Re: Preventing baffle strikes
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BOLTRIPPER</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: p25</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Need a little help. Does anyone have a good method for checking a suppressor for proper alignment before sending rounds through it. Can I do this myself or should I have a gunsmith check it out first? Just ordered my first can and want to get a head start on this issue.</div></div>
most barrel strike come about from non-concentric threading of the host barrel.....some one that threads a barrel on the OD instead of the correct method on bore centers </div></div>
Besides the threads being concentric, I think it's even more important that the shoulder of the barrel which the suppressor indexes off needs to be cut square to the bore.
Loosen up any thread on muzzle device and wiggle it. Unless the threads are cut really high, it will wiggle. I've noted wiggle of about 1-2 degrees even on match AR barrels. Anyway, so if the shoulder is cut 1-2 degrees off, even with barely any wiggle, I bet it will compress the threads enough so that the shoulder of the barrel meets the shoulder of the suppressor, and then you suppressor would be 1-2 degrees off. Probably would also shoot like shit with any other muzzle device due to uneven compression distorting the bore.