I would like to keep the added length of a suppressor to a minimum. This question would be for a 10.5 inch 5.56 barrel.
I was wondering if the blast chamber could be moved between the gas block and the muzzle where it would attach right in front of the gas block. the O.D. would be about 2 inches so that would give about 2 inches of total volume with the over the barrel portion if the first baffle about .75 inches in front of the muzzle/flash hider to send the gas rearward first then through the baffle assembly. the best way I could describe it would be something like a barrel shroud but the shroud would be an expansion chamber.
Would pressures be a problem with having the first baffle so close to the muzzle with the exiting gas coming in to contact the first baffle so soon... or would that be offset by the expansion chamber that was located behind the muzzle
I was wondering if the blast chamber could be moved between the gas block and the muzzle where it would attach right in front of the gas block. the O.D. would be about 2 inches so that would give about 2 inches of total volume with the over the barrel portion if the first baffle about .75 inches in front of the muzzle/flash hider to send the gas rearward first then through the baffle assembly. the best way I could describe it would be something like a barrel shroud but the shroud would be an expansion chamber.
Would pressures be a problem with having the first baffle so close to the muzzle with the exiting gas coming in to contact the first baffle so soon... or would that be offset by the expansion chamber that was located behind the muzzle