WE'VE GENERALLY HAD GOOD LUCK WITH THE PHANTOM IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, BUT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED A COUPLE THAT WERE DRILLED OFF CENTER THAT HAD TO BE TIGHTENED UP DIMENSIONALLY. THEY'RE GOOD FLASH SUPPRESSORS, SECOND IN MY EXPERIENCE ONLY TO THE VORTEX. THEY ALSO DO A DECENT JOB AT THE "MUZZLE CLIMB COMPENSATION", AS MENTIONED ABOVE. I THINK - BUT CAN'T PROVE - THAT THEY MAKE A 10.5" GUN SEEM QUIETER TO THE SHOOTER'S EARS THAN AN A2 EQUIPPED 10.5" GUN. CHECK THEM FOR CONCENTRICITY IF ACCURACY IS THE GOAL.

IT'S HARD NOT TO LIKE THE VORTEX. THEY HAVE EXCELLENT FLASH SUPPRESSION (THE BEST?) AND GIVE EXCELLENT ACCURACY RESULTS. OF COURSE, THEY ARE IN NO WAY A BRAKE/COMP. THEY SEEM SOMEWHAT LOUDER THAN AN A2 TO MY EARS.





THE KNIGHT'S M4 QD COMP IS A DECENT FLASH SUPPRESSOR, SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN AN A2 DUE NO DOUBT TO ITS LONGER LENGTH, AND GIVES CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT ACCURACY DUE TO PRECISE MANUFACTURING. NOT LOUD. DECENT COMP.





OUR OWN MSTN QC BRAKE, WHILE NOT AT ALL A FLASH SUPPRESSOR, PRODUCES LESS FLASH THAN SOME BRAKES I'VE TRIED, AS WELL AS LESS BLAST TO THE SHOOTER. IT GIVES US EXCELLENT ACCURACY RESULTS, AND IS A FINE BRAKE/COMP FOR COMPETITION OR JUST PLINKING AWAY, TO BOOT.





THE VAIS BRAKE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AT JUST THAT, RECOIL REDUCTION,WITH MINIMAL BLAST DIRECTED AFT, PLUS EXCELLENT ACCURACY. IT IS SUITABLE FOR BIGGER DIAMETER BARRELS, AS SHOWN IN THE VARMINT CONTOUR RIGS SHOWN







THE OPS-INC 12TH MODEL BRAKE DOES OK AS A MUZZLE BRAKE, OK AS A COMP, BUT CAN GIVE EXCELLENT ACCURACY. IT'S REALLY JUST AN INTERFACE WITH THE SUPPRESSOR. BE SURE TO CHECK IT INTERNALLY FOR FINISH MACHINING; MORE THAN A FEW HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE CHIPS REAMED OUT INTERNALLY.





THE NOVESKE KX3 DOES ACTUALLY REDUCE FLASH TO A DEGREE, BUT FLASH IS STILL PRESENT A FUNCTION OF AMMO AS MUCH AS ANYTHING. THINK OF IT AS A "BLAST DIRECTOR", ESSENTIAL WITH V-SBR'S, IMO, KEEPING THE BLAST FORWARD OF YOUR 3 - 9 LINE. THEIR ENTERTAINMENT VALUE IS SIMPLY UNSURPASSED, AS WELL. AMAZINGLY, THEY PRODUCE EXCELLENT ACCURACY, TOO.



THE SUREFIRE CAM4556AR PRODUCES EXCELLENT ACCURACY WITH AND WITHOUT THE SUREFIRE SUPPRESSOR ATTACHED. ALONE, IT'S FLASH SUPPRESSION AND MUZZLE CLIMB COMPENSATION IS COMPARABLE TO AN A2, OR SLIGHTLY BETTER.



THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER MUZZLE DEVICES OUT THERE THAT WORK WELL AT THEIR PRIMARY INTENDED PURPOSE, I.E., FLASH SUPPRESSION OR RECOIL BRAKE/COMPENSATOR, BUT DEGRADE THE BARREL'S INHERENT ACCURACY. SOME CAN BE MODIFIED TO CORRECT THIS, AND SOME CAN'T.

WE GET SUB-MOA AND EXCELLENT ACCURACY OUT OF THE SUREFIRE FH556-212A, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE "TWEAK" WE DO WHEN WE USE THESE:



MY PERSONAL NOVESKE N4 CHOPPED TO 10.5" EQUIPPED UPPER, SHOWN ABOVE, HAS PRODUCED FIVE SHOT GROUPS AT 100 YARDS AS SMALL AS 0.70" ... WITH A SCOPE, OF COURSE. THEY'RE EXCELLENT FLASH SUPPRESSORS AND REDUCE MUZZLE CLIMB WELL. I HAVE A SUREFIRE 556-212A SOUND SUPPRESSOR ON ORDER.

I'VE TRIED THIS SAME MODIFICATION ON ONE AAC M4-2000 WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. IT DOESN'T GIVE ME GOOD ACCURACY, NOR DOES A B.E. MEYERS FLASH SUPPRESSOR I BOUGHT TO TRY OUT. GO FIGURE ...

THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE OR SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT OF THE TOPIC - JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE. YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.

GOOD SHOOTING,

WES GRANT
MSTN.BIZ

Thanks Wes

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