32 pistol can?

A .32 ACP can needs to be built like a plus size rimfire suppressor. While a .30 rifle can would suppress the round some, it's not optimized for the low pressure & gas volume of the pipsqueak cartridge. Besides, would you really want a 16-22 ounce suppressor on the end of a small handgun?

My pattern for .32 ACP is a 1.125" x 6.5" titanium tube direct thread with eleven 60° double clipped conical baffles, weighs 4-1/2 ounces.

I wanted one of those .32 cans so bad but alas, Walther no longer makes the PPK with a blued finish in .32....

MachIVshooter: What about .380 specific suppressors? Do you “optimize” them in any way around this particular cartridge or is it close enough to 9mm already?

Thanks,

Dan

MachIVshooter said:

A .32 ACP can needs to be built like a plus size rimfire suppressor. While a .30 rifle can would suppress the round some, it's not optimized for the low pressure & gas volume of the pipsqueak cartridge. Besides, would you really want a 16-22 ounce suppressor on the end of a small handgun?

My pattern for .32 ACP is a 1.125" x 6.5" titanium tube direct thread with eleven 60° double clipped conical baffles, weighs 4-1/2 ounces.

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You are a bad person. I wanted you to know that.

I just bought a nice pair of Altamont super-rosewood grips with the inset Beretta medallions for my wife's Model 81. Dies, bullets, new brass, holster, used brass, etc.

And now YOU come along to tempt me into a suppressor for her pistol!

She'll think I've lost my mind. Between the can and the stamp tax it'll only cost five or six times what I paid for the pistol...

Dunross said:

You are a bad person. I wanted you to know that.

I just bought a nice pair of Altamont super-rosewood grips with the inset Beretta medallions for my wife's Model 81. Dies, bullets, new brass, holster, used brass, etc.

And now YOU come along to tempt me into a suppressor for her pistol!

She'll think I've lost my mind. Between the can and the stamp tax it'll only cost five or six times what I paid for the pistol...

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The real trouble is, he makes REALLY good cans and the prices are actually reasonable. He's quite the enabler.

Dan Forrester said:

MachIVshooter: What about .380 specific suppressors? Do you “optimize” them in any way around this particular cartridge or is it close enough to 9mm already?

Thanks,

Dan

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They can be made a little bit smaller, since you're dealing with a smaller powder charge.

Problem with most .380s is the blowback action making them extremely loud at the ear. Smaller .32 ACP blowbacks have the same problem, but larger guns like the Beretta 81 and CZ83 in .32 are pretty pleasant. I have a CZ83 in .380, though, and it'll ring your ears no matter what can is used. I wish there were more options in the locked breech .380 market that were larger firearms, but aside from the S&W Shield EZ, every locked breech .380 I can think of is a micro gun, which aren't my favorite range toys, become pretty awkward with suppressors.

I heard a Welrod fired once, back in the 70 s by an Agent I was friendly with and it was as quiet as any .22 suppressor I have ever heard . You could here the firing pin tripped ! He fired it in a parking lot after a military intelligence staff meeting .of course you had to run the "bolt" but the impact of the bullet in the tree he shot was loudest thing. This was a real deal Welrod .32 acp.

I suggest a Brausch silencer. There is very little reduction in muzzle velocity and the CIA swear by them.

That’s been my experience too. I have a cz83 with a threaded barrel as well as a Beretta 85 and they are both loud. Previously had a Makarov with a threaded barrel and it was also very loud.

I guess I just love the simplicity of the straight blowback pistols with the suppressor. Something about them just appeals to me even though they are loud.

I appreciate your info.

Dan

MachIVshooter: Just curious, have you ever tried to suppress the S&W shield .380 EZ? If so how did it go?

Also, how did you thread the CZ83 in .32 ACP? Is there a longer barrel that you can press in there or did you make an extension?

Thanks,

Dan

Form 1 a 30 cal solvent trap and get one intended for a 22lr but punch out the holes with a 11/32 drill bit.
Save you a few hundred bucks and about a year of waiting.
That's assuming the 32s are just straight blow back or a revolver.
That way you get about 6 ounce 30 cal can.
If you buy one from a high end manufacturer can get the weigh down under 4 ounces maybe, but the other wait goes up disproportionately.

Dan Forrester said:

MachIVshooter: Just curious, have you ever tried to suppress the S&W shield .380 EZ? If so how did it go?

Also, how did you thread the CZ83 in .32 ACP? Is there a longer barrel that you can press in there or did you make an extension?

Thanks,

Dan

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No, never messed with a Shield EZ

My CZ83 is a .380. I bought a length of rifled barrel, profiled it, chambered it. Ended up having to add retention pins; the single factory pin was not enough to retain the barrel with the weight of a can on it.