So a few guys have been asking about a lighter, all titanium solvent trap that they can get a form 1 approval to punch a hole through. Full Disclaimer!!! Don’t put a hole in anything without an approved form1! I’m not implying it and Solventtrapsdirect cannot and will not discuss it with you.
I set out to build a light suppressor for my 358win. It’s sat pretty lonely in the back of the safe ever since I’ve went suppressor only shooting. I asked tbac over the years to make me a 358 capable 7” can but they’ve never been about to make it happen due to work load mostly. No knock against them, being too busy to do one off stuff is really a good thing! But, it left a hole in my suppressor group. I’ve since fixed that by getting a 6” solvent trap and dry storage cups from solventtrapsdirect.com I went with 3 cups to be made into baffles and a expansion chamber using their spacer tube.
I used their 5/8-24 thread protector as the rear cap, cut the spacer tube to a length that made a crush fit when fully assembled and used their end cap as well. All the parts were sourced from them.
The tube is medical grade 9 and the cups and caps are grade 5. Pretty top notch materials are used.
The dry storage cups that were made into baffles are a simple 60 degree cone with a skirt. With a quality cobalt drill bit I was able to drill the hole with easy using lots of lube, lots of pressure and low speed. Doing it this way make it cut almost like aluminum in nice big perfect curls. I used my lathe but it can easily be done on a drill press from the back side of the cup. When I ordered the cups, I was planning on 2 builds and ordered a couple too few. I reordered and the second set was quite a bit thicker.
After calling and talking to the owner, she explained that the thicker ones are the newer style as she felt the thinner ones might not be what people are after. If you order now, you will receive the thicker cups I am told. There is also some variation from cup to cup within the 2 lots that I have. I’m not sure what would cause this, seeing as everything in don’t on one CNC lathe but it’s there. It hasn’t cause any problem that I’ve been able to tell accuracy wise.
The front cap is a little thicker than I think it needs to be but a guy could thin it down if you wanted to shave a little more weight. My 6” with the 3 baffles weights about 12oz. I have a 12” with 8 baffles and it’s about 20oz.
On the 12” I opted to use their qd setup. That was because I would be using it on smaller caliber stuff and figure a little more baffling from the brake couldn’t hurt. The brake is titanium as well and is super light
Something to note. Their 5/8-24 rear cap is thinner than .600” at the threads. That means there are some exposed threads inside the trap. They can catch some carbon and cause a little problem but the rear cap is removable from the tube so yo can clean the threads. I talked with the owner about this and she is going to see about changing it to the industry standard of .600”. She said they also currently off the caps as blanks if a guy wanted to do something now or in a thread pitch that they don’t offer. That isn’t on the website so you would have to call.
It took a couple times of calling to reach Julie, the owner, but once I did we had a very nice discussion about her traps. She wanted me to clarify some things,
She was inspected by the ATF and survived. That caused her to have to separate her solvent trap business from her son’s suppressor business, both financially and physically. It’s a small family company and they are wishing the law as to their operation. That is the reason the dry storage cups are sold separately from the tube and caps, per the advise of their attorney. They offer a 10% discount for military and vets currently and plan to add the same for police in the future (take programming code for the website) that is also the reason for the flat $10 shipping, the code to right in the shipping was expensive and it was more cost effective to make it a flat rate. Their shipping is pretty quick. If you order $1000 or more, the 10% is taken off your order in your cart so it you want to get together with a few guys and bundle order, it’ll save some coin.
The cerakote is not done in house and does add a week or 2 to your order. Coated stuff is considered a special order and can’t be returned.
I think that’s about it. If I forgot anything or you have questions, post them up here.
I set out to build a light suppressor for my 358win. It’s sat pretty lonely in the back of the safe ever since I’ve went suppressor only shooting. I asked tbac over the years to make me a 358 capable 7” can but they’ve never been about to make it happen due to work load mostly. No knock against them, being too busy to do one off stuff is really a good thing! But, it left a hole in my suppressor group. I’ve since fixed that by getting a 6” solvent trap and dry storage cups from solventtrapsdirect.com I went with 3 cups to be made into baffles and a expansion chamber using their spacer tube.
The tube is medical grade 9 and the cups and caps are grade 5. Pretty top notch materials are used.
The dry storage cups that were made into baffles are a simple 60 degree cone with a skirt. With a quality cobalt drill bit I was able to drill the hole with easy using lots of lube, lots of pressure and low speed. Doing it this way make it cut almost like aluminum in nice big perfect curls. I used my lathe but it can easily be done on a drill press from the back side of the cup. When I ordered the cups, I was planning on 2 builds and ordered a couple too few. I reordered and the second set was quite a bit thicker.
After calling and talking to the owner, she explained that the thicker ones are the newer style as she felt the thinner ones might not be what people are after. If you order now, you will receive the thicker cups I am told. There is also some variation from cup to cup within the 2 lots that I have. I’m not sure what would cause this, seeing as everything in don’t on one CNC lathe but it’s there. It hasn’t cause any problem that I’ve been able to tell accuracy wise.
The front cap is a little thicker than I think it needs to be but a guy could thin it down if you wanted to shave a little more weight. My 6” with the 3 baffles weights about 12oz. I have a 12” with 8 baffles and it’s about 20oz.
On the 12” I opted to use their qd setup. That was because I would be using it on smaller caliber stuff and figure a little more baffling from the brake couldn’t hurt. The brake is titanium as well and is super light
Something to note. Their 5/8-24 rear cap is thinner than .600” at the threads. That means there are some exposed threads inside the trap. They can catch some carbon and cause a little problem but the rear cap is removable from the tube so yo can clean the threads. I talked with the owner about this and she is going to see about changing it to the industry standard of .600”. She said they also currently off the caps as blanks if a guy wanted to do something now or in a thread pitch that they don’t offer. That isn’t on the website so you would have to call.
It took a couple times of calling to reach Julie, the owner, but once I did we had a very nice discussion about her traps. She wanted me to clarify some things,
She was inspected by the ATF and survived. That caused her to have to separate her solvent trap business from her son’s suppressor business, both financially and physically. It’s a small family company and they are wishing the law as to their operation. That is the reason the dry storage cups are sold separately from the tube and caps, per the advise of their attorney. They offer a 10% discount for military and vets currently and plan to add the same for police in the future (take programming code for the website) that is also the reason for the flat $10 shipping, the code to right in the shipping was expensive and it was more cost effective to make it a flat rate. Their shipping is pretty quick. If you order $1000 or more, the 10% is taken off your order in your cart so it you want to get together with a few guys and bundle order, it’ll save some coin.
The cerakote is not done in house and does add a week or 2 to your order. Coated stuff is considered a special order and can’t be returned.
I think that’s about it. If I forgot anything or you have questions, post them up here.
