PSA: rifle cans get HOT

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guy posted this on ARF...

Most of you know how insanely hot a rifle silencer can get...but it never hurts to be reminded by hearing/seeing this instead of making the same mistake.

So yeah, don't grab a hot suppressor
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My son and I were shooting, I went inside to get some ammo and he shot 30 rounds of 223 out of the suppressed SBR. I didn't realize he had and picked the rifle up by the hot end.

Maybe that'll teach me
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REALLY?? I mean who in hell does something like that?? IDEA: lightly brush your hand or finger past the suppressor to feel for heat and then treat it accordingly. I don't even own one and I know better than that.... Wonder if he has any cast iron cookware??
 
See? See?!? That's why no one should own suppressors! If he didn't have one he would have heard his son rip off 30rds while he was in the house.

I blame the grandparents.
 
Yeeeowwchhhh!!!! The video had an excellent idea..... I think i will add a pair of welding gloves to my range bag.....just in case.
 
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Hurts looking at it, but I dont feel all that bad for the guy for grabbing it like he did
 
Also, I keep a pair of leather work gloves in my bag JUST for when I use my suppressor. Even then I dont really use it for a while after the last shot
 
I have multiple potholders and a 18” square welding blanket that’s good to 1800°
 
well this helps me feel good about not owning a suppressor.....but damn that's gotta hurt
 
Dang. Sorry that happened to you.

In the meantime:


It didn’t happen to me... ;)

FWIW...they would’ve heated that up more if they’d shot the same amount of ammo, but not FA. 1/2-1 second between shots would’ve built it up to a higher temp.
 
One thing I’ve done is try to shoot rifle first, then pistol, then rimfire. That tends to let stuff cool down properly.

I also remove rifle cans and if there’s a picnic table nearby I’ll stand it up vertically on the threaded end and center it over a crack. That lets the heat rise and cooler air come in the bottom.
 
Bet that smelled nice or atleast will when it burns off the silencer next time he uses it. Ouch
 
I grabbed too far out on my AR during a stage once. The can fried me pretty good. It also has a perfect pattern of a hand print burned into it. I had it smokin hot and tried to unscrew it. Thank God I was wearing 5.11 gloves.
 
Well, I am gonna have to call a bit of BS on the original story...He ran in to get some ammo and didn't hear his son fire 30 rounds...even suppressed these buggers aren't silent. Sounds more like an excuse for making a mistake. I mean, just own it. I once accidentally laid my forearm across a barrel about 30 seconds after doing a mag dump and got a nice burn line on my arm. Yeah, it hurt, and yeah it was stupid, but it happens.
 
Well, I am gonna have to call a bit of BS on the original story...He ran in to get some ammo and didn't hear his son fire 30 rounds...even suppressed these buggers aren't silent. Sounds more like an excuse for making a mistake. I mean, just own it. I once accidentally laid my forearm across a barrel about 30 seconds after doing a mag dump and got a nice burn line on my arm. Yeah, it hurt, and yeah it was stupid, but it happens.


Guess it depends on the house. In-laws built their dream home years ago and insulated all the walls, inside and out. That was one quiet house, especially when you got into the poured concrete basement.
 
I can’t figure out how the burns got where they are. Look more like shoveling or raking blisters. He would’ve had to grab it at some strange angle which caused the middle of his fingers and the top of the thumb webbing to get burned.
 
Stock on the ground, can leaning on the bench? Or maybe in a shotgun field rack?
 
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