SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[Formidilosus]

This may be even more concerning than those that failed on 308 or 6.5Creed. It seems to just keep getting worse. Makes me wonder if this thing would even be safe on a 223…

Put 7-8 different make/models of cans through a stress eval today…. Guess which can was the only one to have structural failure?

 

[Bluefish]

Mine was in the 19,000 range


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So definitely a more recent production. Maybe why the failure was further down the stack? Supposedly there are two grades of Ti for the baffles. Would be interesting to know where the change occurs and if that’s where they fail.

 

[HuntHarder]

What's it gonna take for Silencerco to do a recall? Seems pretty obvious that the welds are too weak under average usage.

 

[ztc92]

Put 7-8 different make/models of cans through a stress eval today…. Guess which can was the only one to have structural failure?

Looking forward to reading it, but I bet I know the punchline already…

Still struggling to reconcile all the failures in this thread failures with people like @Ryan Avery who have done everything possible to make their can blow up without success. Seems like there’s just no margin for error on the welds and for those that get a bad weld, it’s only a matter of time regardless of caliber.

If a person chose to do their own “stress eval” and their scythe (or other can) survived, would that provide any reassurance?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Looking forward to reading it, but I bet I know the punchline already…

Still struggling to reconcile all the failures in this thread failures with people like @Ryan Avery who have done everything possible to make their can blow up without success. Seems like there’s just no margin for error on the welds and for those that get a bad weld, it’s only a matter of time regardless of caliber.

If a person chose to do their own “stress eval” and their scythe (or other can) survived, would that provide any reassurance?

I’ve tried to make mine fail and havn’t been able to. That dosent mean it won’t but I’ve gotten it hot enough to melt a cover to it and nothing happened.

 

[Formidilosus]

Looking forward to reading it, but I bet I know the punchline already…

Still struggling to reconcile all the failures in this thread failures with people like @Ryan Avery who have done everything possible to make their can blow up without success. Seems like there’s just no margin for error on the welds and for those that get a bad weld, it’s only a matter of time regardless of caliber.

If a person chose to do their own “stress eval” and their scythe (or other can) survived, would that provide any reassurance?

No. There is no safety margin with the scythe.

This is paper mâché-

 

[ztc92]

No. There is no safety margin with the scythe.

This is paper mâché-

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I think my OCL Titanium rimfire suppressor is thicker/heavier than that…

 

[TxLite]

Put 7-8 different make/models of cans through a stress eval today…. Guess which can was the only one to have structural failure?

What kind of firing schedule?

 

[Formidilosus]

What kind of firing schedule?

The first question is: if it structurally failed in the same manner as they all are failing; and yet no other can structurally failed… does the firing schedule matter?

 

[TxLite]

The first question is: if it structurally failed in the same manner as they all are failing; and yet no other can structurally failed… does the firing schedule matter?

I’m not defending it. I’m just wondering what the firing schedule was out of curiosity

 

[packgoatguy]

nevermind. mine is all better now. a little tape, and it's good as new.

 

[Formidilosus]

I’m not defending it. I’m just wondering what the firing schedule was out of curiosity

I understand, I meant it more for others reading.

90 rounds near cyclic, 5.56mm, 10.5” barrel. However it failed before 90 rounds.

 

[wind gypsy]

Have any of the cans that were sent back failed a 2nd time? Possibly at a different weld. This may have been mentioned earlier and I missed it.

There is a 2nd failure option in the poll up top.