Thread: Supressors - Temperature vs grouping?

Hi guys. Question for the more experienced shooters than i regarding supressors. Interested to know what others have experienced in regards to how their gun groups as the supressor gets higher in temperature from multiple shots. I currently run a 6.5 creedmor for my general hunting, has a dpt magnum on it and at the range i can do 2x 3 shot groups before the supressor starts to get too hot to touch & i notice it start to not group as well (not drastically). Let it cool for 10 mins and carry on and its back to normal. Recently purchased a tikka in 300 win mag which came with a hardy stealth fitted, for the size calibre its surprisingly both soft to shoot & very quiet for a 300 win mag.(noticeably better than my 7mm rem mag with a gunworks maximus). However, by the 3rd shot its getting too hot to touch and the grouping opens up fairly drastically (100m, first 2 shots touching each other, 3rd leaves the first 2 by an inch or so, 4th sometimes as bad as inch and a half. Let it cool down for a couple mins between shot 2 and 3 and its not a problem, will group with all 3 holes touching each other or near to. I do realise in the real world hunting this is unlikely to be an issue as for what im doing the need for 3x back to back shots is slim to none, just interested to see what others opinions are, is this something directly related to how “restrictive” the supressor is ie doing its job, would a less “restrictive” supressor allow for more shots in succession before getting too hot, at the sacrifice of being louder and having more recoil? Interested to hear peoples take on it.

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