Ammo for Obsidian 9?

[phantasm]

I've got some 147gr 9mm lying around and Im wondering if there is any issue shooting 147gr through a Glock 19 Gen 5 with an Obsidian 9? Anyone have any input?

 

[Zak Smith]

Should work great. If you shoot the 165’s it will be even quieter

 

[Jcarpenter223]

I've got some 147gr 9mm lying around and Im wondering if there is any issue shooting 147gr through a Glock 19 Gen 5 with an Obsidian 9? Anyone have any input?

Ran 147s through mine without a problem

 

[Clayman]

Should work great. If you shoot the 165’s it will be even quieter

All the 165 I've tried leave my guns and can full of unburnt powder.

 

[Zak Smith]

We shot a lot of the HUSH and the STELTH 165's for can testing and didn't really have any problems.

 

[Clayman]

I just tried 3 mags of the 165 stelth. I didn't have any malfunctions and it sounded great but I noticed my gun & can full of powder.

 

[7magsavage]

I just put a Rugged Obsidian 9 on my Gen 5 G19 and have shot 147gr subsonic through it both factory loaded and my hand loads. Works just fine. One thing I will warn you of though: I tried to make absolutely certain my can was tightly secured to the threaded barrel, meaning after every 5-10 shots I would grab it and torque it back down. I shot less than fifty rounds my first time out. It wasn't until I got home that I realized that I hit my end cap. I called Rugged and they covered it under warranty which is awesome on their part. I since purchased the Griffin Armament Cam Lok and I cannot recommend it enough. It eliminates the need to keep checking the can and eliminates the (in my opinion) inevitable baffle/end cap strike. Had a buddy that warned me but I didn't listen. I didn't want to spend the extra money. He had done the exact same thing.
The bullets will work fine, but do yourself a huge favor and get the Cam Lok.

 

[phantasm]

I just put a Rugged Obsidian 9 on my Gen 5 G19 and have shot 147gr subsonic through it both factory loaded and my hand loads. Works just fine. One thing I will warn you of though: I tried to make absolutely certain my can was tightly secured to the threaded barrel, meaning after every 5-10 shots I would grab it and torque it back down. I shot less than fifty rounds my first time out. It wasn't until I got home that I realized that I hit my end cap. I called Rugged and they covered it under warranty which is awesome on their part. I since purchased the Griffin Armament Cam Lok and I cannot recommend it enough. It eliminates the need to keep checking the can and eliminates the (in my opinion) inevitable baffle/end cap strike. Had a buddy that warned me but I didn't listen. I didn't want to spend the extra money. He had done the exact same thing.
The bullets will work fine, but do yourself a huge favor and get the Cam Lok.

Man. I shot it over the weekend and suffered an end cap strike in my first 15 rounds through the silencer. Rugged sent me a new end cap. They advised to use teflon tape on the threads when securing the silencer on the host and to tighten it during use. I'll check out that cam lock thing you mentioned.

 

[padom]

All the 165 I've tried leave my guns and can full of unburnt powder.

Then your doing something wrong...I've been running 165's over N340 for years...20,000+ at this point. I don't have any unburnt powder issues

Edit
I see you're talking about factory ammo. I don't shoot factory ammo but N340 and 165's are a match made in heaven

 

[7magsavage]

I typically shoot subs through my G19+Obsidian 9 but every time I try full power loads I get blasted in the face with shit.
Anyone else have this issue?

 

[FieldGaugeFailure]

Man. I shot it over the weekend and suffered an end cap strike in my first 15 rounds through the silencer. Rugged sent me a new end cap. They advised to use teflon tape on the threads when securing the silencer on the host and to tighten it during use. I'll check out that cam lock thing you mentioned.

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Well, now you're officially a thread on suppressor owner now. Now you'll be paranoid about can tightness like everyone else that has had heavy endcap strikes. You don't need the tape (thought it will help), you just need to not tighten the can like a pussy =)

 

[FuhQ]

I typically shoot subs through my G19+Obsidian 9 but every time I try full power loads I get blasted in the face with shit.
Anyone else have this issue?

Yeah, welcome to suppressed handguns…

 

[FuhQ]

I just tried 3 mags of the 165 stelth. I didn't have any malfunctions and it sounded great but I noticed my gun & can full of powder.

Pistols do that… Short barrels (pistols) = less time for powder to burn = incomplete burn. It’s the nature of the beast for pistols and SBR’s.

 

[the_assman]

Pistols do that… Short barrels (pistols) = less time for powder to burn = incomplete burn. It’s the nature of the beast for pistols and SBR’s.

that looks like a filler and not unburnt powder

 

[Clayman]

Pistols do that… Short barrels (pistols) = less time for powder to burn = incomplete burn. It’s the nature of the beast for pistols and SBR’s.

You have a picture of your guns or silencers covered in stuff like that?

It was on a pcc.

I've shot many thousands of factory subs, I've never had my guns and silencers covered in unburnt powder/filler like that. It made an absolute mess, that shit was everywhere and took forever to clean.

This isn't my gun but my Scorpion looked like this after a single box of that ammo.

 

[FuhQ]

You have a picture of your guns or silencers covered in stuff like that?

It was on a pcc.

I've shot many thousands of factory subs, I've never had my guns and silencers covered in unburnt powder/filler like that. It made an absolute mess, that shit was everywhere and took forever to clean.

This isn't my gun but my Scorpion looked like this after a single box of that ammo.

When I worked at the machine gun range, we would dump powder out of the MP5SD every day after a few shooting sessions for customers. Worse than that… I don’t have pictures from back then, but I’ll check my Obsidian 45 on my SP5 when I get home. I know it’s looked like that several times after shooting pistols with it, when I pulled the end cap to put the extra baffles on/off.