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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 01:36 AM
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Well so much for this idea(putting this compensator in) lol
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 02:58 AM
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Had high hopes for this..........glad mine is still holding together for now.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 06:26 AM
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Glad I saw this, was about to order one, no idea what to do now.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Pondskipper
Glad I saw this, was about to order one, no idea what to do now.
Yeah, me too. I guess wait for the Screaming Eagle to improve the quality(yeah right)
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 06:55 AM
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Yeah, me too. I guess wait for the Screaming Eagle to improve the quality(yeah right)
Or Dark Horse to finish their development.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Pondskipper
Or Dark Horse to finish their development.

Yep.........
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Pondskipper
Or Dark Horse to finish their development.
Long line waiting for that thing!
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 09:22 AM
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There are a few people on this forum using the BDL compensator that seem to be having success with it. I never got any pictures from Preacher365 or an offer to let me come to Bend and look at the compensator. Also, he has not posted again since his last post on this thread. I would not be too fast to call foul on BDL on the word of one poster (poser) that joined the forum just for the purpose of running them down. Have you heard anyone saying they don't take care of business on other issues? They have been around for awhile, so if they aren't warrantying their products I'm sure there is evidence of it out there somewhere. It is hard to keep things off the internet and people will post complaints faster than they post praise.
 
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BDL is not a good company to deal with...cannot contact via phone, only email. Had problems with their lockup clutch, they said they were too busy to study the issue. Got more info from Barnett about it....if Barnett made a compensator it would be a sound product. I would not purchase another BDL product...customer service is abysmal...
 
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 10:01 AM
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Someone should suggest they come on here and discuss the issue.
 
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