About a year or two ago, I did a video about my concealed carry rotation. As of late my concealed carry rotation as far as my main drivers has been my six hour P 365, the staccato Cs and my Springfield Hell Cap Pro. I often go back and forth between these, but lately I found myself always coming back to the Hell Cap Pro. Something about the way it carries just kind of works for me and fits my body perfectly. Recently, Springfield released a compensated version of their Hell Capt Pro, and the question always comes up, is a compensator on your carry gun worth it? Does it make a difference? Well, I went through a period where I was compensating a lot of my Glocks back in the day when porting a barrel wasn't so common. You have to find someone to custom port your barrel and cut your slide.
Nowadays they're like red dots. Almost all guns come with a plate for your red dot already attached. Kind of the same thing. Now with comps, when it comes to compensated guns, I really personally enjoy them. For me, the compensator makes shooting and keeping the gun flat a lot easier, and I'll be honest, for someone who shoots a lot, you'll notice the difference immediately. For someone who doesn't shoot a lot, it won't be immediately apparent. One of the biggest questions people have about Compensators is that they think the guns are going to be louder, and for the most part they will be, but it's not a game changing loud because we're talking about a nine millimeter here, which isn't known for being that loud to begin with. In an open area, it doesn't make much of a difference, but you'll notice it when you shoot a comp gun side by side with a non-comp
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Another concern with compensators is the flash that comes through the compensator. How much of a flash are you getting, especially in lowlight situations? Honestly, I think this concern is a bit overblown. In a self-defense situation, you're likely not even going to notice it. The flash happens so fast that you are still going to be able to get right back on target, and if you're running a red dot, you're super imposing the dot on the target anyway, so the ClearSight isn't that big of an issue. And plus, if you look at the actual iron sites on this one, you actually have the iron sites behind the compensator instead of in front of it. So all the muck and gas and everything may foul up the front part of the site, but the part that matters, this part that you're actually looking through, it'll generally stay pretty clean.
And I haven't cleaned this at all, so it's still clean. Now, some argue that in very dark conditions, the flash from the gun contemporarily blind you. I've shot in the dark with compensated guns quite a bit, honestly, in a weird way, and didn't notice any significant issues, and I haven't noticed really any significant issues. Do I notice the flash? Yes, because every time I see it, I go, huh, that's pretty cool. But it doesn't stop me from doing anything. It doesn't stop me from seeing my sights. It doesn't blind me make me debilitating in this weird way. It just flashes up and does its thing and then you go about your business. People also worry about debris getting inside of the compensator hole. While it's a legitimate concern, I'll admit that I don't see it being a huge issue for everyday carry. Besides you already have a gaping hole in the front of your gun as is, so there's that.
Now it's a little bit different because it's top mounted, so maybe it's easier for debris to get inside, but the hole is big enough for me to immediately see whether or not there's something obstructing it. The benefits of a compensator, especially in terms of suitability, are significant to me. It keeps the gun flat and allows you to stay on target a lot better. With the Springfield held cap pro comp versus the non-comp version, you can argue that the comp will result in a slight loss in bullet velocity. But for typical conceal carry distances, I don't think it makes much of a noticeable difference. To me, the benefits of having a compensated gun like platter shooting better accuracy outweigh the minor drawbacks. Whether you point shooting or aim a comp gun can help keep your hits on target, potentially giving you more stopping power in a self-defense situation because you're able to land more rounds in a tighter group.
Sure, someone might argue that a longer barrel gun gives the bullet more velocity, but the differences are typically negligible in a nine millimeter of this size and platform. I'd rather have tighter groupings than a marginal increase in bullet speed. That's just me though. Long story short, I'm more than likely going to end up replacing my non-comp Hell Cap Pro with my comped hell cap Pro for all of the reasons that I stated above, but also because I think the comp version just looks so mean, which I mean, what can I say? I'm a sucker for aesthetics. Politicians and tech giants don't want gun content to be recommended to you, and we're all fighting this cultural war together. Now. You can help do your part by liking, commenting, subscribing to the channel, but most importantly, sharing this video with at least one person. Together, we can stop the suppression of our two-Way rights. And don't forget to click the link in the description section of this video for the products that I mentioned in this video.
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