Suppressor Woes

[dogtown]

This is me lamenting that I can't get a DTSS here in NZ. With my SRS and a number of conversions, from .338LM down to 6.5x47L, I was hoping to have a suppressor built that interfaced off the DTA brake that I could use universally instead of making two different cans. Suppressors in NZ are unrestricted, so you're free to buy or build them without any paperwork or approval needed. So I had a custom can built but unfortunately still pretty damned loud and not exactly the kind of high performance suppressor I'm used to using.


Here's my SRS with the custom suppressor on the 6.5x47L conversion.


But it's got really simple internals: just flat baffles.

So yeah, those flat baffles aren't the most efficient design. I'm now looking into replacing them with a set of conical baffles and spacers of different lengths. The area where the brake interfaces has a rather large expansion chamber too, so I'm thinking it needs a large blast baffle installed.

Anyway, I'm curious what you guys think?

[Orkan]

Yup, that looks like an extremely heavy, completely antiquated design.

If that's stainless... holy cow that thing must be heavy.

I of course can, and do own a DTSS... and it is my go-to suppressor. Light, accurate, short. All things I love in a suppressor!

[dogtown]

Yeah, it's pretty heavy too. It seems like places like NZ, where there are no restrictions on suppressors, people make pretty simple, basic designs. I mean honestly, as soon as I took this thing apart I was thinking "whoa, 1980s technology!" Based on how NFA laws in the States work, I can understand why folks build their Form 1 cans with the highest quality/performance in mind: because once you make it, you can't really change it. Needless to say, I'm going to embark on a quest to make a quality, high performance can now.

[Nicholas]

Our DTSS silencers are the lightest 338 cans on the planet and the most accurate too. They are the most quiet but 10 ft away from the gun you can't really tell a difference. I have shot just about every can out there and I got sick of the accuracy problems and significant impact shift problems that they had. We pioneered the backwards compatibility brake design, although several others copied our design shortly afterwards.