Suppressor for CQB?

[PureSilver]

Re: Suppressor for CQB?

Sigh. I'd let this go (I know that arguing with you is only making you feel worthwhile) but frankly you don't deserve the last word, especially not if your self-flattery extends to thinking that it takes two hours to make you look like an idiot. Here's how it works - if your contribution to a thread is completely unrelated to the point of the thread because you didn't read the thread, what was the point of your contribution? If your reaction to being called out on your pointless rambling is going on the defensive, does that make you look like a grown-up and worthwhile member of the forum, or someone that has to resort to ad hominem because he doesn't know how to italicize?

You could definitely put "I own a Polar*" in your signature, though, especially since from the way it crept into your post you were just dying to tell us anyway...

[Toanjuice]

Re: Suppressor for CQB?

Guys, please chill it. Nothing is worth arguing over on a forum. Be the bigger man and leave it.
Op if you really had the time and access to the machinery, may I suggest manufacturing on of your own?
You can have it looking the exact way you want
Btw if I was to do it for you, would you be willing to pay? I thought about doing this for a couple of people...
All I would need is a little sketch of what you want it to look like (such as knurling placement), dimensions and material

[Curly68]

Re: Suppressor for CQB?

Thank you for the replies guys. The tracer unit does, in fact, look rather cool but as has already been posted would more than likely show where you are shooting from! I'm a big enough target anyway and don't need any help on that side.
I will trawl around the shops and have a look. I have seen a couple on a particular site I might go for but I may well send Toanjuice a pm with an idea.

[KBoy76]

You could always just shoot using a tracer but not switch it on ;-)

[ScoobySnacks]

Re: Suppressor for CQB?

Traver units are cool, end of. All this about "giving away your position" is a bit of a red herring, as most of the time the range on airsoft guns is so short that you have to be within sight to get a decent chance of a hit. Tracers are very cool when it's on the dark side, and as mentioned below, you don't have to turn them on if you don't need them. It's great being able to watch your fall of shot, and pretty intimidating when it's flying straight at your noggin.

As for RS moderators being used, all the air rifle ones will be made for a maximum of .22 (approx 5.5mm) except for a very few highly specialist ones made for .25. The hole in the mod for a .22 is going to be extremely close to, if not less than, 6mm. I've just measured my .22 Parker Hale mod from my .22LR, and it is 6.5mm. This is ok with a .22 round (although actually 6.5 is pretty tight tolerance, when you take in to account concentricity of the hole with the outside of the mod, the mod with the barrel and the bore with the screw-cut. Given that a .22LR will run much tighter tolerances than an airsoft gun, I'd say that any airsoft mod will have far too tight a bore to get the BB's through reliably. Any moderator bigger then this will be one designed for a centrefire rifle, which althogh they CAN be sold without an FAC with the correct slot on it, most RFD's will not sell them. Add to this the fact that a CF moderator will set you back a MINIMUM of £150 to £200, and the fact that they are generally pretty heavy, and it's looking like less of a good idea.

The kicker is the threading. All airsoft mod threads I've seen have been 14 x 1 CCW (counter clockwise). Most RS barrel threadings are standard right handed 1/2" threads. A very few are cut with the slightly larger 14mm thread, but again it will be a standard right handed (clockwise) thread. To fit a RS mod to an airsoft weapon you'd need an adaptor to adapt the CCW thread on the gun to CW thread on the mod, or re-machine the thread on the mod.

The tracer will do the job fine, is pretty lightweight and relatively cheap, a far better option IMHO.