C3 Hybrid: AR-15 Compensator and Flash Hider

Hey, Deryck Poole here with Echo-5 Training. I want to talk to you guys a little bit about this new C3 Hybrid Compensator for the AR platform out by Leitner-Wise Manufacturing. As you can see I have my home defense AR here. We've got it cleared No magazine inserted, nothing in the chamber. Let's talk about it and see What makes this flash hider different than what's already on the market.

So, as you can see, the dimensions of this flash hider are identical to the standard A2. What makes this different is it comes with this little baffle that can actually be inserted that turns the actual flash hider into a compensator. By adding this, it changes the physical reaction of the gases as they're escaping the barrel whereas it stops the gas from coming out so much and forces it up which gives the gun more of a neutral or straight back recoil action. Making it much more manageable under high volume of fire. So let's take a few shots with the rifle without the baffle inserted.

Then we're gonna clear the rifle pull out the proprietary tool insert the baffle take another few shots and see if we can see a visible difference in the action of the gun without the baffle as well as with the baffle in it. Now we shot the three shots without the baffle inserted. Let's insert the baffle and see what the difference is in the shooting of the rifle. To insert the baffle it's nothing more than taking the disc, inserting it into the threaded end of the flash hider, start to screw it in. Once you have it started, you take your specialty tool that comes with it.

Just insert it into the end matching up the holes with the actual little spurs coming off of it. Once you get it inserted, it's nothing more than just spin it around until its tightened. Once it's tightened down one little extra tug on it and it's ready to go. So let's see what happens when we have the baffle inserted. Hopefully it showed up well on camera but as a shooter, I could definitely feel a difference of shooting the gun without the baffle verses the baffle.

Without the baffle it was that typical A2 flash suppresses movement of the gun. Once the baffle was inserted I definitely felt a suppresses in the amount of rise in the muzzle It was more neutral it wanted to come straight back into my shoulder. Which made it a much nicer gun to shoot especially if you're in that critical incident of you need a high volume of fire to protect your loved ones or yourself. So let's talk about this compensator a little bit more. As you can see the guns clear once again.

I talked to Paul and I asked why is it a two piece component as opposed to one cause there are other people on the market making something very similar as a one piece compensator. And what he told me was, the baffle part is meant to be the throw a way piece, if you will, the piece that takes the most punishment and over time might need to be replaced. And if that happens, all you have to do is go to them, get a new disc for about $20. Throw it back in and you're back in business. As opposed to another manufacturer where it's all in one piece and the whole compensator needs to be replaced.

Paul's a great guy and because we like this product we're out here doing a video about it for our PDN members, he's provided us with a discount code of 15% off and the code is capital PDN. This is Deryck Poole coming to you from Ancient City Shooting Range in my home state of Florida. Hope to see you on the range.