Why shoot a threaded barrel without a comp?

[KaiserB]

So if you watch the magpul pistol video trailers it looks like they are shooting M&Ps with threaded barrels but no comp. Why would you put a threaded barrel in a gun then shoot it without a comp?

because those barrels are threaded to hold a suppressor not a compensator. I have several pistols with threaded barrels, however I do not always shoot them with the suppressor attached.

[KaiserB]

I just re-read the OP....
He was asking about a compensator and we are talking about suppressors.

I personally didn't know that you could screw on a compensator.

And when the original poster talked briefly about rifles, was he talking compensator or flash hider?

So, what exactly are we talking about here???

We are talking about Magpul Art of the Dynamic Handgun.

[The Annoyed Man]

My Son bought a NIB H&K USP Compact Tactical in .45acp that had the threaded barrel. I found it strange that they did not include a factory thread protector in the box. He had to buy one separately.

It's because, if you are an H&K customer, they hate you. (old joke)

I suspect that they assume anyone who bought a gun with a threaded barrel already had the suppressor to protect the threads with. But then, as much as I like the USP/USP Compact guns, I've never been able to figure out H&K's attitude toward customer service. Even though I sold it because I'm not that big of a fan of .40 S&W and I wanted to simplify my caliber picture, the only gun I've ever regretted selling was my H&K USP Compact.

[The Annoyed Man]

We are talking about Magpul Art of the Dynamic Handgun.

I love Magpul products, but sometimes I just have to laugh at their use of the language. "Dynamic" Handgun?" When did a handgun stop being a tool and start acquiring dynamism?

One of my favorite "guitar player" stories involves Chet Atkins. He was in the "green room" for a popular TV show, waiting to be called on stage, and he was doodling around with his guitar. Another guest in the room commented, "That's a nice sounding guitar." Chet Atkins put it down and said, "Now how does it sound?" The point? It's the player, not the guitar. Chet Atkins would have made any guitar sound nice. The guitar has potential to produce tone, and that potential is increased or diminished according to the quality of its materials and manufacture, but it can produce NO tone until a human hand makes it do so. A gun is the same way. A certain design or model may be more or less accurate than other designs or models, or have greater or less capacity than other models, or bigger or smaller caliber than other models; but until it is picked up by a human hand, it can do nothing on its own.

Handguns are not dynamic. Their users may or may not be. The gun is just a gun. Love it or hate it, it can't "do" anything without requiring a user to dynamically pick it up and use it. How dynamically it is used is merely a matter of degree, according to the user's capabilities. That video should have been given a more specific title....."The Art of Dynamic Entry with a Handgun".......or something like that.

[psijac]

Suppressors get dirty. and at the end of the day its just another part to clean

[Tallinthesaddle]

I purchased a Sig Mosquito with a TB, but plan to get a suppressor. That is probably most purchaser's reason.

[Mike from Texas]

...I was really curious about if there was some hidden benefit to shooting with a threaded barrel with nothing on it

No real benefit to it. Some pistols come from the factory with threaded barrels, because they are marketed to a specific market that might use them. The ones that come to mind right off hand is the H&K USP Tactical (http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products ... eneral.asp) and USP Compact Tactical (http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products ... eneral.asp), and the Mark 23 (http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products ... eneral.asp).

Also, Sig Sauer makes a .22LR Mosquito with a threaded barrel (http://sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetai ... arrel.aspx).

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