I’ve seen a ton of reviews saying the Wolfman is spooky quiet in its full length configuration, what’s your take?Mine was great for the first few hundred rounds on my kp9 SBR till the first weld failed and launched my can down range. To Dead Air’s credit, they immediately sent me an RMA (over a holiday weekend) and had the can back to me in 8 days including shipping both ways. Been great ever since
Thanks for your response.Mine was great for the first few hundred rounds on my kp9 SBR till the first weld failed and launched my can down range. To Dead Air’s credit, they immediately sent me an RMA (over a holiday weekend) and had the can back to me in 8 days including shipping both ways. Been great ever since
The repair summary Dead Air sent told me that there was low weld penetration along the entire stack, with the penetration getting progressively worse front to back. The second to last baffle before the blast baffle actually split as well, but the rearmost baffle in the split visibly has almost zero weld penetration which caused the failure. They told me it was probably a laser welder out of calibration or with a dirty tip. The entire baffle stack was replaced and welded onto the rear portion of my can. Total process was 8 days iirc, including shipping both days over a holiday.Thanks for your response.
Was there ever a root cause analysis done that determined the cause of the failure?
Thanks so much for those details! Much appreciated. I am very close to ordering one of these. Anyone can have QC issues, it is what is done after an issue occurs and it sounds like Dead Air took care of you and provided great customer support.The repair summary Dead Air sent told me that there was low weld penetration along the entire stack, with the penetration getting progressively worse front to back. The second to last baffle before the blast baffle actually split as well, but the rearmost baffle in the split visibly has almost zero weld penetration which caused the failure. They told me it was probably a laser welder out of calibration or with a dirty tip. The entire baffle stack was replaced and welded onto the rear portion of my can. Total process was 8 days iirc, including shipping both days over a holiday.
Sweet banana ‘clip’, broseph!I didn't see this thread until just now, but @dobe77 you made a great choice. Mine has been awesome and I run it on a bunch of different guns in pistol and rifle calibers. Washers are a nice bonus. Between DA and JMac there is a Keymicro device for just about everything. You won't be disappointed.
Thanks for the feedback! I only have one host currently for the Wolfman, but good to know that it works well on a variety of calibers.I didn't see this thread until just now, but @dobe77 you made a great choice. Mine has been awesome and I run it on a bunch of different guns in pistol and rifle calibers. Washers are a nice bonus. Between DA and JMac there is a Keymicro device for just about everything. You won't be disappointed.
That means yours probably ain’t the only one.The repair summary Dead Air sent told me that there was low weld penetration along the entire stack, with the penetration getting progressively worse front to back. The second to last baffle before the blast baffle actually split as well, but the rearmost baffle in the split visibly has almost zero weld penetration which caused the failure. They told me it was probably a laser welder out of calibration or with a dirty tip. The entire baffle stack was replaced and welded onto the rear portion of my can. Total process was 8 days iirc, including shipping both days over a holiday.
I know of at least one other person who had a very similar situation with his wolfmanThat means yours probably ain’t the only one.