifle pressure capable one.
sorry for your loss, but glad nobody got hurt in the process.
hth