Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ for Round 5.56mm NATO Muzzle Cans (Silencers/Sound Suppressors) during Combat Ops: Lowers Outer Suppressor Heat and Thermal Signature! (Video!)

By David Crane
david (at) defensereview (dot) com

June 10, 2018

DefenseReview’s (DR) found that it’s often the little things that can make your life a lot better and/or easier. Assuming it works as advertised, the Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ (5.5 inches) is one of those products. When it comes to guns heat’s the enemy in a whole bunch of ways, particularly with rifle/carbines, and even more particularly with select-fire rifle/carbines, including those in 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO) caliber. Anyway, the Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ (5.5 inches) is specifically designed to cover 1.5” outer diameter/5.5″-long round cans (silencers/sound suppressors) like the popular Surefire SOCOM556-RC2 muzzle can (silencer/sound suppressor), and it would appear to be very well designed for that purpose.

The the Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ consists of a “heat-resistant polymer sleeve overlaid onto a raised stainless steel heat shield that mounts directly to the suppressor body with steel clamps” that “minimizes heat transfer to keep external cover temperatures up to 1000 degrees F cooler than the surface of the suppressor and allows cooling airflow across the can. Additionally, it serves as an enhanced thermal insulator and signature reduction device, significantly mitigating mirage distortions to the shooter’s sight picture, reducing the likelihood of impact damage to the suppressor body, and lessening the chance of accidental heat-related injury or damage to personnel or equipment during weapon firing and cool down.” Sounds pretty good.

When you’re involved in a high-speed, low-drag dynamic combat op involving a lot of moving, and perhaps even climbing and/or repelling, the last thing you need is a hot suppressor burning through your clothing or skin. So, why make life any harder than it has to be?

Oh, and the the Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ even lowers your can’s thermal signature, and attenuates/mitigates the mirage effect on your sight picture. Handy.

The following are Magpul Suppressor Cover – 5.5″ features, straight from the company’s website:

– Extreme temperature protection that mitigates internal suppressor temperatures to safe levels
– Minimizes retained heat, allowing faster cooling than any other suppressor cover technology
– Reduces thermal signature of host firearm
– Mitigates mirage effects in sight picture
– Two stainless steel clamps provide a strong, rigid and reliable interface capable of sustained firing sessions and rough handling
– High temp polymer sleeve withstands brutal suppressor temperatures during extended periods of firing without deterioration
– High strength corrosion resistant stainless steel heat shield

Additional sizes for different can sizes and calibers are supposed to be avalable soon.

Anyway, DR like’s the this product, and looks forward to trying it out at some point. In the meantime, check out Defense Review’s video on it, below.

Company Contact Info:

MagPul Industries
Phone: 877-462-4785 (4MAGPUL)
Email: magpul@magpul.com
Website: http://www.magpul.com

© Copyright 2018 DefenseReview.com (DR). All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without receiving permission and providing proper credit and appropriate links. If you are reading this article anywhere other than DefenseReview.com, please email us the website address/URL (where the unauthorized DR article reprint is located) at defrev (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you.

All embedded DefenseReview.com (DR) photos and videos were shot with an Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone still/video camera.

Related Articles:

NG2 Defense MAXFLO 3D AFD Full-Auto-Rated Zero-Back-Pressure Suppressor: Just Pop it on and Go! (Video!)

CZ P-10 C Suppressor-Ready Striker-Fired 9mm Compact and Dan Wesson 9mm/.45 ACP/10mm Auto 1911: Suppressor-Ready Combat/Tactical Pistols for Encounters of the Worst Kind (Video!)

Operators Suppressor Systems/OSS Mission Muzzle Cans: Almost No Back Pressure Yields More Hits on Target and Longer Weapon Life

Newest/Latest MagPul PMags Round-Up: Meet the Sand PMAG 30 AR/M4 Gen M3 Tactical AR-15/M4/M4A1 Magazine, PMAG 17 GL9 Glock 17 (G17) 9mm Mag, PMAG D-60 AR/M4, 5.56×45 60-Shot 5.56mm NATO Drum Mag, and PMAG 30 AK/AKM 7.62x39mm Mag with Steel Inserts! (Video!)