TM-ILLUSION 9™ TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 1816 Remington Circle SW wa Huntsville, AL 35824 Suseouwnnteme ISSUED: anuary 1,2016‘SILENCER LIFETIME LIMITED WARRANTY ‘nc wep pac fe charge ay see mare AAC oh dt ‘eplcemert of mages produ usec by Moa use ‘areal fy opr sud mi sy yc wl oP eter Te oe ns hop an REPAIR POLICY [MANUFACTURERS DISCLAIMER, ‘Men eaen ators anpsosaran ‘OPERATIONAL MANUAL FOR SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 8 Disiuted by [ADVANCED ARMAMENT CORP, LLC Phone: (770) 925-0888 CONTENTS: The Ten Commandments of Firearms Satey ea Goneral desarpton. P2 Instaling your ILLUSION 9 on a host roar Pa ‘Atgning you ILLUSION 9 ona nest firearm, Pa \eriying secure instalation of your ILLUSION 9, Ps Removing you ILLUSION 9 from a hos! frearm. Pe Disassembling your ILLUSION 9A S.AP™, System. Ps Cleaning and mainaning the ASAP. Systm. e7 Baff stack remeval and maintenance Po Cleaning your bate stack pn RReassomibng your LLUSION 9, Paz Reassembing the ASAP. System, Pag Fed bara spacorneiataon pis Using your ILLUSION 9 with an arial environ Pag rang guide. ParSILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 ‘THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FIREARMS SAFETY Always keop the muzzle point ina safe direction, Firearms should be unloaded when not in use. o not rely on your firearms safety, Be sure of your target and what is beyond it (nly use ammunition that exactly matches the markings on your tirearm, I your firearm fils to fire when the trigger is pulled handle with 7, ‘Always wear eye and ear protection when shooting. 8, Be sure the barrels clear of obstructions before shooting. 8. Do not alter oF modify your fiearm and have it serviced regularly 10, Lear the mechanics and handling characteristics of your firearm Read your firearms instruction manual paene ° WARNING! Failure to follow the instructions and recommendations Set forth inthis manual can create a potentially dangerous situation, forthe user and surrounding personnel, and possibly leading to prop- crty damage, personal injury andor death. WARNING! Never install or remove a silencer on oF from a host firearm that you have not verified o be completely empty and ren- dered safe. Installing oF removing a silencer on or from a loeded firearm may lead to property damage, personal injury andor death. WARNING! Always wear eye protection when discharging firearm {equipped witha silencer. Discharging a firearm without wearing eye protection may lead to property damage, personal injury andior ‘oath WARNING! The ILLUSION 9 is designed for use on modern somi-au- tomatic pistols and semi-automatie carbines in serviceable condition Itis the user's responsibility to insure the intended host firearm isin serviceable condition. Using an ILLUSION 9 on frearms that are not Inserviceable condition can lead to property damage, personal injury analor death. WARNING! The barrel threads must be property machined to allow proper attachment of an ILLUSION 9 The use of an improperly threaded bartel witha silencer may lead to property damage, per- Sonal injury andlor death. Barrel threading guides are avaliable on SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 2 the AAC website at www.advanced-armament.com. For further car fication on muzzle threads, contact ADVANCED ARMAMENT CORP, Lic st 770.925.0988. WARNING! The bore through your ILLUSION 9 must align concentr- cally withthe bore ofthe barrel to which it is mounted. A mismatch ‘ofthe silencer and barrel bore may eed to property damage, personal Injury andor dean, WARNING! Only fire standard pressure (Not +P) ammunition through Aan ILLUSION 9. The use of ammunition other than standard pressure ammunition may lea to property damage, personal injury andor ‘CAUTION Sitoncers can become extremely hot while the host firearm {Is being dscharged. After shooting allow the silencer to reach ambi- tent temperature before attempting to remove the silencer from the firearm. if removal is necessary prior to the silencer cooling to ambi tent andior the tightness of the silencer on the host firearm barrel, ‘must be verified, tho uso of hatresistant gloves is mandatory. Han: dling a hot silencer without heat resistant gloves may lead to skin, ‘burns andlor personal injury. WARNING! Discharging silenced firearms can make airborne andlor ‘deposit lead and other substances around, on and inthe silencer Using, handling andlor cleaning a silencer may result in exposure to lead and other substances known to cause bith detects, reproductive hharm, cancer and ether serious physical injury. Have adequate ven- tiation a al times and wash hands thoroughly after exposure, NOTE: Only use ammunition that features a project wit a tla meta [acket or total metal plating. Ths wil significant mnimize the Bul of leadin the stencar Projectiles wih any exposed lad wil depost lead in- sie the sloncor, necessitating mote frequent and comprehensive clos ma GENERAL DESCRIPTION Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the only high-peror- ‘mance, dry technology Sm sienear avaliable nthe marketpiaee today that ofers users an unobstructed sight picture. That’ righ, the anodized ‘aluminum and stainless steel Dooy of he ILLUSION 8 canbe que andSILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 P2 easly algned so thatthe user has a sight picture thats unobstructed by the stlncer. The ILLUSION 9 is designed for use on modem centerire host frearms chambered in Sm Luger and 22 UR, Why include 22 UR? {Gwen tat the ILLUSION 9 can be complatlycsassorbiod for cleaning {a very important consieration for any 22 LR silencer, at thas 2 lower boce-ais to tops ratio than mary dedicated 22LR sloncers (50 you stl have use of you sights). an because sounds as good asa dediaod 22 UR silencer, Tats why. Pease take a few minutos to read through this technical manual and fa. rillaize yoursef with he detals onthe proper use and mainonance of YOU" ILLUSION 9, The ILLUSION 9 enadies rable sem-automstie oper 2 an most contmporar locked breech hest pistols through the use of an Iovate new version Of AACS ASAP. System Avaity ofA SAP. fccessory piston adaplers are avaable o aocormodiate the majoty of ‘muzzle treads found n todays marketpiace, Adaionaly, a fixed bar Spacers avaiable for adasig the ILLUSION 9 for use on fixed (ron mov. ino) barreled, sembautomate cerbines INSTALLING YOUR ILLUSION 9 ON A HOST FIREARM. 1. Always koep the froarm ponte in a sae drction 2. Rendor he frearm safe by removing the magazine, completly unload. ing the fraarm and engaging the safety tothe "SAFE" postion. See the ‘rearm's owners manal for cetaled instructions, {3 Remove the treed protactor rom tho muzzo. 4. Inspect the muzzle threads overly they are lean and undamaged 5. Inspect the threads in the rear ofthe AS.A.P.™ pistonto very they are clean and undamaged 6. Look through the sence rm the rerto insure the blot path through the slencer fs unobstructed, 7. Examine the silencer for any sign of damage, NOTE: AIASAP. psion are marked with te tread size and pitch of tho threads in ho rear ofthe piston shat as wal as a dirctonal arrow in- moving the magazine, com. tly unioacng he frearm and engaging the safety to the “SAFE positon. See. the Srearm's owners manual or do- tale instructions, Figures 3. Remove the silencer fam the host tearm. See "Removing your ILLUSION 9 from a host rear in th manual. 4. Using the supplied spanner oo lncerew and remove the reat {ap rom te pison nowsing. See [Figure @ Figure 7. Salam 5 6, Remove the driving spring fom the piston shat See Figure 9 MAINTAINING YOUR AS.A.P. SYSTEM WARNING! Only perform disassembly, cleaning, and maintenance procedures on silencers that are not mounted to arearm. Attempting to clean or pertorm maintenance on a mounted silencer could ead SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 Pa to property damage, personal injury Figure 10 andlor death. 1. Using aplastic brite rush and sol vent. clean the exterior of the ASAP. piston of any accumulated ‘carbon. See Figure 10 2. Using aplastic bristle bush and sol- vant, clean the bore and treads of [Figure 77 eASAP. psion adopter of any 2 ‘cumulated earoon. Some pistons have O-rings located in grooves In- ‘de the tweaded socket. These O- fings grip sacsons ofthe st ream bare! and minimize the potenti or the sioncer to unscrew while use, ‘An O-ring Is shown colored red In Figure 11 the visible surtace ofthe ‘Oring appears wom o frayed, replace i Soe tho Vion Ong font ‘ulde alte end of tis nsttucton manual or O-ng size and procure ment infomavon, WARNING! Do not use sandpaper or emery cloth to clean any part of an ILLUSION 9. Abrasives more aggressive than ScotcnBrite may ‘damage the precision contact surfaces ofthe piston piston housing, ‘and ear cap, resulting in feton that ean lead to malfunctions of the ILLUSION 9 and host firearm. A malfunctioning silencer andlor host firearm is a dangerous situation that can lead to property damage, personal injury andlor death. WARNING! Only use solvents in a well-vontilated area away from ‘open flames. Unsafe use of solvents may lead to property damage, personal injury andlor death, WARNING! All traces of solvent must be allowed to evaporate prior to reassembling the A.SAP. Systom. Failure to romovo all races of Solvent from the ASAP. System prio to use may load to property damage, personal injury andior death. 2. Using a pasts rate rush and solvent, clean he cving spring of any loose mara or earbon buldup. See Figur 12SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 Ps 4, Using @ plastic triste rush and sok. [Figure 72 vet, scrub the piston housing bore in the rear ofthe ‘siloncar Soe Figire 12. Insure the piston index notches ‘and piston stop-suriaces ‘ocated on the inside of th piston housing are free of carbon buildup. The piston sop-surace and index noenes can be seen color redin Figure 14 3 5, Inspect ne O-ing cated inne boc [FM 7 8 tre rarcop. the rng stown | CS toloced ed in Figure 15. iis wos {or Fayed, replace with te approp ‘te Vion O-ring Se the Vin O-tng iment guide atthe end ofthis man 6, Apply asmallamount of white ithium ‘once to tho threads, boro, and O- [Figure 14 Fg of the rear cap. BAFFLE STACK REMOVAL AND MAINTENANCE. Its recommended usors remove and ‘loan the baffles in an ILLUSION aftr fvery 1,000 rounds of ary use or ater ‘every 500 rounds ifthe silencor is used wth an atfeal environment. Sea tha [POW 15 “Using your ILLUSION 9 with an Atal Environment secon for mare inform ton on arf envionment. WARNING! Only perform disassom- by, cleaning, and maintenance pro- cedures on silencers that are not ‘mounted to a firearm. Attempting £0 Clean or perform maintenance on a ‘mounted silencer could load to property damage, personal injury tndlor death. SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 Pao 1. Always kaop the farm pointed ina safe direction. 2. Render he fimarm safe by removing the magazino, completly unos ingtbe frearm and engoging te safety tothe “SAFE postion Soe the {rearm's owners mana for detaled insiructons 2. Remove the silencer from the hes firearm. See “Removing your LLU: SION "in hese nstvtens. 4. Disassemble the ASAP. Sysiom. See “Disassamblng your llusion ASAP. Sysienin these instctons, WARNING! When cleaning the baflls in an ILLUSION 9, only use 2 solvent that is not harmful fo anodized aluminum, such as acetone, pint thinner, of lacquer thinner. Exposing the anodized aluminum Components of an ILLUSION 9 to a solvent that Is not aluminum friendly can weaken the aluminum components. Using an ILLUSION, ‘9 with weakened components may lead to property damage, personal Injury andlor death, WARNING! Only use solvents in a wellventiiated area away from ‘open flames. Unsafe use of solvents may lead to property damage, ‘personal injury andlor death, WARNING! Always wear protective gear, such as eye protection and, rubber gloves when working with any solvent. Unprotected exposure to solvents may lead to property damage, personal injury andior death WARNING! Do not clan any part of an ILLUSION 8 using an ultra: Sonic cleaner. Ultrasonic cleaners can damage aluminum compo ‘nents, Using an ILLUSION 9 with weakened components may le2d to property damage, personal injury andior death, 65. Unren, emove, and set aside ‘ne ont nut See Figure 16 6. Remove and set aside the front chamber See Figure 17 7. nar a S8" wooden done! rom ‘he rear ofthe stencer, throughSILENCER MODEL ILLUSION the piston housing, and up ‘against the rear face ofthe bast bate, 8, While holding the stencer tightly 9 one hand and the wel Inthe other hand, ‘apply force to the dowel to push the ba stack ou the Fron af he tube, See Figure 1. te bas wl not push cout wih hand pressure, Tghty tap the end of the owe! with hammer. 9, Separate the bales from fone another pror to loan Ing. The bale stack a5, shown i Figure 19 ls com prtod of (Ra cagod blast tafe, six standard baffles, ‘and 2 shon tent ba, CLEANING YOUR BAFFLE STACK WARNING! Only use solvents ina well ventilated area away ‘rom open flames. Unsafe Use of solvents may lead to Property damage, personal Injury anaior death. 1.clean accumulates fouting from tne bales using a plas te iste Brush and soWvent ‘S00 Figure 20. 2,Clean accumulates fouling from the inside of the front chamber using a plastic rs tie brush and sowent. See ° pat [Fiure 7 [Figure 1 @-.. ar Figure 79 9aseee6s Figure 20 As Figure 27 \ SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 paz Figure 21 Figure az Inspect the Viton Ong on the ouside of te font cham ber (shown as red Figure 21). Replac tho O-ring i it ‘appears worn or Fayed. Re Placements can De. pur Chased from Mctaster-Carr. ‘The part rumboris 464K 74 P Figures ‘ Use a cotton swab, plastic bush, and solvent fo clean ‘accumudated fouling from the aged blast bate. See Fg tre22 WARNING! All traces of sol- vent must be allowed to ‘vaporate prior to reassom- by. Failure to remove all sol- vent from th silencer prior to use may lead to property damage, personal injury anaior death. Figure 24 \ REASSEMBLING YOUR ILLUSION 9 ‘ 1. Inert the caged bss te into the tube, See Figure 23. NOTE: Do not be concemed with tale alignment at his pont Alignmert of he bates wil occur in stop 3. 2. Insert sx standard bas ino the tube. See Figure 24, NOTE: As you Can see i Figue 25, the stack of six standard bales and the caged ‘last batfe wil not be tabbed together and not be allgned. Do nat be concerned with baffe atgnment at this ont Alignment ofthe baffles ‘niloccurin step 3. NOTE: The outer tube e depicted as vansparent in the following steps to leary show the method of aligning te bale sack ‘3. Hol the stencer upnght and lace te front chamber onthe front-mostSILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 pas Figure 25 ‘landara atte so Hat te noteh in the font chamber enganes the tab on tha ent of the front mort bate See Figure 26, 4 Tum the engaged front cchmberist ble uri the com bination rotatonaly tabs to and flocks Into the second standard tafe, Soo Figure 27, 5, Repeat tis process unt the front chamber an alfve standard ba fos tab onto the caged blast bat fe, which wil engage the fort of the piston housing. See Figure 28, Figure 26 Figure 27 Figures SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 pas ‘Once the aligned stack en- ‘gages the font of the pston hovsing, the stack wil no longer tun. gure 6. Remove the font chamber fand inset the shor, front bam ito me tube. Use the front chamber to engage the notch onthe ont baa th the tb on he aligned stack cf adiacent standard bates. See Figure 23. 7. instal he font aut. See Fig tre 2. 8, Hold the stencar wo to the light and Took through the projetio passage. The pas Sage should be ereular (See Figure 31). If the passage s nol cicular, of appar Blocke, remove the bale ‘lack and repeat steps 1-8, Figure 31 WARNING! - Do not install and use an ILLUSION 9 with ‘an improperly assombled bat fe core. Using an ILLUSION 9 with an improperly assem- bied battle core may lead to Property damage, personal Injury andlor death, REASSEMBLING YOUR ASAP. SYSTEM 1. Place the crivng spring around the isin shat, See Figure 22. 2. Inset the piston and ving sping info the piston housing assembiy See Figure 3.SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 pas. 23, Using the supplied spanner [Figure 32 tod. uly thread the rear cap into he piston housing, See Figure 3 WW FIXED BARREL SPACER IN- STALLATION The dtving spring of the ASAP. System may be 1 place withthe separatey ava ble AAC Fixed Barre! Spacer wen using an ILLUSION 9 on ‘hot frost with fixed (non ‘moving) bal. WARNING! Wen using an L- LUSION @ on a host firearm vith ficed (nor-moving) bar- ‘0, the driving spring of the ASAP. Systom must be ro- placed with the AAG Fixed [Faure 9+ Barrel Spacer. Failure to in- SSNS Ba Berens i 4 er sn en ot \ focus narorog \ Darrel can result in accsler fated wear tothe silencer and {txod-barrel host firearm, Ac- celerated wear tothe siloncor land host firearm can result in a dangerous situation that can lead to property damage, personal injury andlor death, 1. Remove the sence frm the host fearm. See “Removing your ILLU- SION 9 fom a host rear 2. Using the supple’ end cap spanner oo, remove he rear an cap. Soe Figure 8. 2. Tithe sllancer upright and allow the driving spring ofl rm the rear ofthe piston housing, See Figure 35, SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 Pa 4. Install the fixed bara spacer ‘ound the pision shat In pace of the driving spring, See Figure 26. 5. Using the supplied spanner took uly tread the rear cap Into'ne pston ousing. See Figure 34 USING YOUR ILLUSION 8 WITHAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT In stuatons where is advan- fageous to eliminate the major. iy of muzzle and ejection pot flash andlor sound, the ILLU- SION 9 can be used wih an n- fecnal artical envronmont in place. The orm, “artical environment refers othe environmen inside the siencer bang composed of anything ‘ter than dy a. The recommended ail envrorment media for he ILLUSION 9 water An ats environment made of 5 of water wil Iniuence sound pertomance for approximately $0 shots and wil remain, Inthe silencer nied for up to 3 €ays depending on envronmental con- ions. Alhough water i the prefered artical envrorment media. cis ‘uch a9 Broak Free CLP or groase witha high Fash polt, analr wie piling gel canbe used to ciminish ve sound signature ofan ILLUSION & ‘quipped frearm. The folowing procedure des introducing war tothe Inter ofan ILLUSION 9 for the purposes offing wah an aii er ronment in place. WARNING! Only use non-flammable liquids, gols, and ells to create {an artificial environment in an ILLUSION 8. The use of other liquids {andlor gels can result a dangerous situation that can lead to prop ferty damage, personal injury andlor death. WARNING! Using an artificial environment in an ILLUSION 9 wil 2c- Ccelerate the buildup of fouling within the A.S.A. System, necessi- {ating more frequent and thorough disassembly and cleaning, Failure to adequately clean the A.S.A.. System after sing an ILLUSION 9 ‘with an artical environment in place ean resutin a dangerous situ-SILENCER MODEL ILLUSION 9 par ation that can lead to property damage, personal injury andlor death 1. Always keop he firearm pointed ina safe cretion 2 Render the frearm sateby removing the magazine, completely unload ing the frearm and engaging th safety te th "SAFE" poston See the frearm's owners manual fr detaled instruction, 3. Remove the silencer from the hoe! rear. Sea "Removing an ILLU- SION On these instructions 4, Pour See's of water into the roar of [Figure 37 the silencer trough the threaded socket n the ASAP System pis: ton, NOTE: The plastic cap that is Standard on mst commercial botles of bottled water holds approximately Secs. See Figure 3. WARNING! Do not overfill an ILLU: 'SION9 with more than e's of water ‘when creating an artificial environ- ‘ment. Overfiling an ILLUSIONS can Tesult n'a dangerous overpressure | Figure 38 ‘situation that ean lead to property ‘damage. personal. injury” andlor ‘death. 5, Rola the silencer around its long ‘xi fo datbuta the water within the bale stack. See Figure 38 6, The sllencer canbe enstalad onthe host Srearm, See "Intaling you K. LUSION on this mana Oring GUIDE ‘There area number of high temperature Viton Oxings used inthe ILLU: SION 9. Inspect these O-rings for signs of woar wnenover tho stencer andlor ASAP. 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