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Anyone use suppressor alignment rods/gauges? Picked up geissele 5.56 and 7.62 alignment rods. Thanks, Mike | ||
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Looking down the bore from the chamber end for a perfectly round hole into daylight will tell you if the suppressor is aligned correctly. An off-centre hole or alignment rod just tells you you have fucked up on threading the barrel or assembling the suppressor (baffles). Don't need a rod to tell you that, your eye does it perfectly, exactly how a peep sight works. It is not as if the rod is a tool to help perfect threading of the barrel for a suppressor. Once the barrel is threaded in the lathe, screw the suppressor on and run up the lathe, you'll soon see how good your threading was. A wobbly suppressor is start all over again time, only this time get your bore centred. Done a lot and never had an issue. | |||
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I bought some precision rods from McMaster-Carr and cut them in half, so both myself and my buddy have a set. I have them for 4 different calibers. Edit: The 4 rods I bought are tight tolerance tool steel rods, 36" long, they cost about $3/ea. McMaster-Carr Part numbers P/N 8893K191 0.2120" for .22 bore P/N 8893K193 0.2188" for .223 bore P/N 8893K204 0.250" for 6.5 bore P/N 8893K219 0.2969" for .308 bore T | |||
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This does not work with ar or most military semi platform rifles. You can’t see thru receiver as easily as you can with bolt rifle. If you have a suppressor mounting from a muzzle brake or flash hider. For hunting rifles a direct thread is easy. A lot of suppressors I own are set up for use with muzzle or flash hiders and cannot be directly threaded. End cap strike are a common accordance. Talk to anyone who has used suppressors for professional use. Not hunters and target shooters. If one is shooting semi auto rifles end cap strikes are regular occurrence. I have spoken to silencerco and other manufactures about it. Manufactures have recommended getting suppressor alignment rods to reduce the risk. Mike | |||
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Best $75 I have spent in a long time. $75 for a stainless steel rod. But geissele stuff is A+ grade. I got it today and checked my two suppressed guns. My blaser with silencerco omega 300 direct thread was perfectly aligned. My Steyr with a t51 mount and a acc sd 762 was not perfectly aligned. This tool is a necessary piece of equipment for anyone seriously into shooting suppressed. A end cap strike on acc suppressor would be the end if it as acc is no longer in business. No repair would be just a paper weight. I will be buying 5.56 and 6.5 alignment tools when they are available. Mike | |||
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