MachIVshooter
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I certainly do enjoy making things, seeing what I can come up with, but bear in mind that this is ultimately R&D for a commercial venture.
FWIW, I took pdsmith's comment as pointing out that non-SOT folks building on a Form 1 don't have the luxury of trial and error. If I take my new Form 1 can to the range and don't like the sound or the tube bulges or whatever, I can't change the design, or even repair it wiut paying another $200 and waiting however many months. If I could pay $200 for the right to have exactly 1 can at a time serial numbered pintler001, but could destroy the old, or make new baffles as long as the serialized part was unchanged, or whatever, then I'd be tinkering like mad. Since I can't, there is a strong tendency to not try anything out of the ordinary or push any edges; better a working can that's a couple of ounces heavier or a couple DB louder than a featherweight $200+ paperweight.
If the HPA ever passes ....
True.
That said, with a form 1 can, you are the manufacturer, so you may repair it, just as a licensed manufacturer would. You just can't alter the dimensions on your form 1 or keep spare parts around. If it's an 8" long .30 caliber rifle can, you can't crush it and recycle that serial number onto a 7" .223 cal suppressor.