Titanium (like Grade 5 Ti-6Al-4V): Super popular for its killer strength-to-weight ratio—light as hell (half the weight of steel) but tough against corrosion and heat.
real firearm suppressors (silencers) are built tough to handle extreme heat, pressure, and gas expansion from shots— we’re talking thousands of degrees and serious PSI. They gotta last without blowing up or degrading fast like my many prototypes. Kevlar ABS (that’s a reinforced plastic) which is cool for testing form, but plastics like that melt at way lower temps (ABS softens around 200-250°C) compared to the 1000+°C gases in a real fire fight.
Titanium (like Grade 5 Ti-6Al-4V): Super popular for its killer strength-to-weight ratio—light as hell (half the weight of steel) but tough against corrosion and heat.
real firearm suppressors (silencers) are built tough to handle extreme heat, pressure, and gas expansion from shots— we’re talking thousands of degrees and serious PSI. They gotta last without blowing up or degrading fast like my many prototypes. Kevlar ABS (that’s a reinforced plastic) which is cool for testing form, but plastics like that melt at way lower temps (ABS softens around 200-250°C) compared to the 1000+°C gases in a real fire fight.