Both my friend and I have 7.5" barreled 500 S&W Performance Centers. ALL cast bullits occasionally - and painfully spit lead bits back at us. Safety glasses with big lenses are a must! But even then we get hit in the face and ears by bits spitting back from time to time. Always on the left side - we are both right handed shooters. It really messes with your concentration. I am convinced the bits are bouncing off the rearward faces of the slots in the compensators.
Has anyone else had this problem WITH THE PERFORMANCE CENTERS?
I am toying with the idea of carefully grinding an angle on the side of the compensator slot that faces the shooter. I have to clean lead off of these faces after every session.
I thought that if the angle were different it would be apt to cause the bits to angle away from my face. The angle would be to the front. Then I would give it a good polish. I know this may case some degredation in the function of the compensator but I'm not terribly concerned about it. The worst I might have to do is do the same on the other side to illiminate any imbalance in how the gun recoils from side to side.
Would love to know if anyone else is having this problem.
Would be nice to think that perhaps S&W has re-designed the Performanc Center compensator. There's no problem with jacketed bullets - but who wants to waste their money on those?