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    Shot out suppressor

    My range day shooting was cut short today when the A-Tec Maxim suppressor exploded. It was fitted onto my Mauser M12 and had fired eight rounds of 140gr 6,5x55 Sellier and Bellot ammunition before I loaded 160gr Fiocchi round nose soft bullet and fired nine rounds before the tenth did the damage you can see in the image. When I bought the M12 second-hand a couple of months ago, it came with the suppressor and I was told that the rifle had only fired around 300 rounds. I've shot 50 or so rounds since purchase, using Sako (120gr Powerhead), Hornady (140gr SST), and S&B (140gr).

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    Any thoughts about why the suppressor exploded? Is it repairable?

 

 

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