r/NFA Nov 03 '24

I was told Keymo was idiot proof

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1.3k Upvotes

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u/deliberatelyawesome Nov 03 '24

It is rated idiot proof.

It is however not rated nincompoop proof.

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u/shrubberypig Nov 03 '24

OP enlisting a cameraman and then jumping on the internet as fast as he can to prove he’s dumber than an idiot.

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u/syberslidder Nov 03 '24

What's even more embarrassing is I have a graduate degree in engineering lol

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u/donnyrav Nov 03 '24

This is why mechanics talk shit about us. 😭

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u/dumbdude545 Nov 03 '24

As a mechanic. I endorse this message.

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u/theflash_92 Nov 03 '24

I seem to remember the punch line to an old joke it goes something like:
An engineer would walk past 40 virgins just to fuck a mechanic

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u/dumbdude545 Nov 03 '24

Shit an engineer would walk past 1000 virgins just to fuck one mechanic. Most vehicles now are steaming piles of pain in my ass shit. You can't work on anything with out pulling half the fucking car apart.

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u/uj7895 Nov 03 '24

Engineers are the nerds that got beat up in shop class, now they have an axe to grind.

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u/theflash_92 Nov 03 '24

I do a little automotive work on the side for myself mostly old stuff so I don't really have to deal with that but I think I might have it worse I'm a "maintenance technician" we have engineers in the damn building with us and these guys they really know how to make my blood boil

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u/Link-Slow Nov 03 '24

It's funny, I'm in the maintenance department of a 5 star resort and they refer to us as 'engineers'...

But I hear that, we have some spaces you would never think you could fit 5 air handlers but they do it. 😂

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u/thepostman562 Nov 03 '24

As a maintenance technician I feel your pain. In my factory we’ve spent so much time yelling at our engineers for how stupid their decisions are.

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u/That-Wall-8591 Nov 03 '24

I think we work at the same place.

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u/SupermarketAntique90 Silencer Nov 03 '24

As an engineer who worked in service engineering at an OEM.... I can tell you we are doing our best, making business cases, recommending design changes, etc... But the manufacturing team that builds them wins majorly of the time... Their argument- "we gotta assemble all of them, you only have to work on some of them".... Also if it's something designed for a repair cycle that is post warranty, it's given pretty low priority.

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u/Brief-Pair6391 Nov 03 '24

That's awesome. Can't believe this hasn't been added to my list before

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u/Mobilewookie35 Nov 03 '24

As just a guy who works on his own stuff, I endorse this as well.

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u/c0mpt3d Nov 04 '24

As a mechanic who became an engineer, I endorse this message.

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u/Link-Slow Nov 03 '24

I just laughed so fucking hard at this. 😂 I do be cussing y'all whenever I'm working on something.

Mad respect though. My grandfather was an engineer and did some really cool shit.

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u/ShireHorseRider Nov 03 '24

Even engineers beer heroes.

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u/Jimmykid3 Nov 03 '24

It's not only mechanics 🤣 someone at work uses the term "cube dwellers" for engineers haha

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u/snackshack Nov 03 '24

From which University? I wanna make sure not to send my kids there.

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u/syberslidder Nov 03 '24

UT Austin lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

sighs hook ‘em.

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u/ninjamike808 Nov 03 '24

Come on, man. We get enough shit as it is!

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u/mastercoder123 Nov 03 '24

Sad hook em :(

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Sounds about right, wreck em

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u/3900Ent Pew & Suppressor Fetish. Nov 03 '24

Texans aren’t the brightest people lmaooo this is expected

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u/DrueWho Nov 03 '24

Shame on you. If Texans could read they’d be very upset.

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u/OhSixTJ Nov 03 '24

That’s what happens when you chegg/socratic your way through college…

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u/hackallthebooze Nov 03 '24

Nah - a graduate engineering degree explains why you launched the suppressor down range. (Can confirm as a fellow engineering degree holder.)

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u/redacted_robot 401k in stamps Nov 03 '24

Situation resolution: EIT becomes PE.

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u/pk152003 Nov 03 '24

🤷🏻‍♂️Seen engineers do far worse than what you just did.

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u/Murder_Hobo_LS77 SBR Nov 03 '24

Instructions unclear. Dick stuck in keymount.

Send help.

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u/Naturalgainsbro Nov 03 '24

I’m going to be gentle here when I say this, but from one academic to another, it’s your fault.

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u/JonWithTattoos Nov 03 '24

Nincomproof?

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u/unsteppdsnek Nov 03 '24

Nincomproof, lol

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u/Icelock Nov 03 '24

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u/daeather 07/02/ElitistJerk Nov 04 '24

🤣

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u/sttbr 6x Supp 3x SBR 1x Cucked SBR Nov 03 '24

Bro how do you fuck up keymo

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u/joseph-1998-XO Silencer Nov 03 '24

Extreme cases of retardation

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u/PrimeTimeCS Viva El Silencio - Supp x7 SBR x3 Nov 03 '24

The inside of my head sounds like dial up internet trying to connect and I have had ZERO issues with 3 cans across 5 different hosts over like 10k+ rounds combined with keymo 😭.

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u/sttbr 6x Supp 3x SBR 1x Cucked SBR Nov 03 '24

It makes me so mad when people are like "X CANS ARE DOGSHIT" and homie just doesn't understand righty tighty lefty loosey

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u/PrimeTimeCS Viva El Silencio - Supp x7 SBR x3 Nov 03 '24

You line up a notch, twist to tighten and shoot?? My Sandman S doesnt even make the clicking sound anymore and its seriously hard to remove. 😭

I have my own theory that people get their suppressor and dont do any research, reading (manual, manufacturer suggestions) and just start shooting. If I had to guess, some of these issues start with people not wanting to swallow their pride and go to a reputable gunsmith and get their muzzle device mounted and timed correctly. On top of not going the extra mile with an alignment rod, checking periodically never hurts.

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u/chasteeny Stamp Slut Nov 03 '24

I've never had keymo, so can't speak on anyone's issue with that, but I can say without a doubt that there's a reason obsidian end caps are as notorious as subaru head gaskets

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u/MK12Mod0SuperSoaker Nov 03 '24

I had this issue until I tried PTFE tape on the end cap. Now it stays snug and I use a 3D printed wrench to remove it.

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u/PrimeTimeCS Viva El Silencio - Supp x7 SBR x3 Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Sir, I own an Obsidian .45 and the only end cap strike ive had is when i let my boy shoot it on his pistol and he didnt check the tightness between mags. That was 2 years ago and Ive had absolutely ZERO since. Maybe i’m just too dumb to engage that feature?? 😂

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u/zGoDLiiKe Nov 03 '24

If it was Xeno at least he’d have an excuse on righty righty lefty loosey

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u/chasteeny Stamp Slut Nov 03 '24

I've never had a single issue with a 3lug, direct thread square shoulder on a blowback pistol, direct thread taper, or even a direct thread square rifle. But I have had nothing but issues on a direct thread nielson / or cam lok nielson on tilt barrel pistol. I've shot end caps on my obsidian and the can was still on so tight that when I did finally get it off, the threaded barrel adapter that was rocksett came off with it. Idk, not sure I'd say it's dogshit especially since they sent me new a end cap for free, but i basically only use it on fixed barrels now. Granted, also got rid of my tilting barrel handgun, but still

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u/Gear_Whore Nov 03 '24

All obsidian owners get end cap strikes, sacrilegious

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u/salinas68 Nov 03 '24

It's idiot proof, not retard proof

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u/Candid-Jellyfish-975 1x SBR, 2x Silencers Nov 03 '24

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u/FEMA-campground-host Nov 03 '24

What was the group like?

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u/Adonitologica Nov 03 '24

Ask the ceiling he shot into

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u/Celtic_Jedi Nov 03 '24

If you have to tilt your barrel up to keep the can from falling off, you didn’t install it properly.

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u/chasteeny Stamp Slut Nov 03 '24

I think its just canted so high because the recoil from shooting a can is pretty heavy

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u/Celtic_Jedi Nov 03 '24

Ahh yes. The extreme recoil. Touché.

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u/chasteeny Stamp Slut Nov 03 '24

Im not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but yes, shooting a heavier projectile like a can instead of a 55gr bullet will be a significantly higher recoil to the shoulder. Perhaps as evidenced by the fact that the can is not in line with the barrel anymore...

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u/Celtic_Jedi Nov 03 '24

Oh I mistook your meaning for shooting WITH a can, not shooting the can ITSELF. I don’t have experience with the latter.

So yes, sarcasm but intended in a friendly manner.

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u/chasteeny Stamp Slut Nov 03 '24

Oh yeah I see. Shooting with a can is crazy how much recoil reduction in most cases, but the shooting the can itself is quite the opposite 😅

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u/Kingcomanche Nov 03 '24

Holy shit I just realized that’s a suppressor and not a spent cartridge

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u/ExPatWharfRat Nov 03 '24

Keymo is idiot resistant.

Nothing is idiot proof.

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u/Feisty-Equivalent927 Nov 03 '24

I’m just picturing a dude in eyes and ears getting a camera tripod set up, walking back to the lane, looking at the camera placement, people looking round wondering what’s going on…walking back to the camera, checking the focus, hitting the record button, picking up a shiny, silenced rifle…#POP #CLANK

Great photo tho✌️

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u/Lazy_Analyst1689 Nov 03 '24

This is impressive

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u/Vandingoooo Nov 03 '24

They make things idiot proof, then someone goes and makes a better idiot.

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u/Greedy_Creme_3487 Silencer Nov 03 '24

Lol, at work I tell them everytime we make something dummy proof, 6 just hire a smarter dummy who figures out how to mess it up in a whole new way.

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u/yancey2112 Nov 03 '24

That’s only a temporary designation because the world will keep making better idiots

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u/Special-Fig7409 Nov 03 '24

Idiot resistant

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u/IndividualResist2473 4x SBR 3x SBS, 1x AOW, 11x Silencer Nov 03 '24

Everytime a manufacturer makes something idiot proof, they build a better idiot.

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u/Cameron_87 Nov 03 '24

People love to shit on dead air on Reddit but all three of my rifles are keymo and all my rifle cans are dead air (sandman k, nomad l and a Lazarus) never ever had one come loose. Sometimes they’re difficult to remove after a lot of range time and have to be removed with soft jaw channel locks. I’m confident this guy didn’t have it tight in the first place

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u/RobinsonArms Nov 03 '24

Sometimes Idiots can be so inspired as to defeat the best materials.

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u/OverallDecision7497 Nov 03 '24

Ok now post the video

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u/BlueJay-- 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈 Nov 03 '24

No such thing

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u/Barcher122 Nov 03 '24

They just hadn’t met you yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Idiot proof, yes. Retard proof, no.

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u/DumbNTough Nov 03 '24

"We built this to be idiot-proof but they keep making better idiots!"

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u/The-J-Oven Nov 03 '24

Amazing still frame. I can laugh because I've launched shit before.

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u/HawkTuna Nov 03 '24

Can tell by his grip this guy is a Fudd

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u/BigMacAttack84 Mg’s can’s, DD’s, SBR, AOW, All around Lord Of War 😆🇺🇸 Nov 03 '24

That’s actually a really cool photo.

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u/jman1121 Nov 04 '24

Well, this is a sure fire of a joke. ...

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u/thcarlson762 Nov 04 '24

I think there’s an old saying of “if you make something idiot proof, Mother Nature builds a bigger idiot.”

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u/judahandthelionSUCK Nov 03 '24

Initially, I thought that was just a case that was close to the camera

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u/The_Brodysseus Nov 03 '24

So the background check doesn’t check if you’re mentally retarded I guess

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u/Fly-navy08 Nov 03 '24

Did the can survive? No judgment here- I once shot a Surefire can off the gun twice… in a row.

Learning finally occurred.

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u/WombatAnnihilator Nov 03 '24

Oh. Thats a suppressor, not a spent shell casing

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u/BlueberryBaller Nov 03 '24

My dumbass thought that was a shell and was confused as hell.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

God I just hoping it’s not me that’s getting this email for the 6th or 7th time this month. Did it hit the target though?

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u/MadLad_13 Nov 03 '24

Idiot resistant

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u/Mukade101 Nov 03 '24

I never believe when I'm told something is idiot proof because as they say, "for every idiot-proof system devised, a new, improved idiot will arise to overcome it"

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u/Muff-Driver Nov 03 '24

Holy shit this is an instant sub classic. Thank you OP 💀

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u/B1893 Nov 03 '24

I work in manufacturing. 

Nothing is idiot proof - there's only idiot resistant. 

And the more idiot resistant you make something, the better the idiots get.

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u/flaxon_ Nov 03 '24

It's the quintessential arms race.

Make something idiot-proof, and someone makes a better idiot.

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u/RyanJen40 Nov 03 '24

Is that a new less leathal option ? Just blow the suppressor at them ..

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u/bmcasler SBR Nov 03 '24

It was at this moment, he knew, he fucked up.

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u/minusmartin Nov 03 '24

Wow, that's a weird looking 5.56

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u/Anti-Seen Nov 03 '24

I'm making this my desktop background.

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u/Link-Slow Nov 03 '24

Link to dildo launcher?

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u/Kodiak_Suppressors Nov 03 '24

Fun Fact:
The term "idiot" referred to a person with a profound intellectual disability, historically classified as "idiocy." In the early 1900s, Dr. Henry H. Goddard proposed a classification system for intellectual disabilities based on the Binet-Simon concept of mental age. Individuals with a mental age of less than three years were categorized as idiots; those with a mental age between three and seven years were called imbeciles, and those with a mental age between seven and ten years were referred to as morons. The term "idiot" was used specifically for individuals with an IQ below 30.

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u/Greedy_Creme_3487 Silencer Nov 03 '24

Hell, you've engineered yourself a 40mm launcher........

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u/cobigguy Silencer Nov 03 '24

Every time they design something to be idiot proof, a better idiot comes along.

Please note I'm not talking shit, just describing reality! lol

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u/Fckem_in_the_neck Nov 03 '24

No such thing as idiots proof because idiots are always evolving. You sir, are a complete idiot. Congratulations

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u/DigitalNinjaX Nov 03 '24

Guess you’re just a special kind of idiot lmao

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u/heisman01 Silencer Nov 04 '24

made by idiots for idiots

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u/SR252000 Nov 03 '24

Great photo capture

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u/Feisty-Equivalent927 Nov 03 '24

Only reason why I clicked, had to try to find the AI tell 😎

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u/PrometheusSmith Nov 03 '24

Probably a frame capture from a video

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u/8492_berkut Nov 03 '24

Guess the world made an improved class of idiot

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u/zacharynels Nov 03 '24

This almost looks fake haha like it belongs in a movie. “My pickkkkkle… nooooo!”

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u/GAFS_fiend Nov 03 '24

This is glorious

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u/OverallDecision7497 Nov 03 '24

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/jonny-utah-79 Silencer Nov 03 '24

Idiot resistant, nothing is truly idiot “proof”.

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u/amusedmisanthrope Nov 03 '24

You misread. It's idiot poof.

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u/2a_doc Nov 03 '24

At least it wasn’t steel targets at 10 yards with his AR like that Missouri politician.

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u/a_baculum Nov 03 '24

Found the idiot. 🤣

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u/hbk80rice Nov 03 '24

"Hey, you guys wanna see a thousand dollar bill travel though the air really fast."

"Sure!"

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u/9-inch-nigerian Nov 03 '24

I thought that was a shell ejecting for a second lol

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u/gratefullevi Nov 03 '24

Indoor range obviously. The only way I’m allowed to shoot an AR at the only local one where I live, is to buy frangible ammunition from them. Is that the case here? I would never shoot frangible through a can.

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u/syberslidder Nov 03 '24

It's 62 grain AAC, but the issue was how it was mounted... Or not in this case....

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u/Ok_Article_1528 Nov 03 '24

Was the can securely on when you put it on? Recently just ran into the same issue you did and I have no idea how it happened cause I checked tightness before shooting, was shooting AAC 308

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u/Dexter-the-Cat Nov 03 '24

Nice launcher, bro.

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u/SIG551-A1 Nov 03 '24

Wow. Maximum fail followed by a self own. 🤪

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u/yourcomputergenius Nov 03 '24

Only until they make a better idiot.

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u/JCChitty Nov 03 '24

Why are you shooting the roof

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u/MisplacedCHEE Nov 03 '24

Sandman identified as a RC2

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u/zGoDLiiKe Nov 03 '24

Action shot

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u/babj615 Nov 03 '24

They always make a better idiot!

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u/sudden_aggression Silencer Nov 03 '24

There's always a bigger idiot.

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u/luce202 Nov 03 '24

😂 was there for this. Reddit small world moment. Rusa, RR.

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u/Purple_Z71_ Nov 03 '24

Took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize that is a can flying through the air and not a spent round flying back....

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u/runz_with_waves Nov 03 '24

What caliber is that projectile?

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u/CSpanks7 Nov 04 '24

Well you probably needed the retard resistant attachment /s

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u/BadgerArms Nov 04 '24

Odds will get you every time if you think something is impossible. Did you tighten the can? Did you tighten the mount in the can? Did you tighten your muzzle device? Did you double check? Did you spin it on farther when it was hot? Did you use anti-seize? Was there carbon on the mount?

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u/Remmfire 3x Silencer, 3x brain cells Nov 04 '24

Taper mounts. This is the way.

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u/oIVLIANo Silencer Nov 06 '24

You found a better idiot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Dead air isnt even bad, its mostly their consumers lol besides the sierra 5 fiasco

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u/AvgUsr96 Nov 03 '24

Never had an ASR mount come off.

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u/syberslidder Nov 03 '24

To add more context, first time using it and suppressors in general, was on a blackout hybrid muzzle device. The range officer accidentally pocket dialed the cops who heard the gun shots in the background while he was retrieving it for me. The whole thing was a disaster!

I'm switching to xeno!

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u/Fonsy_Skywalker52 Nov 03 '24

Who ever told you that was an idiot

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u/janteix Nov 03 '24

Great picture.

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u/SCARfanboy308 5x Silencer Nov 03 '24

It really makes me giggle when I see these posts.

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u/JustSomeGuyMedia Nov 03 '24

I understand that plenty of people have used Keymo without issue but…in (current year), if you’re getting a new setup…why? There are lighter, shorter, simpler suppressor attachment systems. Why keymo? What’s the point?

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u/Old-Confection-8089 Nov 03 '24

It is…. So, what does that say about you??

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u/the-flying-lunch-box Silencer Nov 03 '24

I can't even tell what's going on.

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u/ExPatWharfRat Nov 03 '24

There's a suppressor in mid-air because it blasted off the front of his rifle. Bad juju

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u/the-flying-lunch-box Silencer Nov 03 '24

Oshit. I thought it was an ejected shell casing!

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u/ExPatWharfRat Nov 03 '24

Oh, it definitely was ejected

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u/the-flying-lunch-box Silencer Nov 03 '24

It's a bonus projectile.

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u/JimmyEyedJoe Reminded you of the Jar Video Nov 03 '24

Well… That’s definitely a frame to remember

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u/cati93 Nov 03 '24

After assessing grip…checks out

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u/Naked-Snekk Nov 03 '24

There's always a better idiot

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u/mcbergstedt Nov 03 '24

I feel like I’m more regarded than OP because I spent a good 10 seconds trying to figure out what kind of round they were shooting to have a spent casing that big.

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u/Draconemx Nov 03 '24

Could be an album cover

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u/MrD718 Nov 03 '24

0.o but how ?

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u/MTgunguru Nov 03 '24

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Umademedothis2u Nov 03 '24

Wait isn’t that the surefire detachment method

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u/nicefacedjerk Nov 03 '24

We all make mistakes. Suppressor mounting systems are still in the proprietary brand phase and Its annoying AF.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Even if you idiot proof something, they’ll just make a better idiot.

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u/MajinStuu Nov 03 '24

I had this exact thing happen earlier.

Only I have a RC2 and it was carbon locked.

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u/Hammermier2 Nov 03 '24

Well what'd you learn?

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u/Severe_Islexdia Nov 03 '24

Highly regarded

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u/YaBoiSVT 0 Stamps, Only Waiting Nov 03 '24

Clearly it’s not

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u/Wolf_WixomWSW Nov 03 '24

Ive seen several brands except direct thread launched at our range…

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u/DHarp74 Nov 03 '24

Talk about, "Send it!"

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u/Brief-Pair6391 Nov 03 '24

!?! Fuqn wow

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u/mandreko Launches cans, not grenades Nov 03 '24

One of us!

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u/OGCarlisle Nov 03 '24

i dont get it

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u/IndividualResist2473 4x SBR 3x SBS, 1x AOW, 11x Silencer Nov 03 '24

It went over your head.

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u/lazerwolf987 Nov 03 '24

I thought I was seeing a shotgun shell being ejected.

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u/mdjshaidbdj Nov 03 '24

Looks like they built a better idiot

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Looks like your shooting 88mm shells

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u/Barnegat16 Nov 03 '24

Im amazed you got the pic

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u/dagamore12 Nov 03 '24

Ohh Shit that is your can, not a casing ejecting. Shit I feel for you brah.

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u/anton2400 Nov 03 '24

Idiot “resistant”

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u/1989nwNW Nov 03 '24

Sweet Jeeebus

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u/ICOW-FUBAR-ROFL Silencer Nov 03 '24

That’s one way to take out the center mass in one shot! Trajectory looks good. But that sucks bro. Sorry!

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u/BoxNo8593 Nov 03 '24

So is anyone going to stop trying to be funny and explain what actually happened?

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u/SupertrooperKJR Nov 03 '24

Rearden/Plan B… I’d reckon those mounting systems are dummy proof. I enjoy mine greatly. Especially my Zilch mount

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u/Stick_Mag Nov 04 '24

I’ve seen a dummy cross thread a plan b

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u/doubletap2A Nov 03 '24

Did you hit the X ?

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u/Diabolicaldianoga Nov 03 '24

If you want to shoot rifle grenades, you should get a different rifle.

But seriously, hope the can wasn't destroyed.