Why Serious Shooters Use a Bloop Tube

If you've spent any time hanging around a smallbore match lately, you've most likely seen an extended, thin pipe sticking out from the end of the rifle and pondered why on planet someone would include a bloop tube for a currently heavy target gun. It looks the bit like a suppressor that proceeded to go on a diet, or maybe just a bit of hardware store conduit someone slapped on to the muzzle. Yet despite the humorous name and the particular slightly awkward silhouette, these things are actually secret weapons for anybody trying to hand techinque tiny holes in papers at fifty back yards or more. ...

March 14, 2026 · 7 min · Helminger Ehrmann