Delta 4-3 and everyone else, I hope this answers your questions. If not please call me, number is in last paragraph.
This was still using your traditional baffle trap design still. Our gasses are moving thru a series of 6 tubes. Think turbine motor that is pulling, no it does not spin. The gasses move a total of 41" To name a few who have tested this for us, ARDEC, Lawrence Livermore, and Oakridge laboratories. Our external housing is actually T6Aluminum. When they were running the test for heat they used a MK48 with 100 rounds , on full auto. The hottest it got up to was 686 degrees Fahrenheit. They also sent us thermal imaging pictures which I will soon post . It shows that instead of a tear drop that mirage generally produces ours bled off the edges of the octagon.
With our suppressor you have a core that slides back over the barrel. It also acts as a muzzle brake and flash hider. This part stays on and you will mount to the same spot everytime, its not a ratchet system or indexed and never moves. Keep in mind that our gasses flow opposite thread pattern so it self torques every shot, this way it does not loosen like other reflex designs
I am starting a you tube channel that has plenty of high speed video , I will say that a premier gun manufacturer that issues the military most of their piston guns did the testing. They actually saw a decrease in bolt velocity by 2-4% with our can vs their gun stock. the reason being is that our core that you mount to it is shorter than the flash hider they had stock. decrease in barrel length = decrease in bolt velocity. We fixed that and brought it up to zero so its stock and not negative bolt velocity. Keep in mind that the gasses are traveling 41" and exit the front vs coming back in the chamber like traditional suppressors. I like to use this analogy, lets say you have .265 tolerances ,the gas is going to exit the easiest path which is the chamber vs traveling thru a series of baffles. Our can does not block the energy we allow it to move 41" we have zero corners in order to not stop movement. Sorry the analogy, if we are all in a big building thats on fire waiting in line to go out the standard door up front, and then all of a sudden a garage door opened behind us ,which would you go out? Thats traditional suppressor design. We literally allow the gasses to flow instantly when they exit the muzzle vs a series of deflectors that cause choke points.
We currently have 22 active patents good for 20 years and 9 pending vs your traditional 1-2 that are generally method of attachment. As I said gasses flow through a series of tubes . I will answer the ATF question now as well. 1 yes I will post a letter . As far as how we got it to work, the locking block that acts as a flash hider/muzzle brake is what would be baffles in most cans, all ours do is deflect gas. It does not suppress anything with just that and we did a demo for them with just that on and they saw it was clearly not a suppressor. The only time decibel reduction happens is when you put the BPR external housing on it so thats what they deemed our suppressor/ class 3 Item. The way we make it ear safe is with the SRM. BPR adds .9" past your muzzle and the SRM adds 3" so a total length gained of 3.9" . With 7.62 the SRM is 1 " in additional length for extra volume. It is physically impossible to attach the SRM to anything other than the BPR. We possibly showed them a companies flash hider that has a baffle in it that is not a class 3 item to hammer this home and said you can not attach the SRM to any weapons system and they saw that. Mind you this has been on on going fight for over 6 months. On your weapons to change caliber all you change out are the defectors that well, deflect gas into the tubes. This is for the SRM and the BPR.
I completely understand what you are saying . Like I said the BPR deflectors stay on the gun to act as a muzzle brake/ Flash hider. That is what the round is coming thru and the BPR that contains tubes threads onto the end of that. As far as the SRM , the core has a nipple that locks into place ,you literally can feel it, to the BPR. I stated the labs that did this testing.
For clarification this is not a bigger you know what contest on my part. I will say that over the past 11 years I have spent over 2/3rds of it deployed with a pretty prestigious unit. The modularity aspect comes in here. You know when you fast rope in ,do an exterior breech, flow thru the hallways and take a shot? That over pressure feeling? the BPR takes that away , no over pressure etc. If you want ear safe then you just put the SRM on. The BPR is designed to stay on 100% of the time. When its shot out you replace the deflectors for less than $less than $100 for the BPR and $150 for the SRM core. $250 and we bring you back to a zero round count as thats what is taking the initial blast. We have had it tested and on 5.56 at a rate of 20 RPM you will get 10,500 rounds, 60 RPM and its 8,500 rounds and full auto is 4,500 rounds. The reason you get so much life is once again we have no corners or choke points and allow the energy to flow. So modularity again. When you reach that point you will loose 1 maybe 2 decibels. Instead of buying an entirely new can wouldn't you want to just replace the worn deflectors for $250 vs buying a new can? Another analogy. If your tires wear out on your car do you buy a new car or replace the tires?
I will say again as cliche as it sounds, we make our way around states a lot. Not one dealer has said no after they shoot it and do side by side comparisons. Yes the current system is way over kill for a bolt gun ,you know this, I know this. We are making bolt gun specific since none of the gas issues are relevant in fall time frame. I know its new, its different than anything out there. But, I can say if you shoot it you will love it. Also in fall we will be reducing our SBR line, I say this though, if you can have a 14.5 " barrel and come in at a barrel length of 18.4 inches is it worth loosing what you do with an SBR when it comes in at around the same length suppressed. Regardless we will release an SBR can that is not over the barrel and is direct attach. I will post that letter soon, and I will have High speed video up on our youtube channel next week, showing 1. zero initial flash, 2. zero back pressure or increased bolt velocity and blowback, and 3. how our gasses flow out of the front. Literally boreline psi is almost zero. In closing, because I am thinking that most on here are good hearted Americans. If you have any questions, reach me on here, email me
[email protected] or call me 910-303-6147 with any questions. Please keep the calls between 9am and 9pm mountain time. If I do not answer then leave a message and I will call you back that day. Thanks for your time and curiosity I hope to hear from you soon.
All the best,
Johnny