Patent ID: 7610992

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a firearm sound suppressor, comprising the steps of: providing a series of members comprising an end cap, at least one baffle having a forward side and a rearward side, at least one spacer adjacent the baffle, and a mount with means for attaching a sound suppressor to a firearm barrel, each of said members having peripheral edges substantially similar in shape and size; positioning said members together such that the end cap provides a forward end, the mount provides a rearward end, and the at least one baffle and spacer are there-between with peripheral edges substantially aligned and in substantial contact with the peripheral edge of an adjacent member; securing each member to an adjacent member substantially continuously along the entire periphery thereof into a unified assembly by providing a full penetration, circumferential weld which fuses together the periphery of the baffle and both members adjacent the baffle in a single weld operation; providing a tube sized and shaped to receive said assembly, said tube having a length and having first and second ends with edges, at least one of said edges being sized and shaped to contact a peripheral edge of at least one of said end cap and said mount; securing said tube end edge circumferentially substantially along the entire peripheral contact thereof.