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Submitted on Sunday 9pm, Approved Wednesday 11am. I guess removing all the people trying to F1 from parts really made things move faster lol. So I'm officially off to the races...
16in long x 2in diameter, Titanium thread sleeve, 416R stacked machined baffles (radiused and clipped). 1-14 threads for my MCM50 single shot.

I've always been worried about machining Ti and now I'm not. Turned with coolant (I know the fire risk of Ti) 18in chuck to center. It chirped a bit but finish was good.
It is certainly stringy and the strings are sharp.

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Submitted on Sunday 9pm, Approved Wednesday 11am. I guess removing all the people trying to F1 from parts really made things move faster lol. So I'm officially off to the races...
16in long x 2in diameter, Titanium thread sleeve, 416R stacked machined baffles (radiused and clipped). 1-14 threads for my MCM50 single shot.

I've always been worried about machining Ti and now I'm not. Turned with coolant (I know the fire risk of Ti) 18in chuck to center. It chirped a bit but finish was good.
It is certainly stringy and the strings are sharp.

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You gotta love the mighty 50! When all your friends have pencil suppressors and yours looks like roll cage material! I second wanting to see completed project and decibel reduction! That's a ton of gas to shush!
 
Working on a baffling problem today... circle milling was the most expedient solution.
2 OPs in on vice, 1 part in 1 part done.
Not fast at 20min but easy on tooling.

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First dry fit! Alot of trips to the shop to change parts. A 1-14 hand tap wasn't a good idea, needed a big wrench. Weight was what was expected, maybe a little less.
Need to spin out a 49/64 -20 adapter tomorrow since I don't have a good spot to shoot 50BMG. Time to turn that 16in barrel in to a 32in barrel....
What's left of this .502 bore barrel could make a .510WSM pistol (Omen pistols seem envogue right now).

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I've been contemplating one of these for years. A big, cartoon can on my big cartoon gun 😁
Every time I get serious, the sticker shock slaps me back to reality. Maybe I need a friend with a machine shop. Hadn't considered Form 1 for these.

Love to know how the recoil is with suppressor vs giant break.
Are you machining your own break or using the AAC or similar?
 
Titanium not so scary so far. Sawing takes 30min (daaammmn) but blade is staying sharp. Turning isn't bad, ripped off a 0.015 pass no problem.

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First Ti baffle in the bag. Cut feeds down to 40% and it cuts so quiet. Lots of fine chips , no color , no work hardening. BLAST it with coolant and your good.
Cut weight in half vs SS

These would drop in the BMG can if I want to drop it's weight.

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My 25 year old mill decided i needed to mess with the home switch for 3 hours. I think I found a close replacement but it's back chugging da Ti ... stacking baffles.
Waiting on another chunk of tube.
End caps should be fun.

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This a more normal length Big can.
It's same size as the vers 50 can.
If I wasn't worried about time delays I should have requested 50cal whisper pickle for the model. Really getting to know how titanium works on a machine.

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Well all the threading is done on the caps. The front still needs some turning and a hole.
Then it's back to the mill for wrench flats.

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