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12/29/2015 9:51:50 PM EDT
I have two Octanes, 9 and 45 as well as. Revo 9,  all produce blow back, but it is especially bad when shooting my 40 cal hosts.  I have a Ti-rant 45M in jail, will this can have less blow back?  I was also looking at the 45 Osprey as a potential cure, any thoughts?
12/29/2015 10:01:00 PM EDT
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I have two Octanes, 9 and 45 as well as. Revo 9,  all produce blow back, but it is especially bad when shooting my 40 cal hosts.  I have a Ti-rant 45M in jail, will this can have less blow back?  I was also looking at the 45 Osprey as a potential cure, any thoughts?
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In my experience blowback can often be more host specific.  What are your hosts?
12/30/2015 12:17:20 AM EDT
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I have an Octane 45 that has pretty bad blowback with several handloads and some factory ammo in my 1911.  I recently tried some factory Winchester .45 230gr round nose and the blowback was minimal to nonexistent.

I had a large stock of Unique that I was using in my .45, but I'm about to go to some Bullseye and see how that does.

Moral of the post: if handloading is an option, try it.
12/30/2015 12:44:16 AM EDT
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Most of my hosts are various Glocks, save one SAO P220.  I have some CZ's that I am looking at getting threaded or may end up with one of the threaded 2016 models.  Does changing out the spring weights on a Glock have much effect on lessening the blow back?
12/30/2015 12:55:42 AM EDT
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With my osprey 45 every once in a while I get something in the face. Not that I have a lot of experience with many different suppressors but I think it's just the nature of the beast.

The osprey might be less than others but it's not completely eliminated.

12/30/2015 1:07:08 AM EDT
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There are lots of variables, hosts, ammo, suppressor design, but keep in mind that all things being the same, a higher pressure cartridge will have more blowback.  Typical target ammo... 40 > 9 > 45.  There are exceptions, obviously
12/30/2015 1:13:52 AM EDT
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I only have experience with 9mm, but my octane 9 produces significantly more blowback than my tirant 9 or my tirant 45.

This is with a glock 19, glock 17, and m&p 9.
12/30/2015 2:46:10 AM EDT
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There's a reason why Dead Air didn't go with that type of cone baffle for the Ghost-45M.  The cone baffle that is used in the Octane (and Revolution) is really good at stopping gas, but it's also really good at directing it back whence it came.   Host weapon is also a factor, but it's a distant second.  Ammo's a close third.  

The Ti-Rant has significantly less blow-back than the Octa-Revo.
12/30/2015 9:24:33 AM EDT
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The Ti-Rant has significantly less blow-back than the Octa-Revo.
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My pistol cans are TiRants and the only time I've ever noticed blowback was when I put to much ablative in them and had them spit back at me. Hosts are HK P30, G17 and HK45.
12/30/2015 12:12:36 PM EDT
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Octanes 9 & 45, Tirant 9 and Osprey 45.   The Octane cans definitely have more blowback.
12/30/2015 12:50:27 PM EDT
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I have two Octanes, 9 and 45 as well as. Revo 9,  all produce blow back, but it is especially bad when shooting my 40 cal hosts.  I have a Ti-rant 45M in jail, will this can have less blow back?  I was also looking at the 45 Osprey as a potential cure, any thoughts?
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I get zero noticeable blow back in my Octane 9 when running it on my CZ Evo 1 or G19.

ETA: I only shoot 147gr bullets when suppressed though.
12/30/2015 3:41:41 PM EDT
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There's a reason why Dead Air didn't go with that type of cone baffle for the Ghost-45M.  The cone baffle that is used in the Octane (and Revolution) is really good at stopping gas, but it's also really good at directing it back whence it came.   Host weapon is also a factor, but it's a distant second.  Ammo's a close third.  

The Ti-Rant has significantly less blow-back than the Octa-Revo.
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Do we have any good info on baffle design for the ghost yet?  Will it be something similar to the collapsed K's on the mask?  all I have come across so far are external pictures and measurements.

-Mike
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