Run a rifle can wet?

[JeffWard]

I have a new SiCo Omega. One of my shooting buddies has an Octane 9. The Octane can definitely runs a bit quieter with a drop of wire pulling gel inside it. Does anybody run a rifle can wet? Not recommended? Fine?

It's easy to access the blast chamber in the omega, since the barrel/brake end cap comes off, AND the end cap comes off.

JW

[doubloon]

http://www.silencertalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?s=wet rifle can

[MJF1911]

All the instruction manuals on my rifle cans say to not run them wet.

[Fireman1291]

You can run full circumference welded rifle cans wet. By wet I mean no standing water like you would have in the blast chamber in a pistol can. Just a wetting of the baffles with no standing water will work. It will kill any perceiveable suppressor flash when viewed from the front....that's about it. Oh and it will cause a nice mess inside your DI upper and wet your face with wet gas blowback lol.

IE unless you are on a SF team trying not to be seen and killed.... It's not worth the hassle. Also I can't stress enough, no standing water. The pressure will reach unsafe levels with too much water.

[Grounded]

You can run full circumference welded rifle cans wet. By wet I mean no standing water like you would have in the blast chamber in a pistol can. Just a wetting of the baffles with no standing water will work. It will kill any perceiveable suppressor flash when viewed from the front....that's about it. Oh and it will cause a nice mess inside your DI upper and wet your face with wet gas blowback lol.

IE unless you are on a SF team trying not to be seen and killed.... It's not worth the hassle. Also I can't stress enough, no standing water. The pressure will reach unsafe levels with too much water.

You will love the picture I have from my testing of our integral DI upper after a 300+ FA cycle getting dunked in a 5 gallon pail of water on a 38* day. I did about 1800 rounds that day on a pretty quick fire schedule and was cooling in water between cycles to decrease the down time between cycles. Pull it out , quick shake, and let it rip. I guarantee I had standing water in my can haha.

[JeffWard]

My intelligent brain tells me a LOT of "safety" has to do with what you're firing through the can.

The pressure of a subsonic 300BLK round vs. the pressure of a full-power 308 round through the same can is astronomically different. With 5.56 somewhere in between. Similarly, you'll see a greater sound-reduction in a 220g 300BLK at 1000f/s run wet than you will military ball 5.56 or 308.

JW

[Grounded]

You can run full circumference welded rifle cans wet. By wet I mean no standing water like you would have in the blast chamber in a pistol can. Just a wetting of the baffles with no standing water will work. It will kill any perceiveable suppressor flash when viewed from the front....that's about it. Oh and it will cause a nice mess inside your DI upper and wet your face with wet gas blowback lol.

IE unless you are on a SF team trying not to be seen and killed.... It's not worth the hassle. Also I can't stress enough, no standing water. The pressure will reach unsafe levels with too much water.

You will love the picture I have from my testing of our integral DI upper after a 300+ FA cycle getting dunked in a 5 gallon pail of water on a 38* day. I did about 1800 rounds that day on a pretty quick fire schedule and was cooling in water between cycles to decrease the down time between cycles. Pull it out , quick shake, and let it rip. I guarantee I had standing water in my can haha.

I ran through lots of ammo that day