De-Resonator

[HKMark23]

I just read an article in Shooting Times about a De-Resonator made by Simms Vibration Laboratory. Its a simple looking little item that slips over the end of the barrel and can reportedly be adjusted to reduce barrel vibrations. Anyone had any experience with this type of thing?

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

This sounds like a variation of the BOSS device. The BOSS is tuned to harmonize the barrel whip so the flick is consistent.

I read in one of those magazines about a barrel tuning sleeve for Mini-14s. The muzzle was threaded for a big nut which formed the front face of a cylinder. It looked like a Browning M1919A4 without the holes. The tension on the barrel nut was adjusted with two or three rods going back to the gas block. Or, the sleeve was the fixed point and the barrel nut tensed against it. Either way, the writer and maker claimed outstanding improvements in accuracy.

 

[maynard]

The BOSS system allows you to tune the barrel to the load. Great for a hunting rifle.
For precision shooting I would rather tune the load to the barrel.

Now of course the writer and maker are going to claim outstanding results, they are trying to sell something.

 

[eltorro]

Deresonate what?????
Resonance is the process where the - in this case bbl - object enters in a form of vibration matching it's own structural one... resulting either a smoother - read continuous behavoiur or the object's destruction.
Example : the troops are not allowed to march in cadence on a small bridge. the reason being that at one point the whole structure could match the imput length of wave and the signal would be amplified to the extent of tearing it down.
wellllllll at least this is what they tought us in physics class.

messing up with the harmonics of the barrel by sliting a piece of rubber on it... is ingenious. How do you adjust the thing to "improve" the rifle's performances?
You slide it up and down untilll you're happy. So my guess is that under recoil.... you get the drift.

Plus : cannot be used with iron sights.
Cannot be used with very low mounted scopes.

Something you'd want to use on a Benelli R1. Ugly nevertheless... so it doesn't matter.

Many barrel makers go to a great extent to stress relief a barrel. The thinghy ads more stress ? ! ? just ads a lot of variables : how is the " dampening" affected by the temperature?

not worth for my 2 c

 

[HKMark23]

Thanx guys. My question has been pretty much answered. This is neither leading edge technology nor something standard that I've only just heard about. I'll just continue with my plans to develop an optimal load and leave it at that. Thanx again.