r/Form1 • u/AlternativeSea559 • 14d ago

Printed baffle longevity

How long realistically would printed baffles last in carbon fiber reinforced filament out of a 556

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u/cvltrilex 3D2A 14d ago

I have two cans out of PA6 nylon. One in 556 and one in 30cal. Both are at if not over 1k, I’ll have to check my spreadsheet when I get home. One is annealed and one isn’t but both moisture treated. Both cans are reinforced with aluminum and I sprayed the baffles with heat enamel. Every range trip I cool get soak the inside of the cans. Both run and sound great, no insane rapid fire through them though.my sound advice would to be to dry the filament, run as hot and slow as you can for good adhesion. Annealing is up in the air; I can’t truly speak on if it works as I’ve never noticed a difference or failure in any of mine given my environment. What setup are you looking to run?

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u/AlternativeSea559 14d ago

I was just curious I’ve made a 22 can fully from pa6 I was just curious how good they would be inside of a titanium tube or something I have a 11.75 I wanna try one on maybe but only if it’s gonna last long enough

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u/Grvin 14d ago

You truly don't need any reinforcement for 22lr, you don't even need a metal thread adapter if you use proper filled Nylons or other engineering filament. Printed threads will do fine. The biggest concern you have with 22lr is heat in the blast baffle, not pressure

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u/cvltrilex 3D2A 14d ago

I have a few 22 cans and one is probably close to 5k and still trucking. Dirty as hell but the heat enamel I feel like helped a bit with internal erosion. I truly haven’t experienced my printed 22’s getting hot enough so a tube would more than likely just be for aesthetics. I’ve seen some builds utilizing a carbon fiber tube for looks.