Thread: Smoking suppressors, fouling and heat management.

I have not noticed any extra fouling but thats hard to measure.

Have not noticed and point of impact changes but have not fired in rapid succession at paper, only while hunting.
I suspect small changes but not big enough to notice a change in hunting scenarios.
We(brothers,dad and I) have a few suppressed guns used for goat and wallaby culls where we might fire 50-100 shots over a day/night.
Not super rapid but a fair amount of shots with no real cool down or clean. We try and remove the suppressor when we can to help it cool down and leave the bolt open aswell.

Definitely notice the heat build up. A .223 can take a few shots(5-10) before you start to see a mirage. A 7mm Rem mag heats up in only 2-3 shots to where you can see alot of mirage(depends on conditions and scope mount height and magnification). Neoprene covers help reduce the mirage but I think they trap the heat making it worse in the long run?

For normal big game hunting where only one or two shots are fired there is no problem. Only with high volume target shooting of "varmint"/pest control do you see the heat really build up.
Try and find some DOC cullers. Ive done a little bit of culling and the DOC guys I have seen use .223s with Gunworks suppressors. some guys have had them for years and they put thousands of rounds through em.

Hope this is of use