SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[glock233]

Is anyone actually making a big deal out of this in their interaction with SilencerCo? Just read this thread and I'm perplexed how nonchalant everyone seems to be on considering we've all been seemingly scammed out of > $1k and then gaslighted that nothing is wrong. Below was the response I received from SilencerCo today expressing my concerns about what appears to be an elevated failure rate and potential danger in letting my boys use and clients use it.

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Everyone reach out to [email protected] and raise some hell.

The response is pretty sensible. It’s a hugely popular can and reports of failures will tend to overwhelm reports of normal function.

If that .3% failure rate is real, that would explain a lot.

 

[Marbles]

Is anyone actually making a big deal out of this in their interaction with SilencerCo? Just read this thread and I'm perplexed how nonchalant everyone seems to be on considering we've all been seemingly scammed out of > $1k and then gaslighted that nothing is wrong. Below was the response I received from SilencerCo today expressing my concerns about what appears to be an elevated failure rate and potential danger in letting my boys use and clients use it.

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Everyone reach out to [email protected] and raise some hell.

I have concerns, but no leg to stand on as mine has not failed. So, I'm not reaching out to complain (but also will not buy more SiCo products).

I have my opinion, but not true data to back them up.

 

[Bluefish]

If they have sold 20,000 and the failure rate is .3%, half of the failures have been reported here. At 30k, 1/3 the failures. That’s pretty high in my eyes.

 

[twall13]

My take is that this was designed as a lightweight hunting can. Most of the hunters I know go through a box of ammo a year at best, just checking zero, etc. This forum and this thread tend to have hunters who shoot a lot more than most out there. I actually believe the failure percentage they report, I just think it would be a lot higher if more people were actually shooting a bunch of rounds through them. In other words, I think the failure rate would be a lot higher if they took 1,000 random cans and shot 1,000 rounds through reach of them. Since a lot of the cans sold haven't been shot much if at all, the numbers are skewed. They have to know this and know there is a design/manufacturing flaw but they aren't willing to admit it and I truly hope it catches up to them.

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[HighUintas]

Key words in there I think are "when used as intended". Maybe they intend people to only shoot a couple boxes a year through it.

 

[tacks]

On the SC site today and the Scythe TI is NOT, only Scythe is the STM? SC afraid off of it?

I was on the Capitol site today and they list the Scythe TI as back in stock. I was thinking they where winding down.

 

[Jbehredt]

If they have sold 20,000 and the failure rate is .3%, half of the failures have been reported here. At 30k, 1/3 the failures. That’s pretty high in my eyes.

Not unimaginavle when you consider this thread is a front page hit if you google “silencer scythe warranty”

 

[Escalante11]

SilencerCo noted in their response today that they have only had 300 Scythe-Ti's ever come in under any type of warranty claim, hence why they believe there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the product and why they haven't changed the design or recalled the product. They subsequently noted that other of their "stronger cans like the Omega 36M" have much higher weld failure rates.

They seem to be 100% convinced that there are zero issues with the Scythe-Ti, and that these are nothing more than isolated, random events, getting magnified by those trying to smear their company for other interests..

 

[Axlrod]

There is no chance of a recall, I don't think.

20 years ago I had a car made by GM that had a faulty ignition switch. These cars were built with faulty switches from 1997 thru 2008. GM started a recall in 2014- 17 years later. Forced by the government.
General Motors (GM) recalled 30 million vehicles worldwide for the faulty ignition switch, eventually linked to at least 124 deaths and numerous injuries as the switch could turn off the engine and disable airbags mid-drive.
GM engineers knew about the issue since 2003 and even redesigned the key, but it was rejected due to cost.

 

[wind gypsy]

If they have sold 20,000 and the failure rate is .3%, half of the failures have been reported here. At 30k, 1/3 the failures. That’s pretty high in my eyes.

Serial numbers as of at least sept '25 (based on a search of this thread) indicated at least 24k had been manufactured at that time.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Oh you mean you wanted to actually USE your silencer? Sorry it wasn't intended for that, stop misusing it and it won't fail.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

The response is pretty sensible. It’s a hugely popular can and reports of failures will tend to overwhelm reports of normal function.

If that .3% failure rate is real, that would explain a lot.

Still worse than the Sig P320 or Ford Pinto.

 

[glock233]

Still worse than the Sig P320 or Ford Pinto.

The problem with the P320 and Pinto were the high costs of rare failures. Not the frequency.

 

[Axlrod]

Serial numbers as of at least sept '25 (based on a search of this thread) indicated at least 24k had been manufactured at that time.

I looked at a couple of them at the range, that a father and son had each bought in the last month or so. They were 36xxx.

 

[wind gypsy]

I looked at a couple of them at the range, that a father and son had each bought in the last month or so. They were 36xxx.

Good tidbit. So if they have had 0.3% come back, that'd probably be a little over 100 which if we got the old poll results back it means about half of them have been involved in this thread at some point. I wouldn't be surprised if that is true. I've seen links to this thread referenced every time i've heard of a scythe failure outside of rokslide.

 

[Axlrod]

Good tidbit. So if they have had 0.3% come back, that'd probably be a little over 100 which if we got the old poll results back it means about half of them have been involved in this thread at some point. I wouldn't be surprised if that is true. I've seen links to this thread referenced every time i've heard of a scythe failure outside of rokslide.

I think there are too many variables to solve the equation. Mine is one of the early ones, I'll keep shooting it.