Ruger 22/45 Lite Project

Nice. It's fun to customize guns. And nice job on the home made compensator. The machining looks very precise.

I have a Buckmark target model that I threaded for a suppressor. I've been debating about installing a muzzle compensator similar to yours. Tac-Sol makes them, but they are aluminum. One issue is with carbon and lead buildup. There are chemicals that can remove lead but all the ones I'm familiar with will eat aluminum too. A steel compensator is ideal, except for weight.

For aluminum, I've tried a trick to make them easier to clean. I figured that since Break Free helped keep the fouling soft on Remington auto gas systems, then something similar might work for compensators. Break Free does help, but does not last long. Wire welders use a special grease to dip their gun nozzles in to keep metal spatter from sticking. I grabbed a can I had in the shop, interestingly called Nozzle Dip, and used a q-tip to apply it to the inside of a compensator. It did a pretty good job of keeping the carbon and lead deposits from sticking. I have a compensator on an old rimfire rifle I bought and it is totally clogged shut by the carbon and lead buildup. To the point where it is impossible to remove because its harder than the aluminum.

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BTW, unfortunately you've built an "assault weapon" under the new proposed gun bans plus some that have passed.

That's because you have a threaded muzzle. And if BATF believes the compensator can act as a flash hider, it could also be a banned feature.

Interestingly this very subject is being discussed in the Political section. Sadly, some of our fellow ts.com'ers are willing to throw you and some of us under the bus for threaded muzzles.

I have installed C-More red dot sights on my 1022, 1911 Colt, and my Glock 9mm.

Jim Skeel