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Suppressor cover/mirage mitigation solution, discussion and thoughts

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Not to long ago I was shooting out to 100+ yards on a warm Florida day when the heat off my can ended my shooting. It was terrible, I could t see anything, shoot anything, and worse I had to wait for my can to cool to store my gear.

I decided I was interested in looking into solving this situation. What do you use, what other so,unions have you seen or explored? Is this a problem that can be mitigated? Looking for experience with thus stuff, thoughts, dialog, links, reviews, discussions

I came across a product at my class III that offers a solution to this-but expensive- is this worth it?

http://www.griffonindustries.com/product_p/gi-suppressor-hmms-01.htm

and I came across this on Amazon. 50$ difference--does one really work that much better than another?

http://www.amazon.com/FTW-MAD-Suppr...d=1436496314&sr=8-5&keywords=Suppressor+cover
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I am going with the Manta rubber ones. Have had them in courses and they hold on just fine and keep the mirage down. I have seen the cordura ones get snagged on stuff, fall off... may have been installer error but the rubber/silicone... ones work great, look great, and don't represent a snag danger.
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I think that there are multiple reasons to use can covers: 1) mirage - gloves won't solve for that and 2) safety. If you carry a rifle for several hours during a carbine course, as some point your leg, arm... is going to touch the barrel or the side of the can. Mine came into contact with my calf while I was taking a piss and I ended up doing a modified "hot brass" dance while trying to control the rifle, zip up, and not spray urine everywhere. Sometimes its hard to be cool... The manta sleeve would have prevented all of that, had I been using one.
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Agreed, but part of the learning is how to do things like get in cars, sit, eat, pee, and in all other ways live with a rifle on your person. Lesson learned...
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