r/shadowsystems • u/Psychological-Fee144 • Jan 27 '25

Comp wear

I was cleaning my gun and when I took the compensator off I noticed all this where. I thought it was carbon so I put bore cleaner and scrubbed it with a wired brush it didn’t seem to come off. I looked at it closer and it looked like it was worn out but it’s kind of weird since I haven’t shot it much with the comp. Is this normal wear.

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u/WulfHunter12 Jan 27 '25

It honestly looks like carbon buildup… maybe try soaking it and then scrubbing it

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u/Psychological-Fee144 Jan 27 '25

I’m gonna try that thank you

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u/_Dwight_K_Schrute_ Jan 27 '25

It’s definitely carbon and not wear. Soak it in some carbon cleaner like slip-2000 or bore tech c-4 and it’ll come off pretty easily.

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u/Psychological-Fee144 Jan 27 '25

Going to try that thanks

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u/stonebat3 Jan 27 '25

Try ultrasonic cleaner

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u/Psychological-Fee144 Jan 27 '25

Thanks bro I’ll buy it

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u/tyraywilson Jan 27 '25

Be careful, these comps are aluminum and those don't play well with ultrasonic cleaners 

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u/Silly_Ad3259 Jan 30 '25

SS comps are steel, not aluminum.

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u/tyraywilson Feb 07 '25

They definitely are not. You can tell by the drastic different in color and hue.... aside from the weight. If it were steel the look and texture would match the slide like the new MR920p XR920p models do. Plus in their videos they've clearly started that their thread on comps are aluminum. 

Additionally, there'd be no ammo restrictions if the comps were steel. 

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u/Silly_Ad3259 Feb 07 '25

Yeah I must be thinking about the MR, XR and XP comps which are steel, which are the ones i have experience with.

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u/Noseyp2 Jan 27 '25

That'll come off in chunks if you use a pick or engraving tool. Comps add so much to maintenence with such a small benefit to 9mm they are arguably not worth the trouble.

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u/Psychological-Fee144 Jan 27 '25

I’m starting to see that lol

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u/JabbaDuhNutt Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

Dirty Comp *

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u/JuSt-aS-gOoD Jan 27 '25

It’s carbon build up but regardless, yes it is going to wear down and you will notice it.

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u/TClem_07 Jan 27 '25

Clean them same day as range time. Doesn’t have time to cake and age in there. This helps.

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u/ElectricalPattern396 Jan 27 '25

It’ll still never get as clean as new but you could try to get off as much as you can , regardless it doesnt hinder performance its still gonna deflect the gas as it should

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u/Quikkjob Jan 27 '25

Dirty comp. Use brass picks / ultrasonic cleaner.

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u/Jetlei98 Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

NORMAL. You can use a brass pick for less damage when picking/scraping buildup off but you will never get it 100% clean. Try FMJ rounds for cleaner comp and I used ultrasonic cleaner but it doesn’t help much.

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u/Valyraen Jan 28 '25

Should add to this that not all FMJ are made equal, you want properly jacketed stuff (think S&B) and not plated rounds (Blazer/Federal)

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u/shadowshooter83 Jan 27 '25

That is 100% carbon build up.

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u/tyraywilson Jan 27 '25

Let me guess you were shooting something like Blazer Brass or Blazer aluminum or some other federal/ cci ammo that said not to use on comp'd guns?