Yes its raining and I am waiting for some bullets to arrive and I cant shoot my new Sako till they show up.
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Yes its raining and I am waiting for some bullets to arrive and I cant shoot my new Sako till they show up.
Embracing my feminine side I took a couple of suppressed rifles to test the theory.
I dont have any suppressed large cals but figured a .17 hmr has a good barrel to can ratio and might be interesting and took the .222 as well.
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I started with small pieces of tape
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Only fireing 5 the .17 didnt show any change in overall group size but one round failed to hit the target which is unusual, also the group pattern changed from a very consistent cluster of 4 with one about .75 away to a far more random scatter.
The .222 showed no adverse signs at all over 5 rounds.
When recovered all the bits of tape had a neat hole in the center.
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Its hard to imagine anything other than the projectile making the hole but interesting it didn't seem to affect accuracy with the .222 at all. I tried a larger piece of tape running around the sides of the can which stayed in place and the shot went into the same group as well.
A high speed camera would be the only way to confirm but I would say the tape did not blow off a suppressor before the bullet exits the muzzel in any of the shots fired, accuracy of a 55gr balistic tip at 3050fps wasn't affected by pushing through one layer of insulation tape. The 17gr vmax was influenced and one round missing the target would suggest some relevant interference.
Small sample of 5 rds per so take it as you will.
You should suppress your sako.
I just vomited a little bit.
That was an interesting test Sneeze.
We are lucky this is on a forum. I'd hate to be at a pub and have to yell suppress your sako 6 times before you heard me :)
Thanks sneeze, very interesting.
I haven't tried taping my .22LR or airgun but would think twice now.
Do you have a photo of the groups ?
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(Anti-Suppressor Brigade)
They're running a muck on here aye?
Still, the groups are better than with your barrel/ suppressor full of mud.
Thanks for the testing, might take the tape off for the longer shots now tho.