Very nice.
What provides the gas to the piston? The suppresor or the barrel's gasport?
If the suppressor's gas is what drives the piston, does that "contraption" cut off gasflow from the barrel's gasport?
If the barrel's gasport is still used to drive the piston, does the gas flow into the suppressor and/or does the gas from the suppressor also flow back into the "contraption"? ie gas pressure is at equilibrium momentarily? .
Scenario A. Rifle is fired, gas flows through barrel, travels through gasport, activates piston, bleeds off through "contraption" into suppressor?
Scenario B. Rifle is fired, gas flows through barrel, gasport is blocked, gas continues out muzzle into suppressor, gas flows through channel in suppressor into "contraption", thus activating piston?
Scenario C. Rifle is fired, gas flows through barrel, travels through gasport, activates piston, at the same moment gas also travels out muzzle into suppressor and is channeled into "contraption", after impulse gas pressure is at equilibrium momentarily and reduces to normal "standard" atmospheric pressure?
If the answer is scenario B, is cyclic rate affected and if so, how?