SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

Scythe Ti owners: Have you had a Scythe Ti catastrophic failure?


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Tod osier

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Yes. A 16oz can launched from a 5.56mm AR recoils about like a 12ga. While these cans are light, from large cartridges- you are getting into injury territory. I know of two people that have broke clavicles from large cartridges and cans coming apart and launching, and multiple others with soft tissue damage. Ironically… All from the same manufacturer.

Yes, it seemed that the recoil would not be trivial given that 3-4-5 ounces seem to be travelling significantly downrange.

I've been wanting to buy 2 of these cans and I think I'll hold off given that worrying that they are going to come apart at any second is not going to do anything for my shooting given that I'm recovered/recovering from a wicked flinch I had in my youth.
 

Q_Sertorius

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Yes. A 16oz can launched from a 5.56mm AR recoils about like a 12ga. While these cans are light, from large cartridges- you are getting into injury territory. I know of two people that have broke clavicles from large cartridges and cans coming apart and launching, and multiple others with soft tissue damage. Ironically… All from the same manufacturer.

/s Now we know who the plaintiff’s attorney will hire as expert witness. /s


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Dave_S

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Yes, it seemed that the recoil would not be trivial given that 3-4-5 ounces seem to be travelling significantly downrange.

I've been wanting to buy 2 of these cans and I think I'll hold off given that worrying that they are going to come apart at any second is not going to do anything for my shooting given that I'm recovered/recovering from a wicked flinch I had in my youth.

Might be back to the drawing board for me as well. I guess I’ll wait for TBAC availability.


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Does anyone know of a web link that evaluates the TBACs summit data? Maybe they do an adequate job if explaining it in their own paper, but I've only skimmed it and looked at the data.

Going off of their data and looking at SE dBa and SE dBa leq, it seems that if you want to lightest/shortest/quietest, the nomad xc ti and tbac ultra 9 are good options. I know there's others but those stood out to me. If the nomad xc ti holds up better than the scythe, it seems that one with a Ti flush direct thread would be the absolute winner for weight and length
 

Tmac

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Mine has lived on a 20” bolt action 6.5 Grendel, couple hundred rounds. Planned on moving it to the same platform in 6mm ARC, probably still will, but it is for the grands to hunt with so not so sure anymore.

Not happy to hear about all the issues at all.
 

wesfromky

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Does anyone know of a web link that evaluates the TBACs summit data? Maybe they do an adequate job if explaining it in their own paper, but I've only skimmed it and looked at the data.

Going off of their data and looking at SE dBa and SE dBa leq, it seems that if you want to lightest/shortest/quietest, the nomad xc ti and tbac ultra 9 are good options. I know there's others but those stood out to me. If the nomad xc ti holds up better than the scythe, it seems that one with a Ti flush direct thread would be the absolute winner for weight and length
This might help some: https://precisionrifleblog.com/2024...r-summit-hard-data-to-compare-250-suppresors/

And, though not everyone is a fan, pew science also has some good writeups.
 

Tmac

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Yes. A 16oz can launched from a 5.56mm AR recoils about like a 12ga. While these cans are light, from large cartridges- you are getting into injury territory. I know of two people that have broke clavicles from large cartridges and cans coming apart and launching, and multiple others with soft tissue damage. Ironically… All from the same manufacturer.
Curious if these cases have been presented to the manfu yet? If so what was the response, if that can be shared. Very concerning info. Thanks for sharing it.
 
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