Captains1911
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I found this on another site:
"Most firearms will need to be threaded for a suppressor. Even those barrels that are already threaded (AR15's) should be rethreaded when attaching a suppressor. THis is because that in high volume production, the threads on the barrel are not always concentric to the bore. This doesn't matter with a regular flash hider or compensator but with the suppressor being off just a few thousands of a inch can create baffel strikes."
How much truth is there to this? My plan was to use a YHM QD Phantom on a Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle and a few different AR-15s (BCM and LaRue). What are the chances that the threading on those are not already adequate? If the barrel does have to be re-threaded, how does that work with the existing threads? I was hoping it would be as easy as removing the standard flash hiders and installing the Phantom QD flash hiders.
"Most firearms will need to be threaded for a suppressor. Even those barrels that are already threaded (AR15's) should be rethreaded when attaching a suppressor. THis is because that in high volume production, the threads on the barrel are not always concentric to the bore. This doesn't matter with a regular flash hider or compensator but with the suppressor being off just a few thousands of a inch can create baffel strikes."
How much truth is there to this? My plan was to use a YHM QD Phantom on a Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle and a few different AR-15s (BCM and LaRue). What are the chances that the threading on those are not already adequate? If the barrel does have to be re-threaded, how does that work with the existing threads? I was hoping it would be as easy as removing the standard flash hiders and installing the Phantom QD flash hiders.