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Posted: 8/14/2004 1:38:07 PM EDT
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Could someone with a Phantom flash suppressor, maybe laying around not attatched to a barrel, possibly take pics of it looking down the muzzle end? Basically I'm trying to find out if there is enough meat around the edges to bore out a 3/8" hole so a 9mm slug can pass through it. Or if you dont have pics, maybe just some measurments on the outside diameter and the inside diameter. Thanks in advance! |
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One note that you may or may not know: The standard threads on a 9mm barrel are different from the threads on a .223 barrel. I don't have my reference books readily handy right now, but I think that 9mm are 1/2"X36TPI and .223 are 1/2"X28TPI. This is so that you can't "accidently attach a .223 flash hider to a 9mm barrel, which would result in a 9mm bullet contacting the FH, at least once anyway.  BUT, if you were to custom thread a 9mm barrel with 1/2X28TPI threads and bore out the Phantom, it would definitely work, as there appears to be enough meat to do what you want. |
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Mongo, you are the man! Thanks so much. I'm going to get ADCO to cut and thread my barrel and I was thinking I would get them to thread it 1/2 X 28 for future suppressor use. From the pics, it looks like all that would need to be done is drill out that middle hole to 3/8". Could it be that simple? Thanks again, sir! Jake |
i think Gloftoe was going to try it out with a .308 Vortex. Don't know if its done or not.... Thread with info |
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I had a perfectly good Phantom FS and decided I would make it "better" by drilling out the restriction at the base of the FS. To make a long story short, the flash suppression of the Phantom was much WORSE after boring it out. It still looks great, but doesn't work nearly as well in suppressing flash. |
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