mod_silencer

Silencer:

Submitted by: Matt Muller

This works great. I made it for my Tippmann 98 Custom, but you can adapt the idea and use it for any barrel. I use that gun in the woods, and I use the Flatline barrel with it. As many of you know, the Flatline is not the most quiet barrel on the market. I decided I needed a bit less noise to be effective with it, so I made this silencer.

For the Flatline, this is what I used:

at least 1 foot of 1" conduit pipeing, ($3 from Home Depot)
1 Pringles can, 2 plastic Pringles caps
some batting, or some sort of pillow/blanket stuffing
some felt tape

This is really easy to make.
Basically, the idea is to have an inner tube, (conduit pipeing), that fits over your barrel. A larger tube, (Pringles can), goes over it, and you put the batting in between the two to muffle the sound. Simple, right?

1. Cut a length of the conduit pipeing to the same length as the Pringles can.
2. Drill some medium sized holes on the conduit pipeing, like they have on the Boomstick.
3. Trace a circle on the Pringles caps the size of your conduit pipeing. The Pringles caps will be the end caps on your silencer. Now, cut the caps so that you can slide the tube onto the conduit pipeing into the hole in the center.
4. Cut out the closed end of the Pringles can.
5. Put the conduit into the Pringles can, and put the batting into the can around the conduit. You don't want to pack it in there, you just want a good, thick layer that can "give" a little. Make sure the conduit ends up tin the center of the Pringles can with the batting around it.
6. Glue/tape the Pringles caps onto the end of the Pringles can. Make sure that they won't fall off, and make sure the conduit tube won't slide around them. It should stick in place.
7. Spray paint the whole thing black. You don't want it looking like a Pringles can stuck on the end of your gun do you?
8. Wrap a tiny bit of felt tape around the barrel, behind the muzzle, in front of the shroud. This will keep the silencer firmly in place, but make it easy to remove.

This won't COMPLETELY silence your gun, but it will take off all that high-end "CLACK!" that you normally hear. Basically, it will sound like a loud, muffled cough, just like they always describe it in the books.

If your doing this for a different barrel, all you need to do is get a different size conduit. Measure your barrel diameter, and buy conduit that is slightly larger, so you can slide it on. The Flatline is about 7/8" wide, so I bought 1" pipeing.