Kind of a follow-up to this thread:
https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/Baffle-strike-questions-/20-550547/Anyways, had a baffle strike in a brand new Aero Precision Lahar-30K mounted to my Sig Rattler a few months ago. Ammo was AAC 125gr FMJ. Life got in the way and I didn’t get a chance to get out to really test the ammo to isolate my problem until about a week ago.
These were the results:
Attached File Attached FileMy plan was to get some heat into the gun with 90-120 rounds as heat seems to be cited as an underlying cause with this. I didn’t make it through 2x 30rd mags before I started getting random shots flying all over while trying to shoot steel silhouettes at 50y.
First target is the earliest lot of ammo. As you can see, I’m getting horrible keyholes and projectile fragmentation. Some of those oblong holes on opposite sides of the target were made with 1 shot, so I’m definitely getting frag. Zero rhyme or reason to it, it was super random, but typically saw between 5-10 projectiles do this per 30 round mag.
Second target is the later lot of ammo I have. Was not having nearly as many issues with this one, but as you can see of the 20 rounds I fired, I had 2-3x start flying sideways on me.
It’s not the gun or can. This was all shot unsuppressed and I’ve got quite a bit of ammo through this gun of other types without issue.
Anyways, I’m already talking to PSA about this. Their CS has always been slow, no different in this case, but I’d imagine they’ll get me taken care of. That said, if people are shooting this stuff through their can, they need to know the risks so they don’t end up breaking stuff.
Lot #s for those curious:
*SCL3CA031*
*SCL4BJ191*