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**44 AMP** · June 30, 2019, 10:17 PM

If the barrel moves as part of the action cycling, adding a suppressor adds weight. This means that there is more weight (mass) to get moving and it has greater inertia once in motion.

So its going to take a little more effort to work the action and the parts will slam together a little harder than a pistol without a "can".

Does this matter? Maybe. The built in "booster" gives the barrel a little bit more shove, to compensate for the increased weight. Generally this seems to be enough to reliably work the action. If not there are other things that can also be done. Different designs are, well, different, and different individual guns can have differences as well.

You PROBABLY won't need to change anything else to your pistol other than mounting the suppressor, but its possible you might need to. Only way to know for sure is put the can on, and test it.

June 30, 2019, 10:17 PM	#8
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,860	If the barrel moves as part of the action cycling, adding a suppressor adds weight. This means that there is more weight (mass) to get moving and it has greater inertia once in motion. So its going to take a little more effort to work the action and the parts will slam together a little harder than a pistol without a "can". Does this matter? Maybe. The built in "booster" gives the barrel a little bit more shove, to compensate for the increased weight. Generally this seems to be enough to reliably work the action. If not there are other things that can also be done. Different designs are, well, different, and different individual guns can have differences as well. You PROBABLY won't need to change anything else to your pistol other than mounting the suppressor, but its possible you might need to. Only way to know for sure is put the can on, and test it. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.