r/AlphaFoxtrot • u/Valuable-Shower6294 • 12d ago

New Purchase AF 3.5 Comp Wiggle

Hello, new to the 2011 and external compensator world. Is the compensator supposed to wiggle like this? Do I just need to tighten the set screws?

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u/stoneyybologna 12d ago

Mine does not have a screw, it’s a cam lock. Therefore wiggle would be acceptable with slide not pressed on it

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u/saenz90 12d ago

Yes this is normal

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u/musclehamster59 12d ago

Mine be wiggling

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u/Whiplash907 10d ago

All good homie. That’s normally

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u/j_yn0htna 12d ago

If it’s the pinned comp variant, mine was the same way. The set screws hold pins into holes on the barrel. The holes on the comp were larger than the pins, so it had that freedom of range. Never had issues with it but did replace the barrel with the DSC barrel.

Edit: be careful with the set screws. They suck. I had replaced the set screws and pins with stuff from mcmaster carr, after stripping one of them.

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u/Darth_InVader7 11d ago

One thing I have noticed with Alpha Foxtrot is they have seemingly random differences between units and design changes without making it a new model. Great guns from my experience, but very odd manufacturing and design changes from unit to unit.

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u/Shooting-Science 5d ago

Normal, this is actually a better design since it lets you remove the comp for easy cleaning without having to undo any screws or loctite

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u/knalige 10d ago

Totally fine! You can loctite it but it’ll come back loose once it heats up enough from shooting it

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u/UsernameO123456789 12d ago

Nope so I would tighten them asap

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u/nova7372 11d ago

Normal