Thread: suppressor failure

Originally Posted by gimp

Glue!?

My scientific opinion wasn't far out.


I was told " the tolerances where out and the glue hadn't set"

That was all I was told, I said I'd post up what the report was.


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Press fit I believe and yip pretty much glue

I have 3 of these cans so appreciate the photo. For me it also highlights proper use. It concerns me that this a was a new can that failed as I use one on a short barreled 7mm WSM with high muzzle pressure.

One trap the manufacturers fall into is that by not identifying recommended use and or expected life they have kind of assumed a life time warranty. I went to great lengths to define the intended use and calculated muzzle pressure for my WSM. Dan then made modifications to handle the job. In spite of that knowledge I'm now a little weary which is a good thing. I won’t beat it goat shooting and as it shoots perfectly I'll save it for bush hunting.

The 6 x 47 is a god sent for snap shooting without the added hassle of earmuffs but I think I'll back away from using a suppressor on anything else regardless of the brand.

Thanks for the photo Jason.

Originally Posted by BRADS

My scientific opinion wasn't far out.


I was told " the tolerances where out and the glue hadn't set"

That was all I was told, I said I'd post up what the report was.


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It's possible the loctite type product had not adhered in the presence of anodising, it can take a very special heptane base accelerator/prep solution to enable some loctite products to adhere with full strength to anodising.

Have seen this problem a few times now.

The lock tite problem does not explain why the "muzzle brake" part of the suppressor snapped off or why so many units from that manufacturers get the tube female threads pulling off the "monocore" male threads ( at the muzzle side of the suppressor).There might also be a design problem or a design fault?