I came across the Compass Compact while looking for a short, light weight suppressor host that would do some work during deer season.
Ordered it from Smokey Mountain Guns in time to get the $50 rebate to bring it down to $310. I will be buying more from them.
The gen2 advertises an improved trigger. Having not experienced the gen2, this ones not bad. Very little creep or over travel and feels crisp around 4lbs.
The compact model comes with a 16.5" barrel and a 12.5" lop but also had a 1" spacer in the box.
I'd heard about the flimsy plastic stock but found it to be more substantial than expected. It's stouter than the old savage Tupperware. It's comfortable and grippy enough. Has a nice palm swell in the forearm. The barrel on this rifle rides closer to the right side but is still free floated.
The rifle didn't come out as light as expected. They call it 6.5lbs but after a Weaver Kaspa 3-12 scope and some leftover badger rings, it tipped the scale at 8.6lbs. With a 30 cal swr omega can, it balances right on the magazine. It carries nice and points offhand naturally. It balances in the middle so well probably due to the massive tubular reciever that appears to have a 1/4" wall thickness. The chamber area of the barrel is also beefy looking before it tapers to a more pencil like profile at the threaded muzzle.
The bolt travel in the reciever seemed a bit sticky at first but is quickly smoothing up after some oil and a couple hundred dry firings. There was a murkiness to the oil like I was wearing some of the finish off inside of the receiver.
After 5 sighted shots I ran a bore snake through it and fired a group with a hornady 129 interlock bullet loaded over 42 grns of h4350. The first shot was an inch high and the next 4 went into a 1/2"ish cluster. I tried some hotter and heavier loads without much luck thanks to a 20mph wind that kicked up. I'll load up some more loads to shoot next week at deer camp and maybe shoot a deer with it. For a 16" barrel, those 129s thump the gong pretty hard.
Everyone that shot it was surprised at how it handled and shot for its price tag. It lives up to all the hype from the gen 1 with the compact features. I'm happy with the purchase having only read reviews from the internet and not handling one.
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