Aluminum Can?

Sabre9mm · August 6, 2012, 11:07 AM

I have an old Dcell Maglite made from AA.

The shape, length, and threaded ends make this ideal for a can project.
Saw off the end under the button, machine / bore a plug for the cut off end end, drill tap some machine screws, use one for a set screw...

I have made one many years ago for a .22 with very good results.

I have just acquired a Sub-2000, this is going to have a significantly greater amount of gas to control.

With machined plug, I end up with just shy of 600cc volume

Should I even attempt this as I did for the .22, or is it just going to be a pipe bomb waiting to hurt someone?

Does anyone have an good resources of volume/round @ barrel length ratios?

BarryLee · August 6, 2012, 12:37 PM

I vote no.

Creeper · August 6, 2012, 02:54 PM

Ah... are you in the USA Sabre9mm? I'm thinking no... that, or you're really not playing with a full deck.

10-96 · August 6, 2012, 05:14 PM

Um, unless you have all the licenses, stamps, and legal stuff (providing you're in the States) I would go as far as making that thing a high-tech bloop tube and stop there.

Sabre9mm · August 6, 2012, 08:36 PM

Me thinks I shall take that all as a no...
Thanks.

Brian Pfleuger · August 6, 2012, 08:40 PM

You need to research the laws regarding silencers.

I hope you realize that making one without the appropriate ATF paperwork is a federal offense.

August 6, 2012, 11:07 AM	#1
Sabre9mm Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 303	Aluminum Can? I have an old Dcell Maglite made from AA. The shape, length, and threaded ends make this ideal for a can project. Saw off the end under the button, machine / bore a plug for the cut off end end, drill tap some machine screws, use one for a set screw... I have made one many years ago for a .22 with very good results. I have just acquired a Sub-2000, this is going to have a significantly greater amount of gas to control. With machined plug, I end up with just shy of 600cc volume Should I even attempt this as I did for the .22, or is it just going to be a pipe bomb waiting to hurt someone? Does anyone have an good resources of volume/round @ barrel length ratios?

August 6, 2012, 12:37 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	I vote no. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

August 6, 2012, 02:54 PM	#3
Creeper Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: Woooooshington Posts: 1,797	Ah... are you in the USA Sabre9mm? I'm thinking no... that, or you're really not playing with a full deck. __________________ Shoulder Drive Nicholson Club

August 6, 2012, 05:14 PM	#4
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	Um, unless you have all the licenses, stamps, and legal stuff (providing you're in the States) I would go as far as making that thing a high-tech bloop tube and stop there. __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

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August 6, 2012, 08:36 PM	#5
Sabre9mm Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 303	Me thinks I shall take that all as a no... Thanks.

August 6, 2012, 08:40 PM	#6
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	You need to research the laws regarding silencers. I hope you realize that making one without the appropriate ATF paperwork is a federal offense.