Question on a Cone Compensator

[Justin3]

I've been looking around at compensator and I noticed that there were different kinds.

I saw that the Bushing version replaces your barrel bushing and sits flush with your slide, but when your slide is back, the compensator also follows.

A friend of mine had a compensator that stayed forward when the slide was back but his comp came attached to his barrel already.

I saw ads for Cone Style comps but I cant seem to find a picture anywhere or a clear explanation on how they actually work as far as fitting and such.

Can anyone shed some light on if the comp stays with the slide or stays forward and how easy it is to install and if its CA legal.

Thanks for the help.

[mrboma]

This may help...

Regarding comp design, the barrel bushing comps are not very effective, to the point where nobody uses them for competition. This leaves you with the barrel mounted comp designs. All of these are threaded to the barrel and locked in place with something along the lines of Locktite or JB Weld. You can either use a comp threaded to fit a standard diameter barrel which requires the use of a bushing (normally seen on steel guns), or you can use a comp threaded to fit on a bull barrel which eliminates the bushing, or you can use a cone comp which is threaded for a standard diameter barrel but eliminates the bushing.

All three will work about the same with the first style being the lightest, thereby losing some of the muzzle flip reduction available by increasing the mass of the barrel assembly. The cone style comp is the shortest design available assuming you are choosing between comps with the same number and size of ports.

Link to thread.

Regards,
Mike

[9mmepiphany]

That pretty much explains it. You don't mention the caliber or style of your gun...but I'm guessing 1911, because you mentioned the bushing...but of all the offerings the compensator mounted to the bushing is generally the least effective.

The 1911 has the advantage of still being able to remove the barrel for cleaning since the barrel removes from the front of the slide