Could someone tell me if those small cheap slip on silencers for 22 LR are still available? I'm reluctant to have my Winchester 02 threaded. Cheers.
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Could someone tell me if those small cheap slip on silencers for 22 LR are still available? I'm reluctant to have my Winchester 02 threaded. Cheers.
they work fine, just ugly as sin
That's nice to know, but where do I buy one? Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
they were on tm silent kill or something they are called
Aah...thanks, but that's the expensive one. There used to be a version that resembled the one Gun City sells for around $40. They are the same, but no threads, just push on and it has a slot for the front sight.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
Yep that's them they were $40 many years ago, Thats inflation for you probably cost more that your rifle
You're not wrong. The rifle cost me all of $50...thanks for the info. I shall make one and tack a Winchester sticker on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooternz
The slip on plastic ones are only for subs, normal velocity stuffs them.
The one I have of the plastic ones on my 22 has had all sorts through it and was $40 back in the 90s when I got it. I still use it and it handles high speed stuff too.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
At one point we had an adaptor that we made that was held onto the rifle with a tap clamp (Jubilee clamp) and it had a thread on the front so that a normal silencer could be threaded on. We also made one that had a clamp not unlike a ring for a scope (screw each side) . It cost more than threading so not a lot of demand but if you know someone with a mill and a piece of aluminium I can walk you through how to make one. A bit chunky looking but the worked well. I did it because I did not want to alter the target muzzle and the front end of an expensive 22 so it can be done.
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This is what it should look like with the suppressor fitted.
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Even fit a mod 60:O_O:
YUP they do. takes a while but I blew the side out of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
I'd never buy one of those again. They are good but not great. I'd make one if I wanted another.
There was no baffles inside the one my dad blew the end out ofQuote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
If you were patient with pvc you could very simply make one
They work bloody well for what they are I'd still add a baffle or two if you go to the trouble f making one
Yup no baffles in mine. Never thought there was really and yes that was my thoughts exactly about adding extrasQuote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
I remember standing in a shed somewhere in Appleby or Hope watching those get made by their original creator many years ago , even toyed with the idea of buying the business off him .
They worked really well and had years of use out of one on a 10/22 Ruger .
In those days no one shot high velocity ammo through a “ Silencer “ , and I’d never seen or heard of a Silencer on a Centerfire .
Ken
@Ground Control that's pretty interesting.
Same goes for me, there was bugger all around for centerfires. I only shot standard velocity through mine because I got sick of taking the hose clamp off all the time to get it off. I even removed the front sight and made a little witness mark so I could do it more efficiently otherwise I started to scratch the barrel taking the clamp off.
Still preferred the metal ones. baffles are good.
BUT they do save you having to thread the barrel and if the front sight is close to the end you don't have to remove/refit it to suit.
leaves the rifle ridgy didge too.
I always had a thought to make an adapter so that you would machine an internal thread on the barrel and it would screw in giving you the extra length needed without having to do that. Similar to threading a shotty barrel for a choke.
I see a bunch of tools now around for hand threading the outside of a barrel (without putting it in a lathe) but not for what I'm after although there are hand crowning tools so maybe?
I am also in no way suggesting that those tools would do a perfectly aligned thread and shoulder.
looks like people doing them on ak47s, mosins etc and probably good for that but hey if there are no bullet strikes no harm no foul?
there has always been poor jobs done in lathes over the years so I suppose it comes down to how true you can get it v how true it needs to be.
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...rel-threading/
Also the condition of the rifling after the centering rod has rubbed the crap out of it is a concern
I had a CZ452 in 17hmr which had been threaded internally and had an adaptor which screwed into the barrel and into the suppressor. Never really shot it much before I sold it but I was always a bit suspicious of how it might affect it's accuracy.
Have used a few slip on suppressors and they work really well.
There is a lot of volume in them, so they work a lot better than aome of the small cheap ones you can get.
Don't put one on a 223 though, it will not end well for you or the suppressor.
