Travis Olander 02.02.23
SilencerCo’s ASR… The Griffin Plan A… Don’t overlook the Q Plan B (why no plan C?)… And, naturally, the Cherry Bomb…. If all this muzzle muffler jargon seems like a overseas language, worry not. Today, we’re taking a look at suppressor mounts. Whether you need to sport a direct thread suppressor mount in your rifle or a fast connect, we’ll go over the professionals and cons so you possibly can resolve what would possibly finest for what you’re utilizing your firearm for.
Suppressor Mounts Come in Two Flavors
Direct Thread – the place your can connects on to your gun barrel’s muzzle. Simple sufficient. You simply want to verify your barrel’s threads match the thread sample in your can.
Quick Attach – Also known as “QD” (fast disconnect). QD suppressor mounts act as a intermediary between your suppressor’s becoming, and your muzzle. They often take the type of a muzzle machine that appears – and typically features – like a brake, or compensator. QD mounts are solely appropriate with sure suppressor mounting caps. That’s the a part of your suppressor that accepts the mount or threads in query.
Direct Thread vs. QD: Pros and Cons
Each mounting system has benefits and downsides. Here’s what you need to contemplate once you’re deciding which mounting technique to go along with.
Direct thread is lighter, cheaper, and less complicated.
Direct-thread suppressors make use of easy threads that match the threads in your muzzle — for many handguns and rifles, it’s both 5/8×24 or 1/2×28. There’s no muzzle machine required to suit the can onto the barrel. Installing and eradicating the suppressor means merely twisting on or off.
Direct thread suppressors can get caught, or come free.
This is the downside of going with direct threads. When a suppressor heats up, the steel develop and the suppressor’s prone to come free. If you “gorilla-arm” it into place with excessive torque, the warmth and cooling of the suppressor might trigger it to grow to be caught. Trying to get leverage on a skinny steel tube isn’t simple, and you may harm your suppressor or muzzle.
Going with direct thread fittings additionally means your suppressor’s solely going to work on firearms with the identical thread sample on the muzzle. That means in case your can’s threaded for five/8×24 muzzles, you gained’t be capable to match it onto thinner barrels with 1/2×28 threads — even when the bore of your suppressor can accommodate no matter smaller spherical is chambered within the rifle or pistol in query.
QD suppressors are extra handy, and don’t get caught.
Quick-attach suppressor programs present simple on-and-off fittings, usually ditching threads completely. Some use easy spring pressure and others use locking rings to supply a safe match that gained’t get free as your barrel heats up and cools off. Quick-attach fittings additionally present a standardized mount. This ensures one suppressor can work on totally different firearms with varied thread patterns.
QD setups are heavier and dearer.
Adding a particular becoming to your muzzle means including weight. It additionally means spending more cash on what’s already an costly funding. Some QD mounts can wobble simply sufficient to trigger a loss in accuracy, too, however this is determined by the attachment technique.
Types of QD Suppressor Mounts
quick-attach suppressor attachments fall into three classes: Locking passive, non-locking passive, and locking energetic. Locking QD mounts require some type of handbook enter by the person – like twisting or pulling on a steel ring that slips over a joint. Non-locking QD mounts depend on easy friction and taper mounts to stay seated.
Locking Passive Suppressor Mount
A passive locking mount offers one-handed operation. That means the person has to work together with only one transferring half on the suppressor to interact the QD lock. The lock is often a slip ring beneath spring pressure that requires only a quarter flip or non permanent stress on the spring to interact the lock. This passive locking mechanism is how SilencerCo’s ASR mounts perform.
Locking Active Suppressor Mount
Locking energetic mounts use two sorts of locking mechanisms, and will require two-handed operation. These QD setups use a major lock that stops the second lock from partaking or disengaging till it, too, is unlocked. In the case of the Surefire SOCOM 556 suppressor, the first lock is a push lever, and the secondary lock is a tapered friction match. Secondary locks can as an alternative be coarse threads, and different major locks would possibly embrace a spring-loaded slip ring. Whether energetic or passive, most locking QD mounts are reserved for heavy-duty suppressors and army clients.
Non-Locking Passive Suppressor Mount
Most QD suppressors use non-locking passive mounts.These QD mounts use easy threads to align and lock the suppressor to the mount with a tapered friction becoming. These mounts are easy, extremely repeatable, and supply glorious lock-up that doesn’t come free from cold and warm cycles. Non-locking passive mounting is what this author prefers. I run a Q Cherry Bomb on all my muzzles (my 300 BLK SBR is pictured above). The Cherry Bomb suits each 1/2×28 and 5/8×24 muzzles, permitting me to run my .30-caliber suppressor on all my rifles. It additionally doubles as an excellent flash hider when i’m not working my can, and it appears to be like good in addition. Lastly, the perforated design helps disperse and decelerate gasoline within the blast chamber, prolonging the lifetime of my can’s blast baffle and aiding in sound suppression.
Which QD Mount is Best, Overall?
The reply to this query adjustments virtually ever 12 months. But it’s this author’s opinion {that a} threaded taper becoming just like the Q Cherry Bomb offers the most effective of each worlds. I’ve by no means had my suppressor come free or get caught, and I haven’t misplaced any accuracy utilizing this mount on my long-range bench rifle. The mount you wind up utilizing largely is determined by the suppressor you purchase. Some fashionable fashions solely use sure QD attachments. So, you might simply must compromise and stick to what’s out there for the can of your selection. What actually issues is your can’s means to deal with warmth and supply good sound suppression. Speaking of warmth, you need to in all probability put money into a superb suppressor cowl to forestall burns.
