half on/ half off topic.

i made a few .. they are not exactly legal to make and use in the us in certain places due to the.... interesting gun laws we have.

but the concept is the same.

the goal is to suppress the sound from a high velocity rush of air, or a "pop".

a paintball marker is one pop at a time... a glow fuel engine is many in a row.

to do this we need to provide a area to allow the expansion of the gasses but slow it so that it mixes with the outside air at a low velocity. eliminting the pop.

the can is the chamber in question and the fill (kitty litter/ rocks/ cotton etc) breaks the "wave" up and slows it down.

the other option is to give it multiple chambers to expand into (this is the theory behind the baffle in mufflers and why it gets louder when you remove it) this is also what suppressors on true firearms use, but many baffles and many chambers (having fired several suppress pistols and sub machine guns at a demonstration I can tell you that this does work rather well )

by having the 2 cans and the filler we are combining the two options and it should work well.


now off topic: suppressors on paintball markers are really not worth it. for your 98 I would get a better barrel which will make the gun perform better and quiet it down a bit, the 32 degrees "night stick" is my favorite and i have it on my Autococker and my Tippmann Pro-carb. and they dont cost a fortune to get.