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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #12780 by EndofDalton
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What are y'alls opinions on these two compensators.. the SJC Titan Compensator or the EFFIN-A Compensator by Ares Armor?




Titan: stores.sjcguns.com/-strse-58/Lund-fdsh-S...mpensator/Detail.bok

EFFIN-A: aresarmor.com/store/Item/effin-acomp556 ( its on the 5.56 because this is the only page with info on it)
Last edit: 12 years 1 month ago by EndofDalton.

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12 years 1 month ago #12786 by BUILDING MY SASS
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If I may...what exactly are you mounting this on....that would help in aiding you with your question....
BMS

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12 years 1 month ago #12792 by EndofDalton
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It is to be on an AR10A4BNMF

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12 years 1 month ago #12794 by mantawolf
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I am using the Titan currently on my PredatAR. I like it, works well... Minus the time I was sitting on the seat to the left of the burm and forgot to put in earplugs... Think I blew out my ear drum that day, lord it hurt for an hour after that...

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12 years 1 month ago #12820 by 13fcolt
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My take on compensators is that they should be tunable if not avoided. They do have an effect on barrel harmonics, that can vary from load to load. If you recall the browning BOSS and similar systems, while they do work, It also becomes one more variable to deal with when getting everything dialed in.

If I were considering a compensator, I would make sure there is a return policy. A POI shift can be adjusted for, but if it resulted in bad groups with known good ammo I would send it back, try a different one.
On the other hand, there are those that swear by them and see a measurable improvement in accuracy. I'm not one of them.

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12 years 1 month ago #12821 by mantawolf
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The barrel itself has an effect on harmonics, from the length to the thickness to anything touching it. The barrel has a whip effect when a round is fired through it. When you put something on the end, then your known good loads are going to potentially no longer be good loads. But you can change your load. If you reload, you learn about the harmonics and how just changing bullet weights, design, brass, primers, and powder loads all control how the bullet rides through the barrel harmonic wave.

So yes, anything attached the barrel will potentially change the harmonics on the barrel but everything does that anyways.

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12 years 1 month ago #12825 by 13fcolt
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Not quite the same way a comp does. gas volume and velocity through the ports would have to be a constant for every load.
I have 2 sets of POI I track. suppressed and unsuppressed for all of my hand loads. It works because it is repeatable. The suppressor has the same effect on the barrel, regardless of what load I'm using.
A comp imparts a thrust vector on the barrel that will be different for each load. Some comps that are closed on the bottom can even be seen in slow motion video warping the muzzle down.

I'm not saying all comps are bad all of the time, I have seen them work, and work very well. I have also seen them turn a sub MOA rifle into a 2MOA rifle with the only solution being ditch the comp for a thread protector.

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12 years 1 month ago #12847 by BUILDING MY SASS
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EndofDalton wrote: It is to be on an AR10A4BNMF


Well first off, I would go with a Factory one...
www.armalite.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=EA11...75-b80c-90f07c3d5b62
Made by ArmaLite For their rifles...
You might give them a call or Email Tim in Tech support and see what they would suggest...
As what was stated...those rifles are tuned to be what they are...National Match Rifles...
You might also look to see if the AR-30 Break would fit...if you really what a Muzzle Break... :silly:
BMS

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