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TLDR: It does what it is supposed to do, it does it well and it does it for the right price.

I picked this up looking for something for a .30 caliber style pistol. Unfortunately, OP shipped me the straight one rather than the angled one, but the porting and chambering is the same so there isn't much difference functionally. Note that this will work on ANY rifle with a 5/8x24 threading pattern, not just your AR platform rifles (think Savage Precision 110 or Ruger Precision Rifle, etc...).

There are a few things I'll spell out quick - a muzzle brake's purpose is only to reduce recoil. It doesn't make it quieter, it doesn't shift sound direction elsewhere (at least not intentionally) and it doesn't compensate for muzzle rise. It may do those things unintentionally, but that's not it's primary purpose - the primary purpose is specifically reducing recoil, and therefore, things that may seem like a "con" aren't really a "con", just a side effect of reducing recoil.

With that in mind, this brake does a good job reducing recoil, noticeably. I'd say it's on par with some of the higher end brakes out there. It's bulky and bigger than it looks and I think the larger the caliber, the more recoil this reduces. This definitely keeps your barrel on point and follow up shots feel really light and good.

So on to what could be construed as negatives (again, they are not negatives, just a side effect of reducing recoil). It's very loud; there is a concussion if you're standing next to it w

It's as advertised; 10x 5/8 Crush Washers. It's good to have these around if you are a builder / modder / tinkerer. These will work on any 5/8 threaded barrel with a brake or compensator that requires timing.

These do crush really well; I was pretty discouraged when I brake I was putting on needed almost ~340 degrees of timing (as in it was tight where the top was only about 20 degrees timed to the right position). You need some to crush it that far, but it does crush down and flatten out really well.

My personal thought is that a muzzle device should come with whatever is required to mount it, but that's not usually (ever) the case. All pros, no cons for this buy. If you need them, buy these.

I put this on a 556 build recently and it does a really good job of projecting the sound downrange rather than to the left, right or back at the shooter. Sometimes I suspect that some muzzle brakes / compensators take the physics of gas movement the wrong way, in that sometimes muzzle brakes / comps are slashed backwards and it projects all the sound to the left / right and rear.

I do have a hard time understanding how these can be called a "compensator" as there is no force being projected in any direction but forward and I can't think it does much for recoil or recoil compensation. The only thing I think it compensates for is the concussion of sound to the left, right and rear of the barrel crown, so don't think this will reduce recoil and compensate for that recoil.

For what it's intended for, it works great and the price is right.

I bought one of these for a fairly skeletonized build, I was looking for lightweight yet still pretty sturdy and these looked pretty cool.

The grip itself feels good; it has a fairly unique texture that I wasn't sure about, but once you hold it in the hand it feels pretty good.

Of course, I customize things a bit and use both E Series and Gen2 NiR Cerakote. Normally I bake off polymer parts for 2 hours at ~150 - 170f degrees. PMAGs, Glock bodies and most other polymers have no problem with this (I once accidentally did a small batch of PMAGs at ~250 for 2 hours and they were pristine). Unfortunately, whatever polymer this is made of deformed significantly during the heating process, such that it was not usable after the fact. You could definitely get away with C Series Cerakote, but I personally don't think it's as strong / hard and I wouldn't buy C series to coat one part.

I wanted to love it, but I melted it doing what I've done to hundreds of other polymer parts. I'm dropping just one star off because I do think that calls in to question what the polymer composition is, but other 4 stars are because it is a fairly nice and sharp looking grip.

If you don't much about Faxon Barrels, they are somewhat unique in the way they are manufactured. Most barrels and Mil-Spec is to use a chrome based lining down the bore of the barrel. Chrome (or chome alloy / chrome moly) provides a few things; lubricity because it's so smooth, abrasion resistance and it's pretty robust for corrosion resistance. However, it's a lining, and the lining is actually quite thin. That said, it would take tens of thousands of rounds to burn out a barrel like that.

There are some fairly good arguments from both sides about whether chrome lined barrels are more or less accurate than unlined steel barrels, however, it's a trade off - no chrome lining = corrosion and rust, chrome lining = potentially less accurate but more reliable.

What Faxon does a bit differently is manufacture the barrel and the nitride the entire barrel, inside and out. Nitriding is basically forcing nitrogen in to the steel itself (a few thousandths of an inch). Nitriding is anywhere from 1 - 4x more corrosion resistant then chrome, and you get that in the entire barrel.

It's not all rainbows and unicorns though; Nitride theoretically could fail faster than a chrome lined barrel (in specific conditions, firing full auto until the barrel is extremely hot, think like belt fed).

With that in mind, I've found that nitrided barrels are, for most purposes, going to be a little more homogenous than their chrome lined counter parts and I do think the benefits outweigh what could be c

I took a chance on this particular optic after doing a little bit of research and poking around. I have a couple of spare optics laying around and ultimately got this as sort of a tester to see how it looked, build quality and whether it would fit a use case I have for it.

I think most times, you get what you pay for in terms of optics; quality of glass, workmanship, design, etc... There are exceptions to this, and I do think this is one of them. A couple of things right off; I've not sighted this yet and I don't know how it will hold a zero, but I plan on giving that a shot (... literally) here in the near future.

From a workmanship and quality perspective, I'd probably give it a 95%. There are two things that are... I mean they aren't questionable, but just didn't feel as good from a fit and finish perspective. The first is the battery compartment; It takes a CR2032 battery and it goes right above the brightness / color knob. The top plate of the battery compartment just didn't come off to me as being super robust. It definitely has and O-ring for some water resistance, but it just felt kind of ... tinny I guess. Maybe scratchy is the word. It also does not come with a battery, so I had to digging to find my stash of CR2032 batteries. It would have been nice to have it come with a battery so that it's all right there during assembly and mounting.

The second thing is the different reticles - I do like having a choice of reticles, but on any other optic that has multiple r

For my use case thus far, it's worked really well. I do not do any niche or overly bespoke things to any given component and everything I've tried this for has worked well and made assembling / disassembly easier. I could see having issues with taper pins (there is no good place for an A2 Sight). The times I've worked with taper pins, the only way I could get the taper pins out was with some heat, a couple of hockey pucks and a big mallet - and I was swinging that thing with some force - I will not use A2 sights, there are too many other good options out there now.

I don't think this block can account for every single position you may want a component in, but it definitely bests other blocks or hockey pucks with specific use cases.

I had a smaller Real Avid block that I beat the heck out of - and its held up well. I expect this will do the same.

These are great BUIS for the price. A small gripe (which may have been mentioned) is that there is nothing locking them up. In a situation where you absolutely depend on these to be 100% functional regardless of how the firearm may be treated, it could be an issue. I'm do not have preference of spring loaded or manual flip up, but having a lock on these when they are flipped up would make them 100%.

I'm not usually a fan of finger grooves in much of anything; it forces your fingers to be exactly where they were molded in and that may not be what you need (given any situation) and that hands are all different. I have several of these and they are fantastic. They feel good, grippy but not too grippy, soft but not too soft. My one gripe is that I wish the bottom cover / bottom door came with it rather than being a separate item - but that said, it's like 5 bucks.

For those who don't know, Faxon is unique in the treating of some of their barrels; rather than a chrome lined barrel, the entire barrel, inside and out is nitrided. Chrome lining is typically used everywhere, but it's adding material to the barrel. This isn't a con per se, it does add some other characteristics to the barrel (including more lubricity of the barrel itself, more corrosion resistance on the inside of the barrel, etc...). Nitriding, on the other hand, alters the chemical structure of the metal itself; it becomes part of the steel; the steel itself is altered to become what some would say is a superior product - nitriding has superior corrosion resistance and becomes harder than even cold hammer forged steel (and the chrome lining), without a lot of the stress in the steel that comes from cold hammer forging.

Additionally, nitriding holds up to heat better; unlike a chrome lined barrel, it will not lose as much accuracy when hot.

There are obviously differing opinions on this process; some people love it and some people aren't convinced.

All that being said, this barrel is fantastic. The fluting is unique looking; I'm typically not a fan of fluting (a lot of manufacturers do it for looks over function; it adds some glam to the barrel without really providing much benefit other than some weight loss and more surface area for heat to dissipate), but this looks really quite sharp and unique; it also lightens the barrel somewhat. Everything I have seen with this b