SilencerCo Scythe Ti failures

[lager]

Regardless of mine blowing up and getting scoped in the nose last year, they sent me a new can, and I still like it when shot next to other simular cans. I like the option of changing end caps and thread adaptor. I use mine on everything from 17 hmr to 300 prc.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I know there were rumors of someone breaking a collar bone or something like that but I'm pretty skeptical. When my Nomad Ti let go at the second baffle weld on an ultralight 17" .280 AI, there was a blast and noticeably more recoil, but not radically more recoil. Since that can got repaired.... the second time (the first repair weld cracked shortly after getting it back) it's seen better than a thousand rounds over several calibers, 6mm ARC to 300 WSM and 7mm PRC where it now lives with nairy a problem. It was a process (weld penetration) issue, not a structural design issue, so once the weld was done right, it was fixed, and I kind of wonder if that's how the Scythe is too.

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Do we know if Scythes made in, say the last year, are still blowing up? I wonder if we are maybe still seeing cans from large older lots popping and it's possible the welding process problem has since been fixed on more recent lots?

I think I'd be down for picking up a few $300 Scythes at this point, shoot them and if they one day blow up, just make SiCo replace them, rinse and repeat. I've got enough cans now that it wouldn't impact my ability to shoot suppressed, and the Scythes really do sound good for their size.

As far as the weld being fixed the the scythe is good to go, id say no since multiple have had 2nd and I believe even 3rd failures after being repaired.

 

[lager]

I would think fixing broken weld would be risky ! Pretty sure mine was a new can with my serial number stamped on it.

 

[SloppyJ]

Mine was rewelded for sure. It was a clean break both times and likely an easy fix. Still had the same blemishes on the base of the can as when I sent it in. The front was a different shade of the bronze they use compared to my original. It was also a bit heavier. I'll weigh it again when I receive it back.

As far as what it's like when it lets loose, I've noticed more by the tone and the behavior of the rifle. Something is different for sure. I can't say that an increase in recoil was overwhelmingly obvious to me but there could have been some. Makes sense from a physics perspective. I'm not dismissing what the guy with the injury is stating but that just hasn't been my experience. I'm also a decently sized human. I've never been scoped or had any other reaction other than "Damn, that felt and sounded weird, let me check out my rifle." It was obvious enough that I stopped both times it happened though.

 

[Treelineasassin]

Friend sent me photos of the dreaded 2 piece Scythe-Ti.......happened mid match at the NRL Anti-social yesterday.