Shooting suppressed Wet or Dry

Glock4arms · Dec 5, 2018

Seems like most shoot with their can dry but I am curious to try and shoot wet. I was gonna try some ultrasound gel. Has anyone else tried this or anything else? Your thoughts?

outrider58 · Dec 5, 2018

Talk to Inkd... :innocent0

4guyz1stool · Dec 5, 2018

Glock4arms said:
Seems like most shoot with their can dry but I am curious to try and shoot wet. I was gonna try some ultrasound gel. Has anyone else tried this or anything else? Your thoughts?

I used water a few times. It makes a small difference.

mumfrey · Dec 5, 2018

I think I read that it's not an advantage to suppress wet with today's tech. I'm more than satisfied running mine dry. Seems it wouldn't be worth it to make a mess for no reason. Mine is only .22, though, so I can't speak for larger calibers.

rfawcs · Dec 5, 2018

Use a little (little!) water, the heat will evaporate the water and there is no cleanup. Not much of a difference to my ear.

inkd · Dec 5, 2018

Wire pulling gel, ultrasound gel or even Vaseline will all work. A little goes a long way. If you can't disassemble your can, at least try to get the most of it in the first baffle from the muzzle.

Don't plug the bore of the can with it.

MDEXPAT · Dec 5, 2018

Some shoot better wet than dry. Some the other way around. Unless you can measure sound levels, and take into account first round "pop" you probably won't notice that much of a difference. Just make sure you shake it out well before firing.

bigdv · Dec 5, 2018

I like it wet

Lloyd · Dec 5, 2018

bigdv said:
I like it wet

That's what she said...

mike j · Dec 5, 2018

I’ve been curious about this has well. Manly if there any advantages on cleaning compared to shooting it dry. I clean mine every couple hundred rounds or if I’m not shooting with it for more then a week. But talk about a job.

4guyz1stool · Dec 6, 2018

mike j said:
I’ve been curious about this has well. Manly if there any advantages on cleaning compared to shooting it dry. I clean mine every couple hundred rounds or if I’m not shooting with it for more then a week. But talk about a job.

The only cans you need to clean that often are rimfire cans.

mike j · Dec 6, 2018

Gunner421 said:
The only cans you need to clean that often are rimfire cans.

I don’t shoot rimfire through it. It’s a dead air ghost 45 can. Maybe I’m too perticular but I try to make it look brand new every cleaning, am I the only one who does this?

Mike OTDP · Dec 6, 2018

Wet is normally quieter. Often considerably so, especially in .22 cans. Usual coolants are water, ultrasound and wire pulling gels, etc. I might try a spray of Ballistol.

Glock4arms · Dec 15, 2018

Does the water or the gel help clean the can in the process?

engineerbrian · Dec 15, 2018

This stuff works well too.

https://www.inland-mfg.com/Inland-Suppressors/dBFoam.html

holesonpaper · Dec 15, 2018

For handgun cans, a little Electrical pulling gel (home depot) works and quiets a bit. I’ve tried more for curiosity than anything else. To me, if youwant you’re probably trying to hard. For rifle cans, given the pressures and the fact that some of the titanium cans use rocksett and can be impacted by liquids, I have no interest in trying...

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