Comps and brakes don't bother me at all. But they bother my neighbor on the line and if he has one it bothers me. For competition, hunting, target shooting..... maybe. For anything else, training, duty, HD, etc...... my $02 is absolutely not. I see them as a hazard. In classes I have gone so far as to request that students having the RRA or Mini-Y comp, put a steel sleeve over them when they are permatached. I made these sleeves just for this situation-- that's how offensive these things are. Better yet when we can get them off especially since we almost always have A1 and A2 flash hiders available for $5.
I have not experienced every comp out there but every one I have seen, including my own mind you, and most of the more well-known ones, has been anything from an inconvenience to a distraction to a danger. Next season we will not be using the sleeves any more-- it's just gonna be a TD1 thing, before zeroing, if you have a brake/comp, follow me, we're gonna sell you (or loan you for the duration of the class) an A1 or A2. Probably go with all A1's so as not to have to mess with clocking..... enough time is used on zeroing that I don't want to spend extra time getting A2's just right.

