Unknown reaper accuracy testing with short barrels

[ID-Muley]

Has anyone done any accuracy testing with a reaper. Specifically with a 18” barreled 6.5 PRC or something similar? In my testing with other lightweight Ti suppressors the groups open up ridiculously between shots 1 and 2 then when compared to heavier suppressors. I don’t want to drop another 1000 for a suppressor that does the same thing.

8 shots as fast as I could. I wasn’t even trying hard and crap conditions with 15x RS 1.2…
16in barrel 6cm didn’t even touch load from when it was 22in. Didn’t wait more than 15-20 ish seconds between shots.

Then waited 15 mins screwing around…
Shot 1, then down 2,L1. 4 shots in red.

Kept screwing with the scope with diff suppressors and zeros that day… but definitely shot well every time.

If you end up wanting a Reaper, shoot me a pm.

-Sales

 

[Q_Sertorius]

For what it is worth, this past summer I started a thread that went for 6-pages about the Nomad Ti XC. I didn't get a single negative comment about it from a precision or accuracy perspective.

Thread 'Which suppressor would you choose? Thoughts on the Nomad Ti XC?'

Jul 9, 2025

I have been searching for a "final" suppressor to try out on one of my rifles. The primary rifle on which I intend to use it is probably a mini-RSS in .223 with 16" barrel. Use case will be still hunting, plinking, and target practice.

After reading a lot of Form's comments, I agree with his advice to not get a dedicated .224 or similarly small can. It makes more sense to me to get a .30 caliber can that I can swap around to other rifles as needed. For instance, I have a .270 getting cut to 21" and a 6.5 CM getting cut to 20" right now. I don't plan to have a dedicated suppressor for...

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• Forum: Firearms

I also didn't turn up anything using forum searches or Google.

 

[kswaterfowl]

Have you tried different ammo?

 

[Itased]

Have you tried different ammo?

Yes 140 accubonds, 140 Eldm, and Berger 156 eol

 

[kswaterfowl]

Yes 140 accubonds, 140 Eldm, and Berger 156 eol

Hmmm... I was just asking because I had a .204 that shot 35gr bergers really good, then I put a suppressor on it and it would always throw the first shot. But it wouldnt throw the first shot on 32gr noslers and 32gr vmax.

 

[Marbles]

Try shooting without a can and see how it groups.

Perhaps (big perhaps) the recoil difference between a heavier can and a light can is changing your shooting given the problem shows up on the 6.5 PRC.

 

[Itased]

For what it is worth, this past summer I started a thread that went for 6-pages about the Nomad Ti XC. I didn't get a single negative comment about it from a precision or accuracy perspective.

Thread 'Which suppressor would you choose? Thoughts on the Nomad Ti XC?'

Jul 9, 2025

I have been searching for a "final" suppressor to try out on one of my rifles. The primary rifle on which I intend to use it is probably a mini-RSS in .223 with 16" barrel. Use case will be still hunting, plinking, and target practice.

After reading a lot of Form's comments, I agree with his advice to not get a dedicated .224 or similarly small can. It makes more sense to me to get a .30 caliber can that I can swap around to other rifles as needed. For instance, I have a .270 getting cut to 21" and a 6.5 CM getting cut to 20" right now. I don't plan to have a dedicated suppressor for...

• Q_Sertorius
• Replies: 113
• Forum: Firearms

I also didn't turn up anything using forum searches or Google.

I have been trying this can on this gun since March 25 I have gone back and forth from it to my ultra 7 countless times thinking it has to be something else but it always comes back to the suppressor for me. Like I said to form its lights out on a 223 bolt gun but for some reason on my shorty 6.5 not so much. It’s always between shot 1-2 that I get a massive poi shift.

 

[kswaterfowl]

Try shooting without a can and see how it groups.

Perhaps (big perhaps) the recoil difference between a heavier can and a light can is changing your shooting given the problem shows up on the 6.5 PRC.

I would be interested how it shoots without the suppressor as well. But im wondering if its a harmonics issue with the barrel, and the heavier suppressors act like a barrel tuner.

 

[Wiscgunner]

I have been trying this can on this gun since March 25 I have gone back and forth from it to my ultra 7 countless times thinking it has to be something else but it always comes back to the suppressor for me. Like I said to form its lights out on a 223 bolt gun but for some reason on my shorty 6.5 not so much. It’s always between shot 1-2 that I get a massive poi shift.

Out curiosity, you are using a suppressor cover aren't you?
Mirage will arrive very quickly with light weight cans compared to heavier cans.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I have been trying this can on this gun since March 25 I have gone back and forth from it to my ultra 7 countless times thinking it has to be something else but it always comes back to the suppressor for me. Like I said to form its lights out on a 223 bolt gun but for some reason on my shorty 6.5 not so much. It’s always between shot 1-2 that I get a massive poi shift.

I’m not saying you are wrong. I am just saying that I haven’t found any reports of widespread issues. The only suppressors for which I saw reports at all like this were some DD ones.

I’m assuming that nothing rattles or anything like that inside it? And that you have checked alignment with a bore guide? And that you are using direct thread attachment? And you aren’t seeing mirage? Are you using a cover?

And you have fired a statistically significant number of groups to verify this “shift.”

Have you tried any other suppressor on the rifle?

 

[TNHighlands]

Well, darn! I am thinking about taking the plunge into the suppressor world, and the Nomad Ti XC was on my short list. I guess I will read more reviews…

Thanks for the heads up.

My TI XC holds precise on 3 separate guns. Primary is an 18" 6.5 Creed

May just not work for that particular rifle which sucks but isn't an inherent flaw in the can.

 

[JRay]

Perhaps the shoulder isn’t square on your rifle. Are you using a tbac adapter for the ultra 7? Perhaps it’s indexing different than direct thread.

Since you’re talking 3 shot groups I’ll offer two samples of three shot groups with a scythe ti. The 6.5prc and 25cm are 20” barrels.

 

[Itased]

I’m not saying you are wrong. I am just saying that I haven’t found any reports of widespread issues. The only suppressors for which I saw reports at all like this were some DD ones.

I’m assuming that nothing rattles or anything like that inside it? And that you have checked alignment with a bore guide? And that you are using direct thread attachment? And you aren’t seeing mirage? Are you using a cover?

And you have fired a statistically significant number of groups to verify this “shift.”

Have you tried any other suppressor on the rifle?

So I have shot a surefire 260ti, ultra 5, ultra 7, nomad xc, and the Alaskan. The TBAC cans are running the non timed brake. The surefire is direct thread I had it converted a few years back and I have ran the other 2 as direct thread(have tried 4 different ones) and the area 419 mount. The 2 different TBAC cans and the surefire can this doesn’t happen with. Yes the shift is pretty predictable. No like I said I have double checked and then some everything that could come loose and nothing ever is. I have never had issues with suppressors till these two. The rugged was a waste of money but the DA still shocks me that it is doing this. I was going to try it again next time I hit the range with the new DA Brake direct thread mount just to see if that makes any difference.