The reduced barrel length keeps the overall length of the rifle short, even when using a suppressor. Modeled after our hugely popular Speed rifles, what makes this rifle unique to other X-Bolts is the use of barrel lengths that are 4' shorter than normally designated for the caliber. 30 caliber (.308, 7.Your search for a hunting rifle that is suppressor-ready straight out of the box has finally met its end with the X-Bolt Speed SR. Consult with your rifle or barrel manufacturer for the thread pitch on your barrel. 50 Beowulf, and other large-bore calibers may have thread pitches that vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. Naturally, all sorts of adapters and even muzzle brakes that fit silencers are available to make sure you can put your favorite silencer on your AR.īig bore rounds like. Because AR muzzle threads are pretty much standardized due to industry or military standards, it’s a pretty safe bet your AR barrel has these threads in a given caliber. This includes pretty much includes all AR-style rifles, carbines, and even pistols. Common Pitch RangeĪR 15 Barrel Threads (and Other AR Styles) These are some of the most popular and common rifle brands and thread pitches. Aftermarket barrels can be purchased in metric threads as well.įrom bolt action to semi-automatic sporting carbines, there are seemingly endless suppressor hosts out there in rifle form. These are about as close to “standard” as you will get for barrels in common calibers.

Most aftermarket barrels for common handguns will use the following thread pitches. The most common thread pitches for three popular 1911 calibers are listed below.

The venerable 1911 has long been a popular platform to build with custom barrels. In addition, after-market barrels provide some common threading options. Many handguns are now available with factory threaded barrels. M- Metric (for example – M13.5×1 LH means that the numbers are metric instead of standard.)Ĭomplete Thread Pitch Guide Thread Pitch Guide for Handguns.If there is no LH or RH designation – RH is the default.) RH- Right Hand (as an example – M16x1RH means the threads work how you typically expect (righty-tighty…).This thread pitch would require righty-loosey, lefty-tighty…) LH- Left Hand (as an example – M13.5×1 LH means the threads are backward from what you typically expect.These are more common for handguns, not rifles… What do the threading abbreviations mean? Thread Pitch Guide for Pistol Caliber Carbinesīarrel Threading Common Questions.Metric threading is listed as left-handed or right-handed metric (LHM, RHM). Unless otherwise stated, thread pitch is presented in inches with a right-hand thread pitch. This factory-supplied data should help you in developing a collection of end caps and adapters to allow you to use your suppressor on as many different guns as possible. We’ve prepared a list of the thread pitches on many popular and common handguns and rifles. While there are a few popular thread pitches that are close to “standard” due to military use, or common use on popular suppressor brands, expect that if you buy a gun with a factory threaded barrel, and a silencer, sometimes the two might not match up. No, instead we are faced with a host of different thread pitches, and a collection of adapters to allow fitting different silencers to different guns. While things were a bit easier in the days of the old Maxim silencer as there was really only one model to use, and just a couple thread pitches, we can no longer simply say ‘ thread my barrel’ and expect the correct caliber silencer to fit. From the invention of the first silencer to the present day, people have sometimes struggled to attach their silencers to their guns.

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