I have a question for anyone out there using these. I live in a ban state and have to permanently attach any muzzle brake (no flashhiders allowed) that I get. I have a SR15 and was able to get a KAC TT for it awhile back but haven’t had it attached yet. It seemed at the time to be the best option even though it was pricey.
But I keep looking at those tiny vent slits and thinking how impossible it’s going to be to clean, and since I can’t take it off it seems like it might be an enormous PITA. I just ordered a new rifle and got the BABC for it but am now thinking it might be easier to clean\live with vs the KAC one on the SR15.
On the flipside the KAC is nice just to keep it all in the family.
Ive bought 3 TT’s, and sold one so far. I, too, have an SR15 and it wears a TT.
If you already have one I would just keep it. They both work about the same.
Ive really never had to clean my TT on my SR15, and it has over 14k rounds through it. Ive scrubbed it a few times with Carbon Cutter but thats it. The slots are still fine.
My TT has also not really gotten very dirty, though it only has about 500 through it. On a 16" barrel, the flash is not much of a concern, but can be on SBR’s. I shot mine the other day in a very dimly light indoor range and there was almost no flash at all shooting 55 graim PMC Bronze. My buddies breakout on the other hand had a quite a bit more flash.
I’m definitely interested in this thread and tried to do as much reading as possible before buying 4 battlecomps. They are expensive but not in the way 4 KACS would be. Even my KAC SR-15 wears a battlecomp! Over $400.00 just seems out of my league no matter how good they are. For the difference I could buy a case of 5.56.
I got on a waiting list for the KAC and actually never expected to see one, then out of the blue Grant writes ands says it’s in. Figured I was committed at that point. I literally bought a new Troy Claymore about 10 mins before Grant wrote me, this after waiting months for KAC to do another run of them. So I have a Claymore laying around too if anyone is interested.
Also if I didn’t have a KAC rifle then I probably wouldn’t have dropped the cash on it. But I figured it’d be cool to keep it all the same and at the time I didn’t see too many other alternatives. I also told myself “this is my last rifle so why not…”
I’m curious to hear some other observations but maybe I’ll go with the KAC TT on the SR15 and the BattleComp on the LMT as suggested. Then I’m done buying… this is my last rifle…
All things equal, I’d go with the Battle Comp. I hear that ultrasonic cleaning takes care of the TT just fine, though, and I don’t think ultrasonic cleaners are that expensive.
i’m a pretty big fan of the battle comp… i now have two, and dont foresee buying anything else for future builds. mitigates muzzle rise as well as the TT, but without as much blast and flash.
if i had both in hand, i’d use the BC. sell the TT and buy a couple cases of ammo.
On my SR-15E3. I’m a KAC Fanboy as well, but had a BattleComp on a 6920 and was sold on them…especially for the price. On the Mid-Length SR the combination is fantastic.