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[lex137]

Bout one of these covers today in kryptek highlander. Stole the factory pic, I'll put my own up someday.

[waffles]

Tactical fleshlight?

[lex137]

^^^ Cover for the suppressor, pretty much...

[Bailey Guns]

Just curious...what does a suppressor cover actually do, besides the obvious?

[waffles]

^^^ Cover for the suppressor, pretty much...

Haha sorry just being a smartass. I dig it, it always reminds me of the canvas-wrapped Sten suppressors.

[Kaiser.Shooter]

Just curious...what does a suppressor cover actually do, besides the obvious?

It helps to mitigate the heat mirage when used on a rifle with magnified optics

[Bailey Guns]

Ah...learn something new every day. Thanks.

[waffles]

It's also nice insurance for accidentally grabbing it after a few mags. Make that mistake once and they're worth it regardless.

e: Actually might be totally wrong on these new ones. I'd used them on the Sten, one on some post sample AR, and MAC10, and those were for that purpose, but I googled it and yeah looks like now the selling point is the mirage prevention. Do they still protect your hands or are they now just completely for mirage reduction?

[lex137]

Yeah the inner core is good up to 2000°f and the outer is like 3000°f, the rope has a higher heat rating than the putter cover. Got for the heat mirage, my sbr (don't accidentally burn myself/ melt my pants, and now I can put it down on a table without melting or burning the table which I've done by accident.

[waffles]

Neat. I never would've believed how hot those things could get until I played with them myself. I was friendly with some people who worked for a manufacturer and they had a post-sample M249 with some absurd suppressor on it and I can still remember how much of a pain it was to clean off the plastic from the folding table that had melted to it when I set it down.