I have a few questions on the FTN as we get closer to Jan 1. I plan on submitting quite a few form 1s. This is my original form 1 that had a failure after less than 200 rounds. The particular day of failure was very cold and failed after only 2 standard capacity mags back to back not rapid fire. I followed PLAbois guide to a T.
- Is the FTN.4 the most solid 3d printed suppressor so far? Best performing?
- Best mounting method? I used KAK micro flash hider.
- Any other suppressors worth looking into? 5.56 as well as other calibers?
This failure happened with an 11.5” KAK “suppressor only” barrel. The core is annealed polymaker PA6 and I used a liberal amount of JB Weld.
I pulled the plug back and it looks like it might still be somewhat usable. The KAK flash hider is still in place, but the reinforcement high speed steel bars are creeping into the nylon and cracked slightly. Could maybe become a dedicated 22 can I guess.
I think after January 1st we will start seeing more options out there available for testing!
Can you just fill that entire space with something? What part broke?
The two metal steel pieces that lock the muzzle device are wanting to creep out and they almost look bent. It’s slightly cracking at the spot this metal rods touch the PA6. But yes, I am just going to fill it in and hope she holds.
I asked my friend whos made a few of these, and showed him the pics
He says that plug flies out all the time, and some of his has had minor cracks but still held up
Okay that makes me feel better. Thank you
I’ve been looking for someone with this same problem. 1 round 308 blow out. I wonder about filling it back in with JB Weld