Kaw Valley Precision .224 Linear Comp 1/2x28, any feedback

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I have a 22 Creedmoor Ruger American Gen 2 with a 20" barrel, 1x8 twist. I'm shooting ELDM 80 gr bullets at 3320fps. It shoots VERY well, prairie dog out to 400 yards +. But it has the factory muzzle brake. There is little recoil, so the brake is not really needed. All the people I shoot with HATE the muzzle blast; it is dang loud. I like the short barrel, and I don't know if I want to add another 6" with a suppressor; plus, the $1000 is a deterrent too. A nice thread cover is around $20 that would help with the issue. But I ordered this: "Kaw Valley Precision .223/5.56 Linear Comp 1/2x28 Black." I have read up on this type of muzzle treatment, and it sounds like I may like it. It is under $70 delivered, and I'm getting it in less than a week. Just some thoughts: it is 2.5 oz, so I think it will change the point of impact, so a rezero will be needed? With the shift of the escaping gases, I think it will increase the recoil slightly, maybe? It has some ports, so maybe a little less noise? But what I'm afraid of is that it is sending the noise out like an untouched barrel, sending it toward my game. Just the opposite of a suppressor, correct? Anyway, the buddies will be happy. Has anyone had a similar apparatus? Ideas?

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I bought a couple of the Kaw Valley linear comps in the past. Certainly better than any muzzle brake to your & bystanders ears.

Recoil is probably reduced a hair, but probably not measurable.

Noise out the front is most likely as noticeable to game as a regular barrel.

Before I got into suppressors, I had them on every threaded gun, but ended up buying the 20 dollar ones off fleabay rather than the pricier KV, which worked just as well.

Since I bought them for every gun. I never tested them for zero change.

The actual benefit is probably from the extra 2-4 inches it adds to the barrel getting the blast further from your ear.
 
agree with all points from ALF.
If you go that route, do the cheap ones.
Nothing comes close to a suppressor for blast suppression in any direction.
If you're into OBT harmonic theory, it will change the OBT vs a barrel only.
 
I just put a couple on barrels that had brakes on them, mine are cheapies from ebay. They didn't wreck groups, I was sighting in both rifles so do not really know about them changing POI. One thing, the bullet gets there before the sound so any increase in sound heard by game is only important if you miss.
 
I have them on my AR BO IR rigs, reduces sound and the flash cone. One is a carbine, the other a 10" pistol. IMHO it helps recoil on the pistol, maybe just the added weight. I get more port noise than muzzle. Yes, I've sat next shooters with a brake at the range, shock wave as much as noise!
 
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If you don’t want to buy a suppressor buy your buddies earplugs and don’t worry about a different muzzle device. It won’t change anything. Everyone around you will need hearing protection no matter what you do until you get a suppressor.
 
I got the compensator and put it on. I was by myself, so I don't know if the sound was better to the side. It sounded about the same with my shooting muffs on. I did change the zero by about 2" up; side to side was about the same. I moved it down. It took two tries, but I think I got it.
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Bought the same ones and they sitting in a junk drawer now. Waste of money and they did absolutely nothing. Bite the bullet and go suppressed.
 
Compared to a break or ported barrel, they can only be better. Sitting on a bench next to a break equiped rifle can be uncomfortable. Being on a trap range with a ported barrel next to you is again uncomfortable. On a skeet or SC field not so bad as you are standing behind the shooter waiting your turn.
 
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