Comps Won't Get You Killed
by
Patrick R
Published: June 2nd, 2017
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We have all heard it, comps will get you killed in the streets. In this episode of TFBTV, Patrick tests the theory that a compensator will peel the skin from your face and cause your eyeballs to pop out of your head. As you might guess from the title, Patrick didn’t die. He didn’t catch fire. He most certainly is just fine. Watch the video anyhow to see why you should think about a compensator or ported barrel for your carry gun.
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When it comes to shooting Modern Sporting Rifles at high magnification, there is the Gogun Supercomp. Followed by everything else.
Are the concerns over a comp on a CCW overblown, absolutely! However a 35mph wind with particulate/smoke irritant in it in your face/eyes isn't going to be very fun if you don't have big old safety glasses on. Sure you can tilt the port, and hope you do that in the heat of the moment, I'm sure you can train to blink longer to make sure your eyes are closed for every shot. Honestly I consider the debris in the face likely a minor concern, and setting you on fire just ridiculous.
The biggest downside I've seen shooting comp guns, again depending on the comp and the ammo is if they have upward ports is your night vision destruction in low light. Now if you hang a big old surefire on your ccw gun or only go out during the day, it's not a big deal. If you are shooting a stationary harmless target at the range during the day it's not a big deal. Try to hit something moving erratically in the dark, or that's behind cover offering a small target and you need all the low light vision you can get. In those conditions even non-ported guns will have muzzle flash that can cause problems, but comps with upward ports it's much worse. We see this in dark shoot houses all the time when guys run comp guns without lights.