Moderators ("silencers"): what do you use, or want ?

[Hauptman]

Third Eye Spartan has transformed my Blaser LRS..............a significant reduction in recoil as well as a "crump" instead of a "bang".
And it strips for easy cleaning.

H/man

[ovenpaa]

Proof them to the maximum bullet size, so 8,5-9,0mm for .308 and anything less such as 6,5 is fine.

Would that work if you could alter the baffle sizes too?
I've been designing a modular one for a while now and never thought about proofing, was just something I'd like to make for myself

A suppressor catering for say 6mm to 7,8mm could use the same baffles although you might struggle to cover .223 through to .338LM

[meles meles]

And what degree of clearance is customary to allow the bullet to pass through the baffles?

[ovenpaa]

I would say allow a good 1,1mm

[meles meles]

We were thinking that less would be better. Maybe enough just to allow a laminar flow of gases over the bullet to act as a fluid bearing.

[ovenpaa]

Nice idea however it is also very easy to over pressure the blast chambers, cause disturbance in the flow leading to the bullet shaving on the baffles.

[meles meles]

Blast chambers ? We weren't thinking of having any of those. A plenum chamber or two, maybe...