Silencer Central warranty - need advice

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Good evening,

Looking for advice.

I purchased a Backcountry suppressor from Silencer Central, I went to the public range yesterday to send the first rounds through it, to zero @ 100 yards.

SAKO 90 Adventure, 300 WIN MAG, NF scope - great setup (in my opinion)!

Rifle was previously zeroed at 100 yards .

I followed the online instructions, hand(s) tight, checked a half dozen times to ensure and my experienced shooting companion did the same. Also, instructions discuss checking for tightness after the fifth shot to ensure tightness.

And watched numerous videos for information (here’s one)

First shot 0.25 off of center - I was amazed! more than I imagined, little recoil and the results were outstanding!!

Second shot, 1 o’clock 3.50 off center. Using shooting bags and bi-pod, did I cause the issue…send another was the collective decision. I did not check for tightness (thought it was the shooter causing the error)

Third shot - the suppressor blew off the rifle, down range 50 yards! Wow was that scary, there was 20+ people to my right and left at the range, thank the lord no one was hurt.

Once we had a cold range we retrieved the can, it had a gash in the front (guessing were the bullet exited). The rifle barrel threads are ALL scared from the can being “blown off”. I originally thought it backed itself off after the previous two shots, causing the situation, my fault for not checking in lieu of what the directions say. But the eight threads from the butt end out are all damaged showing me that the can was screwed down and was forced off.

This AM, called customer service (2 people) which left a lot to be desired today, had to ask for a manager this afternoon who finally sent me an RA and FED X label in short order.

I have my first elk trip scheduled for 10/17/24 in Idaho, Silencer Central is basically telling me to get in line for the repairs and they are not responsible for any damage caused to the rifle.

My questions:

  1. Did I do something wrong?
  2. How do you install your suppressors to stop this from happening - red lock tight? I have not found a video suggesting such
  3. I talked to other guys shooting suppressed yesterday and none of them checked tightness after every shot, and only one checked every five shots. How often do you personally check.
  4. How would you proceed with this matter?

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks,
Stan

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  • Did I do something wrong? NO

  • How do you install your suppressors to stop this from happening - red lock tight? - Don’t loctite it. You want to be able to remove it and clean carbon off the threads of both the suppressor and rifle as time goes on.

  • I talked to other guys shooting suppressed yesterday and none of them checked tightness after every shot, and only one checked every five shots. How often do you personally check. I only check once every 5 or 6 shots, but have gone an entire range session of 25+ without checking.

  • How would you proceed with this matter? It sounds like you’ve done what you can do at this point. I had something sort of similar happen with a SilencerCo Harvester EVO. The welds were weak on mine and after I fired, half of the suppressor flew about 30 yards down range. They asked for pictures and then asked me to send it back. They fixed it and returned it within 2 weeks. Fortunately for me I had no rifle damage.

Are the threads damaged to the point you can’t screw anything back on? If they aren’t too bad, you might try spraying it with some type of CLP/Gun Oil and carefully screwing your thread protector cap back on to re-orient the threads.

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Speculations on my part. If threads were damaged that far back was that the part that was loose? Had the can be taken apart and baffles moved in some way? Not indexed and lined up internally? I don’t even know if that can happen. Doesn’t seem like it was a coming loose situation? I do check mine often due to paranoia

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Hello Steve,

Thanks for your response!

I am taking the gun to my local gunsmith to fix the threads, they are to far gouged.

Keep you posted on how this plays out with the company.

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Hello Rossk,

Beyond curious to find out what the company says happened.

I am now officially paranoid, I’ll be checking it in my sleep.

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Man, this sucks. So sorry.

I have never damaged a suppressor. I do see them working loose constantly. I use red loctite on mine. It’s still easy to get off for cleaning.

Not thrilled to hear that Silencer Central was hard to work with.

I guess you’ll have to get the barrel re-threaded?

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I’ve got a Silencerco Omega 36M with an ASR mount. I’ve been very impressed with the mount as it locks down the suppressor to the muzzle brake very well. I consistently shoot it all day (over 100 rounds) without checking it. I have yet to have it loosen (knock on wood).

It would make me extremely paranoid to have to check my suppressor every shot or 5 shots. Is there a different mounting option you can get to fix this?

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Wow, can’t think of how that type of a failure would happen unless either there was a massive obstruction in the suppressor, OR there was problems with the threading to begin with, or some combo of the two. Keep us posted

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One thing to note did you check your bore on your suppressor to the barrel bore with a bore alignment rod before you went out and shot it.? After installing a suppressor on any of my rifles, I use bore alignment rods to check whether the suppressor is mounted on the bore correctly and has clearance for the bullet. Especially if it’s a long can. If something on your rifle is not correct or the alignment is off it gets exaggerated at the end of the suppressor. I use accuracy, solutions, alignment, rods. They can be found here https://accuracy-solutions.com/.
Dead air suppressors has a whole bunch of videos on how to check your alignment on your suppressor to the bore of your rifle. Sounds to me like you had a catastrophic baffle strike. Also, I use the Kemo Dead air mount for my supressor.

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Here is a link to the YouTube video by dead air on how to check your bore alignment on your suppressor. https://youtu.be/QAxqmKT3L2k. In fact in the video, the rifle that he screwed three suppressors on all of the suppressors were a little bit to the right so even the rifle he had was not dea on center of the bore, the threads on the muzzle end there were enough to clear, but that’s what the rod told him. It’s a good video watch it. It’ll explain a lot. Even Gavin gear on ultimate reloader says that he checks all of his suppressors with bore alignment rods before he ever shoot them. Here is a picture of my banish 46 on my Ruger LC carbine 45 ACP. I have one of the accuracy solutions, carbon fiber bore alignment rods in the barrel and you can see that the bore of the suppressor is not exactly centered. It’s safe and that’s what the Bore rod shows and that’s all you need.

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