How do I make a paintball marker muffler?

[Raven4000SX]

I want to know if any of you know how to make a really good sound muffler for paintball markers. I like to shoot my X-Valved Mag in my house anytime of day. But it's loud. Right now I tried using a long poster tube stuffed with foam. Then I slid that over the barrel and put a barrel condom on the end to hold it to the gun. It holds it really good. Is there anything that is better than foam? What about the tube i'm using? Let me know your ideas or what you have tried.
I want a better one than i've made.

[steveo356]

well there is that ninja silencer im not sure how well it works and i cant remeber who made it but its meant for people who like to wont on there guns inside

[RRfireblade]

I made this....



No I didn't.

But you can find out about them here.....

http://www.centerflagproducts.com/Products/NinjaMufflerSystem.html

[Muzikman]

Take a barrel and drill as many holes in it as you can (for porting). Take a piece of dial rod the diameter of the barrel, stick about a 1.5" piece in the end and drill a hole through the barrel and piece of wood. Drop a bolt into the hole and tighten it with a nut. This will make it pretty quite. If it's still not good enough, loosly wrap foam around the barrel and hold it on with tape or a piece of PVC platic pipe with holes in it (1" diameter would probably work). You will ruin the barrel doing this, so use a cheap one. The longer the better.

[Raven4000SX]

wow too much work for that one. I don't have a barrel to waste on that. I know about the Centerflag Ninja Muffler, it would be nice to have. The problem with that is the price. Have you seen the price????? It's ricoculous (yes that's a Adam Corolla word). $85. What's a dial rod?

[teufelhunden]

Wrap your barrel in like t-shirts or something and slide a 140 rnd pod over the end of it. Get it pretty tight and you've got yourself a quiet marker.

[Raven4000SX]

cool idea

[Kha0Z]

I assume you mean to drill a hole in the pod so the barrel comes out the bottom? Just checking.

[~WarpedRT#2~]

OK at first I thought you were talking about a silencer, I mean "barrel extension". I know how to make those...

[tony3]

Roll up a piece of a paper towel, or get a battleswab and stick it in the barrel. Then put a barrel sock over that. That should make it pretty quiet. If you want it to be quieter, wrap a towel or tshirt around it then stick a pod over that.

[Muzikman]

The problem is you do not want to create a lot of back pressure. So you can't just plug the end and not let the air escape any where.

a dial rod is just a wooden stick. You can get them at any home improvement / craft stores. They are like a buck for a 3 ft piece.

[tony3]

Muzik, what is back about to much back pressure? The only thing that happens is you get more blowback.

[skife]

Muz, i think you mean wooden dowel? i think thats how you spell it, now that i think of it i'm not sure

[dinger]

those plans are complicated..

here's what you need:
-one empty can thing of torengos, or some type of plastic canister like that
-socks
-the lid to the canister thing
-elastic band thingy


just put a bunch of socks on the inside of the tube, then duct tape it. put the lid on and cut a hole out for the barrel. then put socks on the outside of the tube, and duct tape that too. then stick on the elastic (either duct tape or by making holes in the sides of the tube then tying the elastic through them)

alternative:
-1 paper towel roll (the paper tube thingy)
-lots of duct tape

just tape all over the tube. lol easy

[cphilip]

Yea. Dowel. Them Pittsburg people talk funny!

I am about to make one of these myself.

I am using a ported barrel and I might even port it some more and going to plug it similar to what Muzik describes. but I think I am going to thread mine in if I can. Sort of like put a cap on it if you will. And then I am going to pack it half full of wadding of some sort. Not real tightly packed but lose so the air will flow through it fast. Not all the way full either but some of the way. At least to the last port anyway. Someone told me to use really corse Steel wool in there and it would work great. I going to mess around with that and see. I have seen some of these that they used a Deldrin plug in the end. I not certain those were threaded in or just press fitted and epoxied in. I figure I will take the barrel to the hardware store and see if I can find a pipe cap or fitting that will fit tight and then tap the thing or thread the outside. One or the other.

As to cost what you need to do is get a cheap scratched up one. Something someone doesnt want. It does not have to shoot well nor look good. Because you can paint it or something. Just needs to be good threads on the body end. You should be able to find one for like 15 bucks or so.