Making cans (fake silencers)

As so many have stated to avoid any unwanted attention from the law who will then start picking apart your home/ maybe even relatives homes to find something wrong to justify them being there. A barrel extension made to look like a silencer with no porting in it would be your safest bet.
 
ben hunchak said:
Okay...let me get my head around this one..your going to put a "can" on the end of your gun right? Have you considered putting a bottle on the end as they are already threaded? All you will need is a" pop bottle threadXbarrel thread adapter",it may be the same thread as the common garden hose, in which case you could use Gardenia quick couplers. Just remember..I thought of it first!!
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Wouldn't a bottle supress the sound even just a little bit though?
 
Fry said:
Wouldn't a bottle supress the sound even just a little bit though?
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defenitly! if you attach a bottle to the end of any firearm through threads or tape or whathave you, it suppresses noise, it will defenitly be lower in noise than without.

don't do it, highly illegal.

A proper fake can must not have a cavity inside, at least not a cavity in which the gasses can go into as any cavity will 'suppress' some noise. A fake can needs to have a cavity just slightly larger than the diameter of the projectile so that no noise is suppressed.
am I right on this?
 
22lr said:
I think bigger hole is better for accuracy. Bullet drags sonic wave and if its too close to the surface then it reflects that wave back. And if one of the walls is closer then it will affect bullet path even if its not touching the bullet itself.

Now regarding P22. I have mentioned it earlier on some other threads, P22 barrel is way too thin and mounted to a pussy plastic frame with a little clamp with just one screw. If you put anything on the barrel that is longer than barrel and presumably heavy ( like chunk of solid aluminium) if will wreck your otherwise good gun. I say do not mess with it.
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Thank you for an intelligent reply. My P22 came with (as I am sure most do) with that fake compensator on the barrel. I will have to go talk to my machinist buddy and see what the weight difference would be.
 
Suputin said:
I don't think you need a CNC machine to drill and tap a hole in a long piece of metal.
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all you need is a lathe and a tap & die set. a cnc machine wouldn't be able to thread anything

i have to say, though: it seems like you're just asking for unnecessary trouble in making a fake suppressor. aside from the fact that it could explode if made improperly, you're relying, potentially, on police being able to differentiate between real and fake and dabbling in a legal grey area. as well as some cool photos, you're just as likely to get slapped with a fine for possession of a prohibited device
 
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all you need is a lathe and a tap & die set. a cnc machine wouldn't be able to thread anything
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Good god! The first guy thinks he needs a CNC machine to drill and tap a hole. The second guy thinks a CNC machine can't produce threads.

Any of you actually ever seen one of these machines?

A CNC lathe is perfectly capable of producing both internal and external thread by both single point and tap. In fact a CNC mill can even drill and tap a hole.

you're relying, potentially, on police being able to differentiate between real and fake and dabbling in a legal grey area. as well as some cool photos, you're just as likely to get slapped with a fine for possession of a prohibited device
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A fine would be the least of your worries. If caught and convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon you would most likely lose all your guns and get a ten year prohibition on owning guns. Depending on the circumstances you'd be lucky to avoid at least some minor jail time.
 
Suputin said:
A fine would be the least of your worries. If caught and convicted of possession of a prohibited weapon you would most likely lose all your guns and get a ten year prohibition on owning guns. Depending on the circumstances you'd be lucky to avoid at least some minor jail time.
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I agree in your doom and gloom outlook that could be the worst possible outcome. The chances of that are slim to none IMHO. That is unless you are doing something stupid and illegal and in that case a fake can probably isn't going to make a difference.

I have personally seen our effective court system deal with a known drug dealer caught with a loaded handgun under the driver seat (unregisted, no ATT, no PAL, hi cap mags and not following safe storage) that got six months probation.
 
Suputin said:
Good god! The first guy thinks he needs a CNC machine to drill and tap a hole. The second guy thinks a CNC machine can't produce threads.

Any of you actually ever seen one of these machines?

A CNC lathe is perfectly capable of producing both internal and external thread by both single point and tap. In fact a CNC mill can even drill and tap a hole.
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yes, i've seen quite a few of them, as i used to be an industrial design student. while an expensive 6-axis cnc machine could tap something it isn't nearly as well suited for it as a lathe. if you actually work in a machine shop, or something similar, and use them fairly regularly then i defer to your experience. after all, this is just what i was taught in school.
 
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Well not really owning more than a screwdrivers/hammer/vary basic tools... it's hard to tap a thread, and mill down a block of whatever material to a roundish shape.

With what I have now... I'd look like a piece of table leg, taped with duct tape to the end of my rifle... hence the need for somebody with some 'machining' skill

Im still looking.

Luke
 
acrashb said:
You need to know what you're talking about before you shoot your mouth off. They come through just fine. I've had more than one order from them and so have others on CGN.
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i'm very happy for you, and appreciate the general douchebaggery of your reply. however, it was my understanding that airsoft products fall into a legal grey area that, while perfectly legal in canada, are something that canada border services generally came down on the safe side of the law (from their perspective) and rejected unless you had a firearms importation license. so, as i said, i'm very happy that you, and others that you know, are able to import fake replicas of prohibited devices, but that doesn't mean that other people won't have headaches with the process.
 
A buddy of mine ordered UFC gloves from the states and he never got them. When he inquired about them, he was told they are martial art weapons and were confiscated at the border.

:rolleyes:
 
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