Double Duty Supressor
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Unless you have a .45 with a threaded barrel and plan to use it........
I have a full size Ti-Rant I bought years ago and use for nothing these days since I don't own a MK23 any more. It's huge, wish I'd bought the "K" (short version) instead before they stopped making it. Nowadays we have modular designs available. Add/subtract. Pass.
.45 cans are bigger diameter, (need taller sights or block the factory out to a greater degree, your choice) meaning with 9mm you have greater internal volume that helps mitigate the amount of gas jet "blow by" as a result of more slop in the tolerances of the baffle stack. If the front cap is removable theoretically you could replace the .45 one with another sized to 9mm.
I've "standardized" to 9mm. No need for anything bigger, no real point to anything smaller. Modern prefragmented/presegmented HP's tailored to the velocity they are launched at have largely put paid to the 9mm vs. .45 arguments, even the gun rags don't do the formerly obligatory once a year article with that title anymore. .40 is dead.
Suppressed I currently use the Thompson Machine Neptune or the Poseidon on a G17/19, depending. I don't care about "quiet-quiet", just quieter than unsuppressed and not needing ear pro. Working on a Walther P4 with chopped barrel setup (P38K barrel is too short just to thread and mount, back cap would impact the frame) just to get as short as I can front to back, and going to give the USP Compact a chance as well, but other than that, its a .22 Ruger Mk4 with Volquartsen threaded upper and OSS can. No need for more. "Downsizing".
I have a full size Ti-Rant I bought years ago and use for nothing these days since I don't own a MK23 any more. It's huge, wish I'd bought the "K" (short version) instead before they stopped making it. Nowadays we have modular designs available. Add/subtract. Pass.
.45 cans are bigger diameter, (need taller sights or block the factory out to a greater degree, your choice) meaning with 9mm you have greater internal volume that helps mitigate the amount of gas jet "blow by" as a result of more slop in the tolerances of the baffle stack. If the front cap is removable theoretically you could replace the .45 one with another sized to 9mm.
I've "standardized" to 9mm. No need for anything bigger, no real point to anything smaller. Modern prefragmented/presegmented HP's tailored to the velocity they are launched at have largely put paid to the 9mm vs. .45 arguments, even the gun rags don't do the formerly obligatory once a year article with that title anymore. .40 is dead.
Suppressed I currently use the Thompson Machine Neptune or the Poseidon on a G17/19, depending. I don't care about "quiet-quiet", just quieter than unsuppressed and not needing ear pro. Working on a Walther P4 with chopped barrel setup (P38K barrel is too short just to thread and mount, back cap would impact the frame) just to get as short as I can front to back, and going to give the USP Compact a chance as well, but other than that, its a .22 Ruger Mk4 with Volquartsen threaded upper and OSS can. No need for more. "Downsizing".
UltraFudd
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No 45 can is as quiet on a 9mm as a dedicated 9mm can.
I started my stamp collection with an Octane 45 and used it also for 9mm because they used to offer a both a 9mm and 45 end cap.
Well, guess which end cap I had on one day when I took the HK45 out for a go. God bless the guys at Silencerco, they are absolute wizards! We never found the 9mm end cap or the 45 slug, but the can looked like a 1600’s blunderbuss. Big whoops! I sent it in and they repaired it and sent it back to me with the cylinder newly threaded and a reminder to only use the 45 end cap.
Now, no matter what I’m shooting, the 45 end cap stays on. I do like the Obsidian “2 lengths” option. I use an Odessa 9 with 10 sections for everything from 30 Luger, 32 ACP, to 9mm depending on how much “quiet” I want, or an Omega 9K for the MP5, or 5K. The Omega is maintenance free, but a little fat for pistol shooting. It’s forte is absolute ruggedness and good quiet for its size.
Cans and their size are like cars and money. For a quiet can, how quiet (big) do you want it; for a car and speed how fast do you want to go (spend)?
I started my stamp collection with an Octane 45 and used it also for 9mm because they used to offer a both a 9mm and 45 end cap.
Well, guess which end cap I had on one day when I took the HK45 out for a go. God bless the guys at Silencerco, they are absolute wizards! We never found the 9mm end cap or the 45 slug, but the can looked like a 1600’s blunderbuss. Big whoops! I sent it in and they repaired it and sent it back to me with the cylinder newly threaded and a reminder to only use the 45 end cap.
Now, no matter what I’m shooting, the 45 end cap stays on. I do like the Obsidian “2 lengths” option. I use an Odessa 9 with 10 sections for everything from 30 Luger, 32 ACP, to 9mm depending on how much “quiet” I want, or an Omega 9K for the MP5, or 5K. The Omega is maintenance free, but a little fat for pistol shooting. It’s forte is absolute ruggedness and good quiet for its size.
Cans and their size are like cars and money. For a quiet can, how quiet (big) do you want it; for a car and speed how fast do you want to go (spend)?