Strike Industries Mass Driver Compensator for Glock 17
Strike Industries Mass Driver Compensator for Glock 17 Gen 3. Includes recoil spring, guide rod, fitment washer, and guide rod head. Black steel construction reduces felt recoil through gas-driven counter-balance design.
Fits: Glock 17
Strike Industries Mass Driver Compensator
The Mass Driver Compensator (MDC) represents a significant advancement in compensator technology, inspired by theoretical mass driver engines used in space propulsion. By harnessing the hot gases expelled from the barrel, the MDC creates a counter-balance system that effectively attenuates mechanical recoil.
Design Innovation
Unlike traditional barrel-mounted compensators that add reciprocating mass and increase moment of inertia—potentially compromising reliable cycling in recoil-operated handguns—the MDC separates the compensator from the operating components after ignition. This separation allows the pistol to maintain close to stock cyclic speeds while reducing overall reciprocating mass.
Technical Features
- Widened bore design reduces baffle strikes and keyholing
- 2.5mm relief cut at the rear top prevents lipping and slide face damage
- Gas-driven operation provides counter-recoil effect without adding operating mass
- Black steel construction for durability and corrosion resistance
What's Included
- Compensator main body
- Recoil spring
- Guide rod
- Guide rod fitment washer
- Guide rod head
- Internal spring
- Guide rod plug (Gen 4 only)
- Warning card
The Mass Driver Compensator delivers measurable recoil reduction while maintaining the reliability and handling characteristics your Glock 17 Gen 3 was designed to provide.
Features
- no threaded barrel needed (but can be used)
- eliminates the need for threaded barrels. 50 state legal
- widened bore to reduce baffle strikes and keyholing rounds
- 2.5mm relief cut at the top rear of comp to reduce lipping" and damage to the face of the slide"
- no permanent modification of weapon required
