Re: life expectancy of modern suppressors?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KYS338</div><div class="ubbcode-body">has a lot to do with caliber, barrel length, and how hot you get it repeatably... you need to narrow your question down. </div></div>
That's a good response.
Rate of fire and barrel length play a huge part in the service life of a suppressor.
I saw the results of a military trial a while back that very slightly favored AAC over Surefire for the category of durability with ~7% longer lifespan under their very harsh testing protocols. Two days ago I read a post of a guy who according to himself wanted to know how tough his suppressor was and put 500 rounds through his AAC M4-2000 on a 10.5" barrel on full auto twice.
According to him that ruined his M4-2000 and resulted in him having to send it back for repair. His Muzzle brake mount was also basically ruined, and looked like someone took a 1/2" ball end mill and ran it .1" deep into the first baffle of the brake. That was pictured- the suppressor was not.
The brake being 15-5 or 17-4PH SS is made of a very hard, strong material that holds strength even to high temperatures, so that gives you an idea of what the flip side of the coin can look like, when the fire schedule is too rough, on too short of a barrel.
<span style="font-weight: bold">I think the reason that kind of stuff happens so often to AAC products is that the marketing gives people the impression that that is what the product was built for.
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So there you have ~1000 rounds, and the poster above mentioned someone has reached 100,000 rounds. It's pretty obvious it is like his car analogy. One guy can redline it and blow the motor in a few days, and the next guy can drive it to work and back like an average vehicle owner, for 10 years.