First and foremost: I'm an idiot and this was completely my own fault.
I was sighting a rifle in for a gas gun match the next day and had a baffle strike. Essentially what happened was I finished shooting and unlocked it, but failed to actually pull it off, letting it stay on the gun to cool instead (riflekuhl in chamber). While packing up I took a work call and was distracted. I also realized I had a few more rounds of ammo I needed to shoot up. So I chambered one and fired...without locking the suppressor. I ended up with a face full of gas and the suppressor launched down range.
The pictures below show the damage. The first baffle is supposed to be round, not slotted. The slot is where the projectile struck. Notice the end cap is completely undamaged. The projectile never made it out of the suppressor. As I picked it up and shook it, bullet fragments came back out. Unfortunately I neglected to take pictures of them. I am very surprised the projectile never made it out, a 5.56 round at the muzzle has a lot of energy. As you can see from the end cap picture, the baffled stack was totally jacked up.
I called Surefire to start the RMA process and told them exactly what happened. They said send it in for evaluation. I assumed it was unfixable and I would have to wait 14 months for a new can. Three weeks later, the suppressor is returned looking brand new. They replaced the baffle stack, however the end cap, tube, and lock collar were unscathed. They also recoated the entire suppressor and test fired for accuracy.
I got it back today and test fired it. Functions exactly as it did before and accuracy is exactly as before as well. Very happy with Surefire CS and very impressed the baffles actually contained the bullet. If they didn't, I would have had to replace the can and wait for a form 4 to clear.
I was sighting a rifle in for a gas gun match the next day and had a baffle strike. Essentially what happened was I finished shooting and unlocked it, but failed to actually pull it off, letting it stay on the gun to cool instead (riflekuhl in chamber). While packing up I took a work call and was distracted. I also realized I had a few more rounds of ammo I needed to shoot up. So I chambered one and fired...without locking the suppressor. I ended up with a face full of gas and the suppressor launched down range.
The pictures below show the damage. The first baffle is supposed to be round, not slotted. The slot is where the projectile struck. Notice the end cap is completely undamaged. The projectile never made it out of the suppressor. As I picked it up and shook it, bullet fragments came back out. Unfortunately I neglected to take pictures of them. I am very surprised the projectile never made it out, a 5.56 round at the muzzle has a lot of energy. As you can see from the end cap picture, the baffled stack was totally jacked up.
I called Surefire to start the RMA process and told them exactly what happened. They said send it in for evaluation. I assumed it was unfixable and I would have to wait 14 months for a new can. Three weeks later, the suppressor is returned looking brand new. They replaced the baffle stack, however the end cap, tube, and lock collar were unscathed. They also recoated the entire suppressor and test fired for accuracy.
I got it back today and test fired it. Functions exactly as it did before and accuracy is exactly as before as well. Very happy with Surefire CS and very impressed the baffles actually contained the bullet. If they didn't, I would have had to replace the can and wait for a form 4 to clear.
