Baffle Strike

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I took my new Sako A7 Big Game 7mm Remington Magnum out this morning to sight it in. I got it dialed in at 100 using factory HSM 168 gr Berger VLDs unsuppressed.

I screwed my Silencer Co. Harvester .30 on and fired the first two rounds to check poi shift. Both rounds flew true and went in the same hole. I let the rifle cool and fired the third round. Instantly, I knew something went wrong. It felt like sand hitting me in the face and sounded bad. I looked up and saw my can about 40 yards down range.......

The bullet cleared the blast cone, nicked the first baffle and cut a groove through the rest of them before exiting the end of the suppressor.

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[Twist]

Man that really sucks.

I know that some SiCo mounting systems had can launch issues a while back but I thought they had it rectified. I'm not saying that's your probably but I'm definitely leaning in that direction. Send it all back to SiCo with a detailed description as to what happened, hopefully they can make it right.

[35remington]

Man that really sucks.

I know that some SiCo mounting systems had can launch issues a while back but I thought they had it rectified. I'm not saying that's your probably but I'm definitely leaning in that direction.

No. This is a direct thread can. The mount is not the problem.

OP, SilencerCo will take care of you.

Did you check bore alignment before you started shooting? If so, how?

[meltingfeather]

That sucks.
Interested in the outcome...

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ASR or direct thread when this happened?

[Twist]

No. This is a direct thread can. The mount is not the problem.

OP, SilencerCo will take care of you.

Did you check bore alignment before you started shooting? If so, how?

It can also be used with an ASR mount, admittedly I was assuming that's the case here but I could definitely be wrong.

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No. This is a direct thread can. The mount is not the problem.

OP, SilencerCo will take care of you.

Did you check bore alignment before you started shooting? If so, how?

You can replace the direct thread cap with an ASR mount on this can. I agree SilencerCo will get this fixed an back to you within a week or two regardless of what you did wrong . If you did use the ASR mount make sure that goes back to them with the can and I would not re-use the muzzle device.

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No. This is a direct thread can. The mount is not the problem.

OP, SilencerCo will take care of you.

Did you check bore alignment before you started shooting? If so, how?

I did not. I have always fired a round into paper and made sure it flew true then screwed my cans on. This barrel was factory threaded.

ASR or direct thread when this happened?

Direct Thread

[35remington]

I did not. I have always fired a round into paper and made sure it flew true then screwed my cans on. This barrel was factory threaded

Bummer. Yeah you should check that before firing. Can just look down the barrel if that's all you have available. It definitely could have just not been tight enough though. 2 rounds is not enough to loosen a properly tightened dt Harvester.

It can also be used with an ASR mount, admittedly I was assuming that's the case here but I could definitely be wrong.

Regular ASR, no. But Nano-ASR yes, however I've yet to see a single person do that. Plus he has a bolt gun.

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You can replace the direct thread cap with an ASR mount on this can. I agree SilencerCo will get this fixed an back to you within a week or two regardless of what you did wrong . If you did use the ASR mount make sure that goes back to them with the can and I would not re-use the muzzle device.

Since it was the third suppressed round fired I can assume the threads were concentric to the barrel.

Maybe it came loose just enough to cause it to have a strike. Other than that the only other thing could be something wrong with the load on that one particular round.

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No. This is a direct thread can. The mount is not the problem.

OP, SilencerCo will take care of you.

Did you check bore alignment before you started shooting? If so, how?

He fired 2 rounds to check the alignment, and it was aligned.

OP, that really sucks. SiCo should take care of it no problem.

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[35remington]

I am not convinced the issues some reported with the ASR are on SilencerCo. If you accidentally close the locking ring just a touch while threading the can on the muzzle device it will feel locked up and the ring will not close further; however, it will launch the can with baffle strikes at some point. You can see and feel what I am talking about by closing the locking ring to a point before threading it on the muzzle device. Anyone that shoots the ASR should make absolutely sure that locking ring is fully open when the can bottoms out on the threads and then lock it. You will not have an issue.

It's operator error for sure in most cases.

[Twist]

It's operator error for sure in most cases.

Right and I didn't mean to imply that any kind of a mounting issue was Silencer Co's fault, I was just trying to point OP in a direction.

Kind of doesn't matter now that it's been verified that the can was directly threaded.