Suppressor alignment?

[Magnum Sherpa]

I’m brand new to suppressors and just bought two .30 cal Dead Air Nomads. I saw on their website that Dead Air sells alignment rods that go down your rifle bore to make sure your suppressor is aligned properly. Is this really necessary if your rifles are properly threaded?

 

[noharleyyet]

I’m brand new to suppressors and just bought two .30 cal Dead Air Nomads. I saw on their website that Dead Air sells alignment rods that go down your rifle bore to make sure your suppressor is aligned properly. Is this really necessary if your rifles are properly threaded?

Hope not...

 

[Wild Bill]

Probably not if the rifle is threaded properly.

However, errors are made. I believe a while ago on here someone had a can that caught a little bit of a bullet leaving the barrel and it messed up the can pretty good. If they're going on factory threaded barrels, I'd imagine any potential issue would be covered by the rifle manufacturer. Any other potential issues ought to be covered by the smith that did the threading.

 

[Bluffgruff]

They should be checked for center at least once to make sure that tolerance stacking won't produce end cap or baffle strikes. You really don't have to have an alignment rod to do it, but there's some peace of mind in seeing the rod centered in the hole of the end cap.

 

[Deez Nutz]

Just pull the bolt and look down the bore. Pretty easy to confirm.