Slide Fire Recoil Enhancer?

PIRANHA · Jan 5, 2014

Has anyone tried one of these? I came across it on slidefire.com and thought it would be great to up the recoil of my 15-22 if it actually makes it kick more. My main reason for wanting a little more kick it to transition my kids from the .22 to a larger caliber easier. Just a thought if it actually creates more recoil.

PIRANHA · Jan 5, 2014

Here's the link to the recoil enhancer in question.....

http://www.slidefire.com/products/mp15-accessories/recoil-enhancer

clandestine · Jan 5, 2014

Using a Slide Fire on a 9mm or .22LR is not a good idea. They are blowback and have no lockup, hence they can fire out of battery and blow up. Adding a Slide Fire increases the likelihood of this occurring.

I have seen the results as a Gunsmith.

nutz · Jan 6, 2014

clandestine said:
Using a Slide Fire on a 9mm or .22LR is not a good idea. They are blowback and have no lockup, hence they can fire out of battery and blow up. Adding a Slide Fire increases the likelihood of this occurring.

I have seen the results as a Gunsmith.

Those calibers especially, or they all have ta tendency to do that? The slidefire screws up the cycle?

I think he found something different. Aren't you talking about the slidefire (bump fire) stock? How do you think they ported (?) that muzzle brake to give more recoil?

clandestine · Jan 6, 2014

nutz said:
Those calibers especially, or they all have ta tendency to do that? The slidefire screws up the cycle?

I think he found something different. Aren't you talking about the slidefire (bump fire) stock? How do you think they ported (?) that muzzle brake to give more recoil?

Any blowback caliber in an AR can have an Out of Battery explosion because they don't lockup. The .22LR and 9mm are the most popular, hence my mention of them specifically.

The slidefire will allow a user to fire faster than using a traditional firing method which most people cant outrun the action with.

wreckdiver · Jan 6, 2014

An out of battery detonation on a little .22 can cause injury or even damage your gun. I've had a couple on my dedicated CMMG .22 upper. Usually it happens when running my suppressor and it's amazing loud. Fortunately for me I was wearing eye and ear protection when it happened. I wouldn't do anything like running a slide fire to bring one on.

pauln · Jan 6, 2014

Listen to Chad.
This is a 9mm that experienced a SlideFire induced OOB detonation.

Pinecone · Jan 7, 2014

Ouch.

nutz · Jan 7, 2014

While we all seem to agree on the slidefire stock, the OP was about this little device. A recoil enhancer

Hellrazr78 · Jan 9, 2014

clandestine said:
Using a Slide Fire on a 9mm or .22LR is not a good idea. They are blowback and have no lockup, hence they can fire out of battery and blow up. Adding a Slide Fire increases the likelihood of this occurring.

I have seen the results as a Gunsmith.

Sorry if this is a silly question Chad, but does it make a difference if it's a S&W 15-22 vs a .22 AR-15? I guess what I'm asking is, are the actions the same to where the danger is present in either form?

Americus · Jan 9, 2014

Hellrazr78 said:
Sorry if this is a silly question Chad, but does it make a difference if it's a S&W 15-22 vs a .22 AR-15? I guess what I'm asking is, are the actions the same to where the danger is present in either form?

I believe they are both blowback, so yes

Ab_Normal · Jan 9, 2014

I have had the same thing happen on a Thompson SMG.

PIRANHA · Jan 14, 2014

Just as stated prior I'm only looking into the recoil enhancer piece that replaces the flash hider, I would never use a slidefire due to the dangers and also the waste of ammo. I'm all about precision and being safe. If anyone does know if this actually increases the recoil I'd love to try it. I might just order one and try it if I don't get any answers.

Thanks

drewhall · Jan 19, 2014

I'm sure it creates more recoil, it directs all the gasses out of the front rather than venting out the sides like the a2 flash hider. No idea how much though.

lsw · Jan 19, 2014

drewhall said:
I'm sure it creates more recoil, it directs all the gasses out of the front rather than venting out the sides like the a2 flash hider. No idea how much though.

I'm having a hard time understanding how this would create more recoil than just not having any brake or compensator. Don't all the gases also vent out the front from a plain barrel?

drewhall · Jan 19, 2014

I'm not sure it would be noticeable, especially with such a small caliber. But since it is starting with a muzzle brake rather than a plain barrel, putting a different design that directs the gasses in a different direction may in theory increase recoil. Guess you could just take it off and see?

alucard0822 · Jan 19, 2014

Not sure what is inside it, if it has a weight that gets slammed backwards against the barrel from gas pressure just before the bullet leaves the barrel, it might work. A rare, but old idea, there was a floating chamber device on the colt Ace 22 pistol that increased recoil to mimic a 45. Basically the chamber telescoped backwards against the breechface as the bullet headed out the barrel, being there was 0 locking effect from the case gripping the chamber walls, the full power of the little 22 went right into pushing the slide backwards, both making the kits more reliable, and making it a better trainer for 45 loads.

nutz · Jan 20, 2014

alucard0822 said:
Not sure what is inside it, if it has a weight that gets slammed backwards against the barrel from gas pressure just before the bullet leaves the barrel, it might work. A rare, but old idea, there was a floating chamber device on the colt Ace 22 pistol that increased recoil to mimic a 45. Basically the chamber telescoped backwards against the breechface as the bullet headed out the barrel, being there was 0 locking effect from the case gripping the chamber walls, the full power of the little 22 went right into pushing the slide backwards, both making the kits more reliable, and making it a better trainer for 45 loads.

Thanks for the little history lesson. After a little research, those were certainly a neat package. :thumbsup:

Leads back to my original thoughts about the porting on this little device.

PIRANHA · Jan 20, 2014

I ordered one, I will post my results as soon as I get it and install it.

Wetboyz · Feb 9, 2018

WELL????

PIRANHA said:
I ordered one, I will post my results as soon as I get it and install it.

Was it worth it? What happened?

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