Are you asking about this because you are thinking about using a 6.5 specific suppressor on your 7mm/.284 caliber rifle? If that is the case and you're concerned about a baffle strike check with the suppressor manufacturer and see if they'll bore the hole slightly larger for you. I don't know if all companies will do this but I know some will.
No, my suppressor is a .30/7.62, but I had an unexplained baffle strike on my 7mm rem mag on a hunting trip......had shot the suppressor/rifle combo just fine leading up to the trip, but after flying out there, went to check zero and the damn thing exploded. Lucky no one was hurt, and after clearing some lodged shrapnel out of my rifle bore, was able to be successful on the hunt without the suppressor.....the manufacturer repaired my suppressor at no cost to me and returned it to me good as new. So now I am just wanting to be extra cautious. I have a .30 and 5.56 alignment rod, but I need one for my 7mm mag and 7-08.
Well nothing about that sounds like fun and I can understand why you'd want to err on the side of caution. Are you sure the can was screwed on good and tight?
I'm guessing that's what it was. The thread on the rifle was factory (rifle comes std with a brake), but it's a 1/2x28 thread and the can (which uses a QD mount with either a brake or flash hider) needs a 5/8x24, so I had not only an adapter screwed onto the rifle, but then the muzzle brake, then the can screwed onto that, so there are 3 possible connections that could have been loose, etc. I also didn't look down the barrel like I normally do after attaching, which I take blame for. So hard to know exactly where it went wrong.
They talk more about caliber than bore and since the bore is already larger than .284 from the factory to begin with that if everything is perfectly concentric it would be fine but I removed it nonetheless.
