SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[thinhorn_AK]

Well at least it's under a 1% failure rate

For somebody who dosent even own one, you sure do chime in a lot with your quick one liners about it.

 

[mtwarden]

This really has you ate up, huh?

How can you tell?

Not afraid to call a spade a spade.

 

[khuber84]

I just keep plugging away, sending rounds in 10-12rd strings with bout 45 seconds waiting between shots. It'll fail eventually, I'm certain of that. When it does I'll get it fixed, that simple. I do have backup supressors.

 

[mtwarden]

For somebody who dosent even own one, you sure do chime in a lot with your quick one liners about it.

I almost owned one—it checked all the boxes I was looking for in a suppressor. Well except one, thanks to this thread.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I almost owned one—it checked all the boxes I was looking for in a suppressor. Well except one, thanks to this thread.

Well luckily for you, there are lots of great options out there other than the scythe. Maybe get the dead air nomad Ti Xc.

Not that it matters but it’s super predictable that when this thread gets bumped up, there’s going to be a generally unhelpful comment from you. Sort of like Dave c and the silencer central threads.

Whatever though, making posts on threads that have nothing to do with us is what forums are all about.

 

[mtwarden]

Well when SilencerCo owns up that there is a problem with their suppressor and they make it right to the folks who still own one (and possibly avoid someone getting injured) I’ll bow out.

Until then you’ll put up with my posts OR hit that little unsubscribe button.

 

[HuntHarder]

For somebody who dosent even own one, you sure do chime in a lot with your quick one liners about it.

I think it's the 1% failure rate that eats him up. I'm guessing he thinks its higher. Crazy thing is, how many people own this can and how there is only this thread really that emphasizes it's failures. I think it's much closer to 1% than the 11% this thread shows. I can not say for certain tho. I know plenty of guys with them and no failures. Having said that, it really is the perfect can minus this thread. Checks a bunch of boxes.

I shoot mine as I do my other cans. No failure yet, but I will gladly report it if it does. I cant wait to compare it to my OG. Hopefully next weekend. It only sat in Atf jail for 2 days but I'm en route to the beach for a week.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

The 1% rate is disturbing even if it is “only 1%.” Would anyone purchase a rifle that “only had a 1% rate of bursting the barrel?” Maybe in 1650. Not in 2025. That is what is galling to me.


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[HuntHarder]

Failures are gonna happen with just about anything in life, no matter the quality. Yeah, even 1% sucks when it's on the end of a firearm. It has the ability to harm someone and that is not cool.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I just keep plugging away, sending rounds in 10-12rd strings with bout 45 seconds waiting between shots. It'll fail eventually, I'm certain of that. When it does I'll get it fixed, that simple. I do have backup supressors.

That’s about all we can do. I’m going to keep shooting mine, I just won’t take it on any trips. If it lets go, it lets go.

I think it's the 1% failure rate that eats him up. I'm guessing he thinks its higher. Crazy thing is, how many people own this can and how there is only this thread really that emphasizes it's failures. I think it's much closer to 1% than the 11% this thread shows. I can not say gore certain tho. I know plenty of guys with them and no failures. Having said that, it really is the perfect can minus this thread. Checks a bunch of boxes.

I shoot mine as I do my other cans. No failure yet, but I will gladly report it if it does. I cant wait to compare it to my OG. Hopefully next weekend. It only sat in Atf jail for 2 days but I'm en route to the beach for a week.

the older I get, the more I look at situations like theses and figure the simplest answer is probably the right one. Either it’s 1% like SiCo says, or it’s much much higher according to some random person on the internet.

I’m with you in thinking it’s closer to 1% because like you, I’ve seen a lot of these around with no issues and other forums and Facebook groups aren’t seeming to have these issues. Obviously there is something wrong, welds failing from getting too hot or something but I tried to blow mine up, I melted the damn lswild cover to the silencer and it didn’t fail. Who knows though, maybe mine is “about” to fail. I don’t know that I care all that much, I’ll take other silencers hunting and if my scythe blows up they will fix it quickly.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Crazy thing is, how many people own this can and how there is only this thread really that emphasizes it's failures.

I think one thing to consider is the round count of the members that are posting, not uncommon to see 1,000 rounds in that thread, and I bet the average hunter that may encompass a big majority of Scythe owners may not shoot that volume in 10-15 years. This forum is a different world than the Facebook groups.

Even the SOT I use keeps trying to sell me on a Scythe as I bring different cans through their shop, and they shoot a box at the range every other month or so. The one did say he was curious because I showed him this thread and shot a box through one out of a 7BC, so who knows. But data points alone with over 200 reports and an 11% failure rate on precision bolt guns is insane. I hope those that own them never have issues, but I won't own one.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Another shooting session “Proof of life”

112 rounds of 6.5 PRC
19 rounds of 6UM

This is a great can if it says together.

 

[ztc92]

Another shooting session “Proof of life”

112 rounds of 6.5 PRC
19 rounds of 6UM

This is a great can if it says together.

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Just because it’s been suggested by SiCo, what kind of firing schedule for this session? Hard to believe yours is going strong with PRC yet others are blowing up with 308 or creedmores…

Edit to add: I say that as someone who has a scythe and is struggling to trust it with my 18” 6.5 Creedmore.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Just because it’s been suggested by SiCo, what kind of firing schedule for this session? Hard to believe yours is going strong with PRC yet others are blowing up with 308 or creedmores…

Edit to add: I say that as someone who has a scythe and is struggling to trust it with my 18” 6.5 Creedmore.

Hunters Drill and shooting rocks… the 6UM is probably a bigger test being six more grain of powder. I keep waiting but she keeps on ticking. This is one of the early models don't know if that matters or not.

 

[TxLite]

Just because it’s been suggested by SiCo, what kind of firing schedule for this session? Hard to believe yours is going strong with PRC yet others are blowing up with 308 or creedmores…

Edit to add: I say that as someone who has a scythe and is struggling to trust it with my 18” 6.5 Creedmore.

Mines got quite a few with an 18” 7prc, 11.85” 556, and 136 with an 18” 6 creed. I shoot it on everything but those are probably the most abusive. Several hundred between the 3 of them. No issues yet

 

[Tmcgarrigle]

Failure last week.
800-1200 rounds of .308, all factory ammunition.
16” barrel tikka t3 compact.
Failure occurred 14 rounds into the range session. Shooting hornady superformance 168 grain match.
No baffle strikes.
On its way to silencerco for eval/fix.

But the real question is did you have a POI shift when it blew off?

In all seriousness, it all seems to be similar baffles and blowing clean off at the wels

 

[TheCougar]

I own two of them. I don’t think the overall failure rate is more than 1%. That being said, I never would have bought the cans if I knew that there was even close to a 1% chance of blowing up a can, hurting myself, or ruining a hunt. At this point, I think they should outright refund or replace the Scythe.

Other than the fact that I’m always waiting for them to blow up, I really like my Scythes. I don’t know how many rounds I have through each one… at this point, it’s got to be in excess of 600 shots per can, mostly 223 and 6.5CM, with maybe 100 rounds of 7mm RM thrown in there.

 

[TheCougar]

What’s with the smurf barrel?!?

Another shooting session “Proof of life”

112 rounds of 6.5 PRC
19 rounds of 6UM

This is a great can if it says together.

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[Ryan Avery]

What’s with the smurf barrel?!?

It's Tanya's 6UM Hog rifle.

 

[ID_Matt]

Another shooting session “Proof of life”

112 rounds of 6.5 PRC
19 rounds of 6UM

This is a great can if it says together.

View attachment 899859

What is the purpose of the athletic tape all over the rokslide/S2HU rifles? See it on the barrels and scopes of it seems like every one.