SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[mtwarden]

Every week it just gets sadder and sadder.

 

[JRay]

There doesn’t seem to be a predictable pattern as to when these fail. My original plan may be a waste of ammo. It may be best to just know where my POI is without a suppressor in the event of a failure in the field

 

[Q_Sertorius]

There doesn’t seem to be a predictable pattern as to when these fail. My original plan may be a waste of ammo. It may be best to just know where my POI is without a suppressor in the event of a failure in the field

I agree with that as a wise plan.


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“Keep on keepin’ on…”

 

[Tx_6UM]

I sent my suppressor off last Wednesday and it should be arriving back this Wednesday. I never got an email from SilencerCo about what happened, it being fixed or anything. Just an email from FedEx with tracking information. I’m going to continue shooting it as I was but I think I’ll use @JRay’s idea and figure out my poi with it off.

 

[TheHammer]

Those with double failure, is it the same weld that is failing? Or a second weld? Trying to find out if the same time frame of production is the consistent factor.

 

[Tx_6UM]

Those with double failure, is it the same weld that is failing? Or a second weld? Trying to find out if the same time frame of production is the consistent factor.

I think only one person has had the same suppressor fail twice, same weld both times. The other person had two separate scythes fail. Every failure I have seen pictures of has been the same weld, although mine had two welds fail.

 

[AZ Gator]

Every failure I have seen pictures of has been the same weld, although mine had two welds fail.

Mine failed at different welds. Post 522

 

[Tx_6UM]

Mine failed at different welds. Post 522

I missed your failure. That was impressive.

 

[wind gypsy]

And I wonder how many failures have been prevented by people not using them on their magnums now due to fear of failure.

 

[HuntHarder]

I'm leaning to this not being nearly as big of a problem as I initially thought. Still BS that it's happening, but I'd imagine the actual failure rate is less than 1%. This thread is very popular and shows up #1 on search results. Over 2k rounds on mine and counting. Maybe putting it on my 22" 300 will speed up the process .

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I'm leaning to this not being nearly as big of a problem as I initially thought. Still BS that it's happening, but I'd imagine the actual failure rate is less than 1%. This thread is very popular and shows up #1 on search results. Over 2k rounds on mine and counting. Maybe putting it on my 22" 300 will speed up the process .

I agree with that, still sucks but Rockslide is probably the largest collection of Scythe owners out there.

 

[mtwarden]

If I were a betting man, I'd be betting higher than 1% failure

 

[wind gypsy]

If I were a betting man, I'd be betting higher than 1% failure

I doubt 1% have failed. Most people dont shoot much. Lot of cans out there with a couple boxes of ammo through them.

I'd bet that over 1% would fail if people shot 500 rounds of magnum ammo through them annually though.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Most people dont shoot much. Lot of cans out there with a couple boxes of ammo through them.

I didn't bother typing it out but that is what crossed my mind.

 

[Lawnboi]

I can’t even think of another suppressor that has had this many catastrophic failures documented.

 

[TxLite]

I can’t even think of another suppressor that has had this many catastrophic failures documented.

Sierra 5?

 

[HairyScandinavian]

I doubt 1% have failed. Most people dont shoot much. Lot of cans out there with a couple boxes of ammo through them.

I'd bet that over 1% would fail if people shot 500 rounds of magnum ammo through them annually though.

I'd bet there's multiple thousands that are in a safe unfired or test fired with half a box and put away.

 

[mtwarden]

I'd bet there's multiple thousands that are in a safe unfired or test fired with half a box and put away.

Must be nice; maybe I should have picked another career

 

[Lawnboi]

Sierra 5?

I don’t think those were blowing in half. And dead air eventually admitted to a problem with them.

We are looking at 20 plus catastrophic failures from a fairly small user group.

I’d also agree that I bet most sold get shot less than 50 times a year.

 

[TxLite]

I don’t think those were blowing in half. And dead air eventually admitted to a problem with them.

We are looking at 20 plus catastrophic failures from a fairly small user group.

I’d also agree that I bet most sold get shot less than 50 times a year.

If you mean rapid structural deconstruction then maybe not. If you mean they completely failed and became unusable then I'd say the Sierra 5 debacle was a bigger failure.

The Sierra 5 were blowing up internally and turning them into maracas at a much higher percentage than the Scythe. They blamed it on their 3rd party manufacturer (KGM) and then went radio silent. People were waiting a year with no recourse or communication on a timeline for getting their suppressor fixed.

It was a colossal disaster.

SiCo might not be doing a recall on these (yet?) but at least they are being repaired and sent back to the owner within 1-2 weeks.