Thread: Suppressors and water

Originally Posted by timattalon

I am reading this thread and wondering if it is the fact that water is not a rigid material and that its movement / flexibile surface stops the sound waves in the same way a soft surface works in a recording studio......

I would suggest it would be much like water filled batwing bags and stonedust in u/g coal mines.
It is picked up by the blast and puts out the flame of the explosion.
And yip see little proper use for it in our circumstances unless really trying to prove a point

well I shall just have to give it a go myself then LOL... its one of them things been said since,well forever....

I use a rubber on the end of my suppressor. Needs to be a thick one tho or gets shredded in the bush. More suitable for open areas

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Originally Posted by Eat Meater

I use a rubber on the end of my suppressor. Needs to be a thick one tho or gets shredded in the bush. More suitable for open areas

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Ask her to shave it then

When I was with the NZ Mountain Safety Council, we did some interesting tests with taped muzzles...result was that if the tape was stretched tightly over the muzzle, it sometimes changed the point of impact..if the tape was loosely fitted over the muzzle, it didn't. A condom placed so the closed end was slack over the muzzle (as in with your partner) held with a rubber band was most effective. And it's the column of compressed air being pushed up the barrel that severs the tape, NOT the projectile.

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

When I was with the NZ Mountain Safety Council, we did some interesting tests with taped muzzles...result was that if the tape was stretched tightly over the muzzle, it sometimes changed the point of impact..if the tape was loosely fitted over the muzzle, it didn't. A condom placed so the closed end was slack over the muzzle (as in with your partner) held with a rubber band was most effective. And it's the column of compressed air being pushed up the barrel that severs the tape, NOT the projectile.

And it's the column of compressed air being pushed up the barrel that severs the tape, NOT the projectile.


True and a fair point - I was trying to say that with a 308, a bit of tape makes no difference IMO on point of impact but yes it is the column of air that severs the tape

HAHAA Interesting guys taking packets or rubbers into the bush hahaa

so what about the frenchy???? surely it has enough expansion room to stretch for all that air so it would be projectile that breaks through....wont matter a hoot up close

this gives the old youthful adage of "gettin a shot away" a whole new meaning.Ive heard from assorted ex Vietnam vets some yanks used the old rubber over the m16muzzle trick in the wetter junglealtho it didnt seem to make much difference.the consensus was rifle maintainence was crucial for effective operation.

When the Saturn V rockets took off from the launch pad they spray water because it absorbs some of the energy of the rocket blast. Apparently without the water spray the launch pad would be wrecked.

Originally Posted by stug

When the Saturn V rockets took off from the launch pad they spray water because it absorbs some of the energy of the rocket blast. Apparently without the water spray the launch pad would be wrecked.

If you go view the takeoff of Elon Musk's recent rocket (which did not have any water cooling jets employed) you can see huge chunks of concrete bouncing around everywhere. Some bounced right up and hit hydraulic lines inside the motor, some hit some solid state motors, and so in only a minute or so the rocket failed. Apparently the craters gouged into the reinforced concrete by the rocket motors were meters deep

Originally Posted by Maddoghunter

Having recently done a week in Urewera where it rained every day I got to thinking about what effect some water in my suppressor would have.
It’s a dpt so I was disassembling it every night and drying it out. Every night there was a small amount of water in every baffle.
How is accuracy affected with larger amounts of water in them?
I assume they’re still safe to fire?

Tape over the end of my DPT and then an additional two loops of tape around the lower part of the suppressor (to replace if/when I shoot).

Never had water in there.

Cheers

Have always taped barrel in wet conditions and never noticed any POI change even the 222/223. I did read that it is the pressure in front of the bullet that pops the tape, but it doesn’t work the same on a suppressor as the gases fill the suppressor body and disperse more. That article recommended removing tape on suppressor before firing.

I watched a vid on YouTube recently where they tested taping the absolute fuck out of their muzzle brakes and in slow-mo it showed the air infront of the bullet blow all the tape off the muzzle brakes and had no effect on POI

I tried it and found a small bit of tape was ok on my suppressor.

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