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M50 Compensator Replacement


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At a recent SG shoot, I found out that my M50 has a compensator with the front portion cut off. It has the front sight soldered or brazed on top. I bought a new-made replacement from Bull Creek and went to an area gunsmith known for skill with unusual projects. He said it looked as if the existing compensator was not only threaded and pinned (as the replacement's instructions said), but also welded. Also, the aftermarket unit is at least twice as think as what's on my gun. He would not take on the job.

My questions:

Has anyone encountered this? The front 5/16" or so with the upward deflecting lower portion is gone. Do all Reisings have either a real compensator or none at all?

Were compensators ever welded? If this was, someone did a first rate job, at least to my untrained eye.

Does having one really help with muzzle climb? Enough to go to extremes like changing the barrel?

The compensator wall thickness looks like 1/16". Is that spec, or is the new one I bought (3/32") correct?

 

In the board's opnion, is this worth doing? I'd bought the M50 as a cheap (by NFA standards) shooter, but with its poor controllability and after breaking a bolt last month, extensive shooting is not happenning. I've bought a BPR/Stemple setup that uses new parts, loves steel case ammo, has user seletable firing rates (550/700), has no-tools field conversion from .45 to 9mm, and a suppressor. Can shoot this to my last dime. So my soon-to-arrive 1921AC and the M50 won't get too much exercise anyway.

 

 

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Yes, done half a dozen Bull Creek replacement comps on Reisings. Factory comps are not welded!! They are threaded on and pinned from the bottom. The thicker walls of the BC comp is an excellent improvement over the thin walls of the factory units that blow out the cross pieces which is the single reason I have replaced them.

At least four of the BC comps would not thread on and had to be worked to get them to thread on properly.

This is not a half hours work in any old shop but needs to be done carefully and problems carefully considered, and there are always problems.

The BC comps are parked so that is a drawback for commercial guns. FWIW

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