SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[2GRFE]

Cast my vote as no.
200 Rounds. 20" 6.5CM. Early S/N.

Couple of thoughts.

1) The Scythe is one of the most aesthetically pleasing silencers IMO, the welds cosmetically look beautiful which is the irony here given the failures we are seeing.

2) If this is a fatigue problem due to inadequate weld penetration. (Sico's first all Ti Design), it may take a while for issues to crop up given the use case for this silencer for most people is for hunting and thus round counts will be very much on the low side. Im curious to hear experiences from people with high round counts at this point.

Compare the DA fiasco with the Sierra5, where people would throw them on MK18s and do mag dumps which reveals problems much faster than people working on their reloads and checking zeros a few times a year.

3) Best case scenario, Sico has concrete evidence of a range of S/N associated with bad welds/fab process and issues a recall.

Worst case scenario, they have no idea and recalling over 20,000 silencers for inspection or non destructive testing is a path they are not likely to take.
This leaves a substantial population with some doubt on their mind whether or not the next shot will be the one that does it.

 

[WhatToHunt]

The doubt on my mind is very bothersome. I have a Scythe waiting to be used on a 6.5 cm and 300 wsm both in for threading at the moment. Seems likely I'll now only use on the 6.5 and I'll have a wsm with no can (or I buy another one which was not my immediate plan). Over $1k spent on the Scythe with worry to go along with it. Went from excited to nervous pretty quick.

 

[2GRFE]

Moving forward, I will likely only purchase additive manufactured silencers.
- Better Designs/Quieter/Lighter
- NO welds to worry about. If your silencer has 8 welds, that is 8 opportunities for failure.
- Warranties are super easy now as most designs have provisions to be re cored quickly

I don't recall seeing a single reported case of a structural failure of a 3D printed silencer, even from a few years ago from the early adopters. The processes are maturing and in a short time from now it will likely not even be cost effective to cut chips to produce and sell a silencer.