How to Install an AR-15 Compensator

Larry Potterfield • July 26, 2023

To install the AR-15 compensator all you need is a combo wrench and a vise. This is a standard A2 compensator.

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This is a standard A2 compensator

With the barrel in a vise, slip the crush washer over the muzzle...

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Slip the crush washer over the muzzle

and screw the compensator on by hand.

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Screw the compensator on by hand

Turn it to final position with the center cut straight up using a combo wrench.

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Use a combo wrench to turn

Final result:

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AR-15 compensator

--Larry Potterfield