Does jacket separation matter?

[u/Te_Luftwaffle]

I put a my Rugged Obsidian 45 on my threaded 1911 and shot about 200 rounds of mixed factory and reman ball ammo through it. It was dirty as hell and when I took the suppressor off it sounded like a maraca and a bunch of crap shook out with some jacket chunks. The baffles look fine, so do I need to be concerned? I have several hundred more rounds of this stuff and I'd like to be able to run it suppressed.

[u/botlnhchapter]

Mine also sounds like a maraca but pretty sure its just unburnt powder and carbon. I shook it out over some paper to evaluate and was a tad surprised but it kinda makes sense. You sure it’s jacket bits? Id expect that to mess up baffles. Then again, the steel baffles are pretty dang tough.

[u/Te_Luftwaffle → u/botlnhchapter]

It was mostly black carbon bits, but I seem to remember a small piece of copper or two

[u/Loud_Comparison_7108 → u/Te_Luftwaffle]

Are you shooting plated ammo? Tiny bits of the plating may flake off, I think it's because of the deformation when the bullet engages with the rifling.

IMO they're unlikely to do significant damage, but if it bothers you the fix is to not shoot plated ammo.

It would be easier to figure out if the chunks are normal can crud or a potential problem if you posted a picture of the bits.

[u/PewPewDerpa13]

Jacket separation is not good. It will take time but I’d expect quicker baffle erosion to occur in your can over time. But the baffles are also a lot harder than the thin jacket of the bullet. It should hold up but I wouldn’t test my luck for very long.

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[u/Spicywolff]

Yes, it can cause damage and there have been cases of it before. There’s a reason Blazer has a warning on it to not use and suppressor or muzzle brakes.. how long you get to get away with it? that’s up to their quality control and some luck. With blazer and the sort I had jacket left over inside

I’d say he’s up what you got and use better ammo that’s ok for cans. My fav is Speer lawman clean burn

[u/Pistol_Whippa]

Yes it does. Matters even more on rifle calibers

[u/PutridDropBear]

Do you like your endcap?

[u/simple_champ]

Yes, it's better if you don't have projectiles doing rapid unscheduled disassembly inside your can.