[Buffalobob]

The tubes do a very good job of protecting the other shooters from braked rifles such as mine. The tubes came originally with some waffle foam liner such as you might see in a gun case but it is mostly gone from wear and tear of the repeated muzzle blasts.

A couple of downsides of the tubes-

1. There is a lot of particles that come back at you and eye glasses alone do not keep the fine dust particles from getting into your eyes every once in a while if you are shooting a brake.

2. There have been reports of homemade tubes collecting unburned powder granules and suddenly flaming up.

3. The placement of the tube on the bench is problematic in that I need more room to set up the front rest than the tube allows.

4. The tubes change the frequency of the noise into a low frequency "boom" than a high frequency "crack".

But if you have neighbors and wish to reduce noise this will probably cut it down by about 30-40%. A person standing 30 feet away will still near ear protection being as I have tried to see if I needed muffs when someone else was shooting.

The tubes work wonders on a 22 rifle noise.


There are some really bad rifle shots in the world and the tubes bear the evidence of being used by those people.