Levang Linear Comp?

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mulespurs

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Has anyone tried a Levang linear compensater? Brownells and Midway have hade them. Their claim to fame is that they are not a suppressor and therefore legal in all states as I understand.
Their claim is that they redirect muzzle blast away from the shooter, reducing noise at the gunner, sort of pushing it out at what you are shooting at.
The bad news is my R-15 is not threaded and I would have to do that. Is it worth it?
 
I have one that I bought from Midway on my Coyote AR...I'm happy with it...I like it much better than the flash diffusers that direct the dispersal up and to the side..
 
I have em on 3 rifles. They help with shorter barrels but dont expect miracles. FYI you can buy adapters for non threaded barrels. They use set screws. they dont help that much as a brake.
 
I have one on one of my uppers that my youngest son uses. It does seem to blow the report forward and is not as intense for the shooter. It is subjective of course as I don't have any equipment to measure decibels. The report is still loud but not as sharp/intense to the shooter's ears imo. TTT
 
Originally Posted By: TjkillerI have em on 3 rifles. They help with shorter barrels but dont expect miracles. FYI you can buy adapters for non threaded barrels. They use set screws. they dont help that much as a brake.

Do you have a link for an adapter for the non threaded barrels? That sounds interesting. It would have to be pretty precise on the alignment to ensure you didn't have a bullet strike a muzzle device.
 
I think that Brownell's has the adapter, held on by set screws. My fear is that the setscrews might distort the end of the barrel enough to affect grouping.
 
Originally Posted By: mulespursI think that Brownell's has the adapter, held on by set screws. My fear is that the setscrews might distort the end of the barrel enough to affect grouping.

That is where we purchased one for my sister in law's duty rifle and while qualifying with it, it flew off and went downrange. If you are going to use one I recommend predrilling where the set screws go on the barrel. We ended up threading her barrel, and did away with the adapter.
 
Originally Posted By: RowdyRawhideOriginally Posted By: mulespursI think that Brownell's has the adapter, held on by set screws. My fear is that the setscrews might distort the end of the barrel enough to affect grouping.

That is where we purchased one for my sister in law's duty rifle and while qualifying with it, it flew off and went downrange. If you are going to use one I recommend predrilling where the set screws go on the barrel. We ended up threading her barrel, and did away with the adapter.

+1, I've seen this happen too a couple of times at the range when we requalify.
 
I have a Levang on one of my rifles and need to order another. They do a great job of redirecting muzzle blast foward. I just got a barrel back that I had threaded and am going to order another linear comp for it. I might try a Kies linear comp from Jobob's this time.
 
I have one on my AR pistol. I can't tell you how it compares to anything else since it's the only thing I have ever had on that particular gun. I will say that after reading stories about other people's 7.5-inch barreled guns that I was really surprised how tame this one seems to be, but I don't know if that's just me or the Levang actually helps. Either way I am sticking with it.

By the way, here's a couple of shots from a video I made..
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Originally Posted By: RowdyRawhideOriginally Posted By: mulespursI think that Brownell's has the adapter, held on by set screws. My fear is that the setscrews might distort the end of the barrel enough to affect grouping.

That is where we purchased one for my sister in law's duty rifle and while qualifying with it, it flew off and went downrange. If you are going to use one I recommend predrilling where the set screws go on the barrel. We ended up threading her barrel, and did away with the adapter.

I used one only once (adapter). Did a2 day rifle course firing approximately 1000 rds. Had no issues but i pput it on myself. Loc-tite and screwed it down nce and tite . Gave it time to set. I can see how it can happen [beeep].
 
I threaded my bolt 223 just to try it. Swapping back and forth, it changes the nature of the sound but according to the db software it does nothing for the volume.

It doesnt affect recoil or muzzle rise enough to really matter.
 
I had a PWS 556.....WOW was that thing a headache maker.

I put on a Levang and now the gun is a much more pleasant animal.

I don't know that a "meter" would read, but a dead man could tell the difference.
 
I put one on a rock river coyote upper that was 20". It had a vortex hider on it before. I did notice a difference in sound. Maybe it is just a different sound and not a more quiet-to-the-shooter one, but it didn't ring my ears. I have a 22" .20 tactical and with my buddy and I shooting both, the linear compensator rifle was more pleasant to shoot for sure. Joebobs just got in some Kies linear comps today and I ordered two more. I would recommend the Kies over the levang. Kies has wrench flats on it for secure installation and appears to be back bored in the front further which can't hurt. The levang I installed required a pipe wrench due to the lack of wrench flats. I scarred the heck out of it and had to hand sand out the marks then paint it. Not the best way, but I heard enough about them coming off that I thought tighter was better. With wrench flats, the Kies should be as secure as any muzzle brake.
 
Compared to the brake on my ar it would be a substantial improvement. But my ar would make standing in the middle if an explosion seem quiet. Its like bragging about being the tallest midget.

Compared to a 20" barrel and no brake, minor difference. Good comp or not, youre pushing yourself towards deaf if you dont wear ears.
 
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