Bill_Rights
Member
I am fixing to spend $1000 or so on a .30 cal suppressor. I will shoot with full-power (.308 Win) and mid-power (7.62x39mm) .30 cal cartridges. I have several semi-auto rifles, all of which would eventually get threaded muzzles to accept this can.
Normally, I never shoot a semi-auto faster than anyone could cycle a bolt gun, but.... at any time it's easy to squeeze off a 20-round mag in well under a minute. That's a lot of heat dumped in the can!
I am willing to pay the extra money for titanium construction, over stainless steel (aluminum is flat out of the question).
Questions are:
1) Are there supressors intended for repeat-fire semi-auto use and which ones are they? For ex., reading the Thunder Beast (30P-1 model) info, it seems like this can is intended for long range precision shooting, not many shots per hour, much less shots per minute. Thunder Beast seems to be a preferred brand here on THR, but I don't want some fools burning up a precision can just because they don't know any better (By fools, I mean shooters I allow to use my can; yes, they are fools but they're my fools and I'll have to love 'em still.)
2) Are the stainless steel units or the titanium units more resistant to heat?
3) If one does, hypothetically, moderately over heat a suppressor, can it/does it recover? Seems like it might deform a bit but then resume shape after cooling down.
Normally, I never shoot a semi-auto faster than anyone could cycle a bolt gun, but.... at any time it's easy to squeeze off a 20-round mag in well under a minute. That's a lot of heat dumped in the can!
I am willing to pay the extra money for titanium construction, over stainless steel (aluminum is flat out of the question).
Questions are:
1) Are there supressors intended for repeat-fire semi-auto use and which ones are they? For ex., reading the Thunder Beast (30P-1 model) info, it seems like this can is intended for long range precision shooting, not many shots per hour, much less shots per minute. Thunder Beast seems to be a preferred brand here on THR, but I don't want some fools burning up a precision can just because they don't know any better (By fools, I mean shooters I allow to use my can; yes, they are fools but they're my fools and I'll have to love 'em still.)
2) Are the stainless steel units or the titanium units more resistant to heat?
3) If one does, hypothetically, moderately over heat a suppressor, can it/does it recover? Seems like it might deform a bit but then resume shape after cooling down.