Early Impressions
Gun itself has a low round count, less than 1k.
Barrel and Comp have perhaps 300.
Barrel length, including threads, is about a quarter inch more than a G19 stock barrel.
Overall length, including comp is about a quarter inch shorter than a KKM barrel and comp. Overall length of the gun is between a G17 and G34. Fit and finish is great. Install was easy. I used red Loktite per the instructions, and it doesn’t seem like it plans on coming off without intention. Additionally, the “wings” may prevent it from untwisting by more than a degree or two, even if it comes loose.
Precision has been good, both with the stock barrel and the PMM. I’m using a 508t. I’ve not measured groups, but I’m center-punching whatever I aim at, out to 25yds. The trigger seems to lend itself better to precision than my harem of 19.4s, but thats hard to quantify at the moment.
The comp is very effective. It has two baffles, like the KKM, but no side ports. It is more effective at mitigating muzzle rise than the KKM on a G19.4. Even with standard pressure ball ammo, it is very effective, and flat shooting. It seems slightly less loud to neighboring shooters than the KKM.
***UPDATE: IT RUNS NOW***Reliability with the comp has been very poor, so far. I’m not sweating it yet, because I had some growing pains with the KKM, also. But I have had feed issues and failures to lock back. Occasional failures for the slide to even go far enough back to try to grab the next round, mostly with factory 115 ball. With heavier or hotter ammo, or hanging onto it like a deadlift bar, the stoppages are less frequent. I’ve tried 115, 124, and 147 grain standard pressure loads so far. I also tried lubing the shit out of it with ALG Go Juice. Tonight after I got back from the range, I swapped the factory recoil spring for a worn factory spring from a 19.4. We’ll see if that gets me anywhere. That spring was working very reliably with the KKM barrel and comp that gave me fits with factory ball ammo when it was new, so I’m hopeful it will run. I’m also grabbing some book max 147 and 115 loads, and some +p factory ammo. Hopefully I can find some 124+p around here, but I poked around earlier today to no avail. I think I’ve got a box of 135gr+p floating around my house, though.
More to follow as I shoot it more.
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