Thread: suppressor failure

Do you have any thoughts on what happened looseunit?

🔨🔩 should be able to tart the old girl up no worries...

I don't know shit from chewed dates compared to half the regulars that post on here. To me it's a black can (nice finish on it too). Though I'd have worked out who made it easily enough, it wouldn't have stopped me buying one at all. I'm not stupid enough to think that if I buy of these it's going to end up halfway down the range at all.. I'm more curious as to what caused the failure, which is what the OP was after too I think. We're all interested in shit that goes bang, we all like to go have a poke at what got banged, and are keen on as much more Bang as possible. Take it easy fellas

Originally Posted by Gibo

Do you have any thoughts on what happened looseunit?

not yet . Had just shot 5 rounds sighting in the new scope and was on the 2nd shot through the crony that it let go . Will look at the baffle to see if it's been eroded by gas cutting where it let go . The remaining piece on the barrel was tight so no way it had come loose , there's a mark in the exit hole but looks more like impact with the wood heap that bullet strike as there's no sign of copper . The back end nut was dragged up the isolation tube before letting go so that wasn't the problem . To me so far loss like shit happens material failure . With things getting lighter and thinner maybe we are cutting weight/material in the wrong places . I know I could lose more weight than my rifle .

Interesting but not the first time I've seen it.

Thanks for posting


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I didn't know who the manufacturers were, I didn't read any slagging of them. All I saw was a failure posted about with pics to back it up. I had no clue what loose unit does for a job and now i do know i still can't tell why that means anything apart from those cans must be good if he's using one but i tend to look at the positive side rather than negative. Why the panties in a bunch brigade getting all uptight? Thrush cream anyone?
Chill out people, you look like dicks, jumping up and down over fuck all.

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Originally Posted by Looseunit

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300WM , Factory 150gn Ammo , enough said

Thanks for posting. Public safety announcement? Appreciate the fact you have taken a big risk in posting, but kudos for having the balls to do so.

Certainly not the first one of these to let go that i am aware of. One failed on a .300 Win Mag at a recent field shoot near Akl, and also aware of some other Gen5 units failing recently on magnums. Obviously major design or material issues, still. If this was the US a major recall would be issued. Funny, in NZ ...... shoot the messenger ! (or Shhhhh, it's never happened before....... but here's a replacement.)

Pretty embarrassing for NZ manufacturing if these things are being exported though, and failing. Foreigners often are not so forgiving when stuff blows up on them. The OP probably got a fright and had to change his undies. In the US he might have sued for 'emotional harm' . Lol.

Glad you are okay, looseunit.

Looks like a lesser grade suppressor that's been photo shopped to look like a better one!

My 2 cents is there was a potentially dangerous incident with a piece of hardware. So its a warning to the rest of us, if only to double check the damn thing is screwed on tight, so I am glad it was posted.

Originally Posted by Dytek

Looks like a lesser grade suppressor that's been photo shopped to look like a better one!

Originally Posted by screamO

S hit I just read 3 pages thinking there might have been some thought in to what might have happened
I don't care who made the can, nor would I hold it against them but I'm very curious to know what might have happened and why. Should be beneficial for all parties involved I would have thought.

Agreed. I own one, and am not looking to change it after seeing this. It hasn't changed my thoughts on the product(s) one way or the other. I am just curious how it happened and wish more effort was going into discussing that rather than whether it should have been posted or not.

If someone posted a busted rifle or something similar I doubt there would be people on here going on about how it was wrecking the reputation of Browning or Sako, or whoever. These sort of threads are interesting. Would you bash him for not posting it if you found out....would he then be covering it up or some other bs?

Originally Posted by Looseunit

if I post about shooting a deer - i'm bashed for shooting hinds or velvet stags
if I post about a product - I'm bashed about advertising
if I post an answer to a guestion about a product - i'm bashed for been biased
if I post anything I know about something - i'm bashed for having a beef or shit stirring

ever consider it those that are bashing are the ones with the problem?

if I pumped gas for a job there would be no question , is it jealousy? get a fuken life , not everything in this world is a conspiracy , I posted what I thought was an interesting pic , no mention of manufacturers or service . that from it what you want , so everyone that posts a pic of a stuck car is picking on Toyota? cracked cases Federal? sometimes on forums people just like to share shit , if you cant handle it without starting shit read a mag where you cant have any input . forums are for sharing info , experiences , stories and knowledge

get over where I work , we fit a lot of these suppressors and have no beef with anyone .

Don't mention 1080

Have my pills turned up yet ( returned ) the 1:9 that were ment to be 1:10

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Christ. When you think about the operating environment for these pieces of kit, it's not really going to have an indefinate service life especially if made of ali. Turning a magnum-sized miniature blowtorch onto it for a few seconds each time you pull the loud lever isn't going to be good for anything even your barrel!

We are going lighter and lighter and lighter on everything, BUT lighter and lighter done with no possible consequences and issues = $$$$$$ and most kiwi's want the good stuff at kiwi wages $$$ which really leads to a compromise. If we want an extra long service life out of things like suppressors, without big $ on exotic metals that cost a lot to buy and more to machine, then we need stainless materials and not ali but stainless is heavy. No free lunch there...

And to cut weight, there's only a certain amount of material you can remove before you are running the razor's edge. I think the OP has nailed it, how light is too light???

had a big magnum one leak like a sieve with a 308
they not made of ali, and they are certainly not cheap to buy
just dam lucky no one was hurt

and hopefully its sorted in a timely manner