SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[Marbles]

I don’t know at what temp they fail, but Ti doesn’t melt until 3000f. I also know Ti doesn’t transfer heat well.

The strength of Ti declines as it heats up. SiCo uses grade 5 and 9, the below is for grade 5, Ti 6Al-4V.

 

[jkoehle1]

The strength of Ti declines as it heats up. SiCo does not specify type of Ti they use, only grade. The below is for Ti 6Al-4V.
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Geade 5 and 9

 

[Marbles]

Geade 5 and 9

Yeah, I'm an idiot, grade does refer to alloy on Ti. What I posted above is for grade 5.

 

[TheM1DoesMyTalking]

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.

There is a new 3D printed suppressor from B&T, the Print-X Ranger, that looks like it was designed to go head to head with the Scythe based on the specs and that it's being marketed as a hunting can.

@PLhunter started this thread about it.