Would it make sense to do a torture test with a can wrap? If any guys are running rounds quickly they'll definitely have a cover to fight mirage. I imagine this would keep the can hotter?
It would hold more heat, but it wouldn’t affect the integrity of the suppressor at all to fire 10 rounds quickly, even with a cover on. For context, this 100‑round test would have destroyed most covers.
16” 22 Creed barrel is being spun up this next week for that test.
I'm not worried about heat, I'm simply saying that insulating the can with a wrap would hold more heat and therefore raise the temperature of the can, further pushing the material properties towards failure. I guess none of this is very scientific, and I'm guessing that the largest contributor to failure is the number of heat/cool cycles, not simply the duration and intensity of a single cycle.
We use an extremely high-quality titanium powder for our printing process to minimize any risk of material degradation. As long as the suppressor is heat-cycled within a reasonable temperature range, you won’t see any compromise in the material.
Given that this is one of the lightest hunting specific cans with clear use criteria provided, in what reasonable scenario do you envision pushing the can to greater heat stress than the video above, with or without a cover?
So what is the point of this test at all then? I believe Danny is doing what he reasonably thinks is multiple times worse than what any "hunting" can should experience; establishing a safety factor is where you overtest to demonstrate safety at lower limits. Adding a thermal wrap would increase that safety factor. If anyone is shooting more than 3 shots in a row with these cans, they'll wish they were using a wrap (range zeroing, etc.)
