Suppressor frustrations

[Steely_Shaw]

It’s not your can or your gun. Maybe your scope rings if not , it’s Mirage. Mirage can be a huge factor here. TI cans get hot very quick, prob 2-3 shots in a minute and your mirage would threw off 10+ inches. Get a nice cover (burn proof gear, elite iron , liberty suppressor cover etc). This should do it

 

[My name is Homer]

You can use a crush washer but don't crush it, or the type of O-rings that can last through heated up barrels that help lock thread protectors on the end of a barrel.

 

[drewga11]

I have experienced a similar problem, though not quite that extreme, using a Bergara Wilderness HMR in 308 with a Dead Air Nomad-L, which is basically the can that Diligent Defense is copying with the Enticer series.

I have shot mine both with and without a cover. Either way, once the barrel gets hot enough, the accuracy degrades. I let it cool down and the accuracy comes back until it heats up too much again.

 

[howl]

Is the barrel free floating, with the can on, after it gets hot?

 

[fishblister]

It’s not your can or your gun. Maybe your scope rings if not , it’s Mirage. Mirage can be a huge factor here. TI cans get hot very quick, prob 2-3 shots in a minute and your mirage would threw off 10+ inches. Get a nice cover (burn proof gear, elite iron , liberty suppressor cover etc). This should do it

Ok I'll pick one up and retry.

 

[BigMike]

What suppressor?

 

[fishblister]

What suppressor?

Diligent Defense Enticer L-Ti

 

[jpm2953]

I’ve got the same suppressor but the S model. I have only shot it on my tikka .308 and my Daniel defense but I haven’t had any issues with it. It’s a sweet suppressor

 

[BigBizzGrizz]

Try a different scope on said rifle. I found this out the hard way last fall. Brand new VX5HD chased my cold bore zero for weeks. Couldn't ever get it. Then went to hand loads and found the scope was not holding zero. Switched to a VX Freedom to confirm my theory of a bad scope and the Freedom confirmed. Had to ship back to Leupold and they handled it all quickly. However, it cost me lots of time and lots of money in factory loads and hand load development when a factory load would've probably grouped well enough from the get go. I also had an end cap strike during the initial phase of this set up when the front cap walked out of the suppressor body. SilencerCo handled that easily as well. In the end it was a bad scope.

 

[basstracker89]

Try a different scope on said rifle. I found this out the hard way last fall. Brand new VX5HD chased my cold bore zero for weeks. Couldn't ever get it. Then went to hand loads and found the scope was not holding zero. Switched to a VX Freedom to confirm my theory of a bad scope and the Freedom confirmed. Had to ship back to Leupold and they handled it all quickly. However, it cost me lots of time and lots of money in factory loads and hand load development when a factory load would've probably grouped well enough from the get go. I also had an end cap strike during the initial phase of this set up when the front cap walked out of the suppressor body. SilencerCo handled that easily as well. In the end it was a bad scope.

That's the worst I ever heard from a Leupold scope. WOW. Anyways, this sounds like the most likely problem. Worst case the gun is accurate on first shots, good for hunting. Unless you're prairie dog shooting. I've never owned a suppressor, but it ain't rocket science. I have been around them