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Thread: Adapting rimfire suppressor for .38 special...

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    Adapting rimfire suppressor for .38 special...

    Hear me out, I know it's obvious you're not supposed to use a rimfire suppressor on a centrefire cartridge due to massive difference in pressure between the two. Ignore for a second that the diameter of the supressor is wrong and baffles would be on a collision course with the projectile,
    .357 magnum is obviously gonna blow it apart just due to the very high pressure.
    But .38 special has LESS chamber pressure than standard velocity .22lr ammo, not even close. Even .22 short has a greater max pressure than .38 spl.
    So in theory one could adapt a .22lr supressor by changing the baffles to an appropriate diameter and it would handle the pressure just fine right?
    Obviously it would need to be adapted/drilled perfectly concentric and all that but just in terms of pressure it should be ok right?
    Especially subsonic hand loads.

 

 

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