wally
Member
My first two centerfire pistol cans (Osprey and GemTech Multimount) did not come apart for cleaning.
My Multimount got replaced under warranty (tube failure, GemTech honored their plain language warranty without hassle and ate the tax on the replacement). The new replacement comes apart for cleaning.
Pretty cool to get a suppressor delivered with just a signature from the UPS guy
But didn't help with the wait
When I asked GemTech tech support about the difference, they said I should expect about 100,000 rounds if I don't ever take it apart and shoot only jacketed or plated bullets. But If I do take it apart, I need to do so at intervals not to exceed 250 rounds to prevent carbon buildup from causing disassembly issues that could potentially cause damage not covered by warranty.
I also have a pair of take-apart cans, ISIS-2 and Octane 45HD, but after trying a some lead bullets in them they are much worse to clean and would require such shorter round counts before doing so than my .22lr Sparrow, that I immediately gave up on the 9mm/.45 suppressed cast bullet idea.
I'm leaning towards the never again taking apart the take-apart cans.
The Multimount and Octane 45 are essentially the same design internally with differences mostly in the end cap designs. The ISIS-2 is like the Sparrow internally but lacking the half-tubes within a tube design of the Sparrow it fouls and becomes hard to take apart after 300-400 jacked rounds (they don't specify a specific round count but say clean it after every use, I did 100, 200, 300, 400 outing sequences and I'll never let it go above 400 unless I decide to stop taking it apart.
So pretend the take-apart cans don't come apart. Good or bad idea? What say ye?
None of this will affect the real need to clean the recoil boosters after every outing.
My Multimount got replaced under warranty (tube failure, GemTech honored their plain language warranty without hassle and ate the tax on the replacement). The new replacement comes apart for cleaning.
Pretty cool to get a suppressor delivered with just a signature from the UPS guy
But didn't help with the wait
When I asked GemTech tech support about the difference, they said I should expect about 100,000 rounds if I don't ever take it apart and shoot only jacketed or plated bullets. But If I do take it apart, I need to do so at intervals not to exceed 250 rounds to prevent carbon buildup from causing disassembly issues that could potentially cause damage not covered by warranty.
I also have a pair of take-apart cans, ISIS-2 and Octane 45HD, but after trying a some lead bullets in them they are much worse to clean and would require such shorter round counts before doing so than my .22lr Sparrow, that I immediately gave up on the 9mm/.45 suppressed cast bullet idea.
I'm leaning towards the never again taking apart the take-apart cans.
The Multimount and Octane 45 are essentially the same design internally with differences mostly in the end cap designs. The ISIS-2 is like the Sparrow internally but lacking the half-tubes within a tube design of the Sparrow it fouls and becomes hard to take apart after 300-400 jacked rounds (they don't specify a specific round count but say clean it after every use, I did 100, 200, 300, 400 outing sequences and I'll never let it go above 400 unless I decide to stop taking it apart.
So pretend the take-apart cans don't come apart. Good or bad idea? What say ye?
None of this will affect the real need to clean the recoil boosters after every outing.