New 9MM suppressor - side to side movement no good

[.45's and .38's]

Just picked this up today
Was real excited
Until I installed it on my factory Glock 17 Gen 5 threaded barrel. I'm gonna do my best to explain this.

The piston has teeth that catch inside the encapsulator , which is the pistol housing I would call it. Well there are only 2 notches for the piston to catch and when it's set in the notches, the piston slides just a little back and forth: when this suppressor gets installed on the barrel it will move freely left to right. I have taken this apart and looked it over , it's. Spring, piston and it goes into the suppressor it's not rocket science , but it's shaking, and now I feel I need a rocket scientist to help me.

When those teeth from the piston go into those 2 notches. It's not a tight fit. When the suppressor is back together it still moves

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[OrPackrat]

That is a strange issue, I have a different Pistol Caliber can that has an excellent fit when I attach it and it's piston...

Make me wonder if your threads on your barrel is off or the threads on the piston is off.....

 

[.45's and .38's]

Makes me wonder too as it's a factory right hand threads Glock 17 gen 5 barrel

This suppressor is day one

 

[.45's and .38's]

The threads on the piston have a big gap and seem oversized compared to those small teeth notches in the incapsulator. With the can installed I would never feel comfortable shooting this as I can grab my suppressor when fully tightened onto my barrel and rotate it back and forth easily,

 

[kmk1012]

Is that one of the do all stackable type suppressors? The ones that thread together every 3/4" or so to adjust length?

 

[.45's and .38's]

Yes

 

[Member 24198]

Am I looking at your instructions correctly, that you're supposed to screw things in?

 

[.45's and .38's]

Yes using the two tools they provided

Little blue square clamps

 

[R3dundantC]

I don't understand exactly what the problem is? If it just twists or rotates left to right or right to left that would be explained by their piston setup and I wouldn't worry about it. The piston's "sprockets" or whatever you want to call them should have a little play where they interface with the booster housing to account for fouling and it looks like Q just took it to the extreme.

Now if you can pull it left or right, or it droops when like when a pistol suppressor backs off as they are apt to do, where the barrel is no longer aligned with the baffle stack then that is a serious problem.

 

[.45's and .38's]

Ok the suppressor doesn't droop and it's tight onto the barrel itself, but the piston rotates in the booster as you said and I do not understand that they would make it rotate this much left and right , seems like a really poor design. How do I video

If I took this gun and swung it like a sword with the suppressor on I would bet it would
Rotate

 

[R3dundantC]

Took a video showing normal movement vs bad movement. And a photo showing the teeth on a normal piston and booster housing. As you noted earlier the Q piston has a lot more rotational room. because the space between the teeth are so much wider

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/I4_bC5ck0yY

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/kqURCKuYJJA

 

[.45's and .38's]

Then it's normal but it's rotating much more

You can looks like it has several slots for the teeth to catch not allowing it to free spin left to right

I cannot figure how to upload a video maybe someone will PM me and I'll text them it and throw it up

But my can is rotating waaaay more than that and I understand they want to give it room to flex and rotate with the gun but this seems overboard and I want to confirm I did not get a piston too large or a bad suppressor from Q shoddy QC

Another thing to say

I could get Q direct thread mount or the tri lug for my MP5, do away with the piston, but I wanted to shoot my Glock with the can on it , it's not fair I tell ya

 

[.45's and .38's]

@wired

Thoughts ideas sir

 

[wired]

Ok Terms here.

Nothing gets boosted so its not a booster.

Its not a encapsulator either. Thats an old MAC term for the piece that holds the spiral baffles in place.

What is it? Its a linear decoupler. It decouples the barrel from the silencer long enough for the barrel to move freely and cycle a browning style action.

Your decoupler is gonna do what decouplers do and thats let the barrel move without the suppressor moving so it unlocks. I meani its not THE best design but it'll work.

 

[.45's and .38's]

Had my buddy ask Q

Seems bizarre maybe I am overthinking things as it's my first 9mm can and I expected it to tighten down and not move even a little bit once installed , it's doing like almost quarter turns here

 

[R3dundantC]

Ok Terms here.

Nothing gets boosted so its not a booster.

Its not a encapsulator either. Thats an old MAC term for the piece that holds the spiral baffles in place.

What is it? Its a linear decoupler. It decouples the barrel from the silencer long enough for the barrel to move freely and cycle a browning style action.

Your decoupler is gonna do what decouplers do and thats let the barrel move without the suppressor moving so it unlocks. I meani its not THE best design but it'll work.

Tomato tomahtoe. Booster is a term that is used by several manufacturers for the Nielsen device. It's like being semantic about Silencer vs Suppressor or going to the South and asking for a Coke. Same thing and anyone in the industry would know what you are talking about.

 

[wired]

Tomato tomahtoe. Booster is a term that is used by several manufacturers for the Nielsen device. It's like being semantic about Silencer vs Suppressor or going to the South and asking for a Coke. Same thing and anyone in the industry would know what you are talking about.

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Still not a booster

 

[Camelfilter]

Rotating shouldn't matter any iota.

Alignment does.

 

[Markhofstetter]

So I just stumbled upon this thread and I hope you got your can fixed but it's a q can, lil google and you can see how much people don't like Kevin Brittingham.

 

[.45's and .38's]

It was actually made to turn like that in the booster housing. Suppressor works great