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Building suppressors

Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by isaaccarlson, Mar 21, 2026.

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  1. JimBear

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    No damage to you, your weapon or the rest of the muffler. I would call that a win.

    Nice work, just some small modifications left to do.

    It’s been years since I was in the machine shop but I believe there was a 417 ? stainless, maybe had better tensile strength.
     
    JimBear, Jul 31, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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    Quick search says most SS suppressor parts are made out of 17-4 or 316.
     
    lukem, Jul 31, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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    Yeah. I will have to check with another metal shop because 304 is all the other one had.
     
    isaaccarlson, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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    I checked the other metal shop down the road. They had a small pile of stuff in a back room. There was stellite, titanium, inconel, etc… The only 17-4 they had was too small. I grabbed a piece of nitronic 60. It is supposed to be almost twice as strong as 304, so it should work fine.
     
    isaaccarlson, Jul 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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