Shake and bake bullets through a suppressor

[primerhead]

Hello Friends:

Sure could use some advice about firing coated bullets through a
suppressor? Mine should be out of jail soon, don't to screw it up.

Thanks and Merry Christmas
primerhead

[Winger Ed.]

If it has the rubber washer/wipes, and the powder coat is nailed on pretty well, it should do fine.
You might want to use a clean burning powder that doesn't leave a lot of soot.

[elmacgyver0]

Not many suppressors use wipes anymore, pretty old school, there are a few that do though, so never say never.

[primerhead]

Will be using VV320 for the 9mm.

[mike_kaleigh]

First is your suppressor used serviceable? it will have more build up and you will need to clean it more often. If it is sealed i would not do it, if you can disassemble it and dont mind cleaning i think your fine.

[JimB..]

I’ve run many thousand of coated 147 and 158 grain 9mm bullets through my can, no trouble at all.
Tend to load with titegroup.

[elmacgyver0]

I bought the new Banish 46, purported to work on anything smaller than 46 cal.
User serviceable, yes it cost a lot, but I figured with the stamp and the horrendous wait time, I may only want to do it once.
Still waiting but should hopefully be any day now.

[elmacgyver0]

I now have my long-awaited suppressor, pretty awesome.
Took it to the indoor range yesterday and shot 100 rounds of cast 124gn Lee conical boolits thru it.
The boolits were some I had made some years ago so they were lubed with LLA.
They shot well, the 92S Beretta with GemTech threaded barrel functioned the pistol perfectly, no jams.
The Nielson device in the suppressor worked perfectly.
I had tried some of my older rounds loaded many years ago and they would not cycle the pistol, work fine in my UZI carbine, what I loaded them for.
The 100 rounds of cast made a mess of the suppressor, after getting the carbon out there was a lot of lead deposited on the exit hole side of the baffles.
This tells me that the lead was atomized and solidified on the baffles.
It was not a lot of fun removing it.
I won't do that again.
My next test will be powder coated boolits.
The Banish 46 is a huge can, I was using it in it's shorter configuration.
I lined up my sites and shot thru the can as you might say, it worked very well.
I pretty much shot the center out of the target which was about halfway down the range.
The people next to me had their rounds all over their target, so I was feeling pretty good about my marksmanship, compared to them and I couldn't even actually see the bullseye.

[Finster101]

You should have no issues with powder coat. I shoot .300 Blackout both subs and supers thru mine all the time with no issues.

[elmacgyver0]

You should have no issues with powder coat. I shoot .300 Blackout both subs and supers thru mine all the time with no issues.

That is good to know.
I am getting slowly moved to PC as I get my lubed Boolits shot up.

[elmacgyver0]

It is kind of stange, my barrel is clean as a whistle, no leading, but there sure was a lot on the baffles.
It probably isn't that much as I have recovered boolits in the past and couldn't tell that any lead was gone.
After shooting a bunch I guess it builds up.

[Hanzy4200]

I've been shooting 9MM and 300 BLK PC'd subs through my Silencerco Hybrid for about 2 years now. No lead or paint build up I can find.

[Larry Gibson]

I now have my long-awaited suppressor, pretty awesome.
Took it to the indoor range yesterday and shot 100 rounds of cast 124gn Lee conical boolits thru it.
The boolits were some I had made some years ago so they were lubed with LLA.
They shot well, the 92S Beretta with GemTech threaded barrel functioned the pistol perfectly, no jams.
The Nielson device in the suppressor worked perfectly.
I had tried some of my older rounds loaded many years ago and they would not cycle the pistol, work fine in my UZI carbine, what I loaded them for.
The 100 rounds of cast made a mess of the suppressor, after getting the carbon out there was a lot of lead deposited on the exit hole side of the baffles.
This tells me that the lead was atomized and solidified on the baffles.
It was not a lot of fun removing it.
I won't do that again.
My next test will be powder coated boolits.....

I use a Silencerco Octane 45 suppressor on a M1911 and on a M98 with Rhineland 45 ACP conversion. My experience mirrors yours. With cast bullets using any lube there is considerable lube and lead build up on the baffles. It is indeed a pain to clean off. Recently I purchased some commercial PC coated bullets. After just 50 rounds out of the rifle there was also considerable build up of lead and PC(?) on the baffles. The accuracy was also horrible, 8 - 10" at 50 yards from the bench with a scope on the rifle!

Using a GC'd bullet cuts down on the lead buildup but the lube buildup is still the same. Haven't tried the PC'd bullets in the M1911 yet.

[elmacgyver0]

I am casting a bunch of the conical 124gn Boolits today and I will powder coat them for a suppressor test.
Isn't it strange, no lead in the barrel and all kinds of it on the baffles?
They make a spray for MIG welding nozzles to keep spatter from sticking to them.
I wonder if it would help on the baffles?

[mike_kaleigh]

hitec leaves very little residue, and another good way to clean them out is get them hot with full power rounds, a 16in 308 will clean them out. as long as your suppressor is stainless some heat is fine

[elmacgyver0]

hitec leaves very little residue, and another good way to clean them out is get them hot with full power rounds, a 16in 308 will clean them out. as long as your suppressor is stainless some heat is fine

My suppressor can handle .338 Lapua and 45/70 Gov, but it is too darn cold for me to go to the outdoor range.