Really embarrassing thing happened to me last week, but I feel that it worked out ok.
I am new to suppressors (my first can is in jail, but I can use it at the range where I bought it). I recently took a beginner's class for defensive carbine and was able to use my can. Everything went well in the class and I went on my merry way. Last week, I put a new red dot on my rifle and went to the range to get it zeroed. The can I have uses a taper mount and the manufacturer cautions about over tightening. I screwed the can on ( to what I felt was in line with the manufacturer's guidelines), loaded up the rifle and sent a round down range. I heard some clanging around, and thought my ear pro mics were really sensitive, enabling me to hear the brass bounce around on the floor.
I then realized that there was no suppressor on the end of my rifle. Instant "oh bubblegum" feeling. Sure enough, my can was 25 yards away, at the end of the lane. I had to walk out and ask the ROs to retrieve my supressor. Man, did I feel like a tool.
Ultimately, the can was fine (I was worried that my hand-load has somehow caused a baffle strike, or that I had lunched the threads) just a couple of very minor scratches.
I reattached my supressor (really tight), got the rifle zeroed, and used a wrench to remove it. The ROs were very cool about it, and all in all, my bad experience turned out to be a good learning opportunity about a piece of equipment that a person simply cannot learn about without using it.
Anyone else have a Wilson moment that actually worked out?
I am new to suppressors (my first can is in jail, but I can use it at the range where I bought it). I recently took a beginner's class for defensive carbine and was able to use my can. Everything went well in the class and I went on my merry way. Last week, I put a new red dot on my rifle and went to the range to get it zeroed. The can I have uses a taper mount and the manufacturer cautions about over tightening. I screwed the can on ( to what I felt was in line with the manufacturer's guidelines), loaded up the rifle and sent a round down range. I heard some clanging around, and thought my ear pro mics were really sensitive, enabling me to hear the brass bounce around on the floor.
I then realized that there was no suppressor on the end of my rifle. Instant "oh bubblegum" feeling. Sure enough, my can was 25 yards away, at the end of the lane. I had to walk out and ask the ROs to retrieve my supressor. Man, did I feel like a tool.
Ultimately, the can was fine (I was worried that my hand-load has somehow caused a baffle strike, or that I had lunched the threads) just a couple of very minor scratches.
I reattached my supressor (really tight), got the rifle zeroed, and used a wrench to remove it. The ROs were very cool about it, and all in all, my bad experience turned out to be a good learning opportunity about a piece of equipment that a person simply cannot learn about without using it.
Anyone else have a Wilson moment that actually worked out?