anyone ever try or use something like this ?

[acudaowner]

if so who's did you buy or make it yourself ? I have seen the flat ones and the one curved this says are bad but looking for one like the right example I am drawing a blank finding any company that makes any of them . If I could ask what are your thoughts on the idea or function ( did it work for you , what materials were yours made from ) thanks .

 

[WIVigilance]

I saw one at a bench rest match once, carbon fiber. Never used one though

 

[SupressYourself]

I made one once, but then I figured out that a fan works much better. Get a battery operated fan and point it to blow diagonally across your barrel.

 

[John Glidewell]

^^^^^ I use my chamber chiller on a bag, works.

 

[short_mag]

Used to be very common (mirage bands, in general) in the Long range highpower days. They can make a substantial difference in the amount of “barrel generated” mirage that you look through. I think that most of us try to avoid getting barrels that hot anymore.

 

[TxWelder35]

If my barrel is that hot I take a break, heat kills barrels. The suppressor on the other hand gets a cover put on it. I’m not sure how anyone shoots without one

 

[Steel head]

At one of the ranges I do quick load work at sits in a big hole and air is quite dead.
Just a smidge of barrel heat there and you get issues quickly.
I’ve thought of making one with a Venetian blind slat.

 

[acudaowner]

I get that I try not to shoot that much at one time to limit how hot the barrel gets I just saw this thing and wondered others thoughts I also have tried the chamber chiller I though in novel for the money it was ok , I like the other guy said just stop and let it cool on its own using that time to watch others shoot , It was just a product I had never seen or heard of .

 

[Steel head]

I get that I try not to shoot that much at one time to limit how hot the barrel gets I just saw this thing and wondered others thoughts I also have tried the chamber chiller I though in novel for the money it was ok , I like the other guy said just stop and let it cool on its own using that time to watch others shoot , It was just a product I had never seen or heard of .

I’ve considered the chillers but I can even see a use for the heat shielding in eastern Washington and Oregon in the summer where the barrel gets hot before you’ve even started shooting.

 

[sgtsmmiii]

We use them regularly on our prairie dog rifles when in Montana. They can get pretty "warm" when the targets are thick and stupid.
I made mine out of cut off sections of 6' lengths of white window shade blinds. They even have the correct curl. Attach with small pieces of Velcro.

 

[Jigstick]

Very common on our bench rest guns. 6ppc and 6dashers. They work

 

[Jabot]

I think brownell has them metal or carbon fiber. Use them at f class they work

 

[hafejd30]

Used in fclass by almost every shooter that I’ve seen. I use them. They work very well for 22+ shots over a 15-20 min period

Your pic on the far right is how we use them.

Got mine from Sean Patty’s Mirage Shields. I shoot with the guy that sells them

Basically blinds with auto decals on them. Velcro to barrel

 

[Carlos Danger]

Seen some of my local benchresters use them. I run a small ran off a cell phone charging battery pack. Helps cool the barrel as well.

 

[Fig]

If it’s sunny half their duty is keeping the barrel in shade. Just the sun will often heat a barrel too-hot-to-touch before you’ve fired a shot.

 

[b2lee]

So you guys are actually letting these things touch the barrel? Just something about that concept hurts my brain.