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Posted: 12/2/2004 1:02:42 PM EDT
I'm having one of these put on my barrel of my 16" AR. Due to me living in NY I can't have a suppressor. To those of you who have a Bushmaster Mini Y Comp my question is how do you like it? Was accuracy improved? Did it do what its suppose to do? Thanks.
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The mini Y comp works well for what it was designed to do, does help control muzzle rise and recoil. the only drawback is that they tend to be loud to those standing next to you since it directs the gasses back and to the side. My wife has one on her rifle, and refers to it as the mini whine comp due to all the people crying about the noise. |
| I bought a Bushmaster that had one on it and sent it back because I disliked it so much. I couldn't even breathe because of the smoke that came back onto my face. So they switched it out for an AK brake and charged me $50.00 and this included a brand new heavy barrel because the tech guy said it would damage the exsisting one when the brake was removed. So even if you don't like yours, contact the tech department there and talk to them and see what they can do. I sat on the phone with one of the tech guys for twenty minutes discussing the mini-y and even he agreed that it's not the best of brakes and on top of that, he was very eager to make sure I was satisfied. He let me choose the brake I wanted and he even decided to upgrade my barrel from a light weight one to a heavy one because of some delays in getting light weight barrels in. Bushmaster will always get my business because of their outstanding service. |
It is impressive if you wear hearing protection! |
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Try one on a 22-250.... big ole fat barrel, and the gun has no recoil at all. Sorta feel like the rifle pull away from me. Work really well when run full auto. 7.5" pipe is lots of fun, the fire in your face, and blast across your face and top of head. I'm going to have one bored to pass a 9mm bullet, and put it on a 6" M11-9 barrel. |
+1 The extra noise of my mini-Y doesn't bother me (or others since I'm not at a public range), works great at keeping my muzzle down and reducing the felt recoil (what little there is), but DAMN!....if the wind is right, you can really feel the chemicals burning your nose. The powder seems to smell different (much worse) when it's blowing right back in your face. 
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Everyone I have shot with (including me) HATES the mini-Y comp as it's just too damn LOUD. You can get other effective comps that don't generate that kind of noise. There was a thread about how one could modify their Y-Comp so it wouldn't be so annoying, other than to remove it. I think it involved opening up the ports a little more, but that may reduce its effectiveness (I'm not sure). |
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You basically have to destroy it to take it off. I wouldn't bother with it if your brake is perm attach; the horrible effects of this brake have never bothered me a bit. I guess I'm too busy concentrating on proper shooting technique to be scared... My gunsmith reccomended it to me and I was gonna try it because I have a couple extra mini-Ys and was curious; I will post my results once I shoot 'em side by side. |
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Anyone looking to get rid of their Mini Y please email me and I'll buy it or trade you. Thanks. [email protected] |
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