Suppressors Q Suppressors / Taper

[b6graham]

I was fortunate enough to pick up a Q Half Nelson this weekend.

Does anyone have experience running these both with and without the taper? I have a barrel or two I'd like to run this on when it gets out of jail and want to know how crucial the taper is or whether it functions just fine without.

 

[DiscreetBallistics]

I was fortunate enough to pick up a Q Half Nelson this weekend.

Does anyone have experience running these both with and without the taper? I have a barrel or two I'd like to run this on when it gets out of jail and want to know how crucial the taper is or whether it functions just fine without.

I run both the Half Nelson and the Full Nelson all the time on untapered barrels and have had no issues. I pretty sure they were designed for problem free operation as 99% of threaded barrels out there are not tapered. Interestingly Q makes a taper adaptor for their barrels so that non-tapered silencers shoulder squarely.

 

[b6graham]

Thanks for your input.

Would you run a taper if you had the option?

 

[DiscreetBallistics]

Thanks for your input.

Would you run a taper if you had the option?

I like the concept of tapered barrels but I run Q's tapered DT silencers on regular barrels and Q Barrels (Honey Badger) and Sig Barrels without any issue

 

[oldbrowndog]

FWIW, I am about to have a Trash Panda in jail. I've already sent off a barrel to get tapered for the Cherry Bomb muzzle break. Suppressors are expensive enough and take long enough to get that I feel better running it the way it's designed to work. Not that it wouldn't work fine on a non-tapered barrel, but I just want to feel warm and fuzzy....

 

[chadholl]

FWIW, I am about to have a Trash Panda in jail. I've already sent off a barrel to get tapered for the Cherry Bomb muzzle break. Suppressors are expensive enough and take long enough to get that I feel better running it the way it's designed to work. Not that it wouldn't work fine on a non-tapered barrel, but I just want to feel warm and fuzzy....

I've ran my trash panda on both tapered shoulder and square shoulder with no issues. I too believe you should use it as was optimal designed but it does have some flexibility.

 

[m6z]

I'll be running a Full Nelson on a tapered barrel. Is there a torque spec or should I just stick to hand tight?

@Kevin Brittingham

 

[Akdodge88]

I'll be running a Full Nelson on a tapered barrel. Is there a torque spec or should I just stick to hand tight?

@Kevin Brittingham

I don't believe there is a torque spec. I run a Full Nelson on a Q fix and a .300BO SBR I built with a non-tapered barrel. I install the suppressor as tight as I can turn it with one hand on the can. I'll usually check tightness after firing 5-10 rounds and periodically throughout shooting. Haven't had an issue with it backing off at all.

 

[HansohnBrothers]

I'll be running a Full Nelson on a tapered barrel. Is there a torque spec or should I just stick to hand tight?

@Kevin Brittingham

Since you have a tapered barrel, hand tight is good enough.