Surefire RC3, is it a flamethrower and will it replace the RC2? - Tactical Tuesday 

Very well done. Thanks for wanting to be thorough and putting out the extra effort that brought the results people need.

Getting my rc2 from suppressor jail tomorrow…glad I went that route.

Its a good thing you covered/blurred the logo in MOST shots so we wouldn't know its a Huxwerx hat.

Merry Christmas to all of you at modern warriors! This in depth information solidified my purchase of the RC3!

Excellent side by side comparison and explanations. I was wondering initially about sound suppression and backpressure but you covered that as well.

Thanks for the content boys

Great comparison. Thank you.

Thanks for your honest opinion and not guys who just trying to sale a product cause its new

I have a feeling this whole fireball thing is a complete oversight by SF. I suspect they tested it on a 3/4 prong FH and then assumed it would work just as well on the others.

This was very helpful, thank you!

Great video guys. I'll be back down to Southern Utah soon!

I have some lung damage from burn pits so Im happy to get something less toxic thanks for your review

Thumbs up on the HUXWRX hat!

It’s a bad day to be a pin & weld guy.

Thanks, you all gave me some affirmation. I have a 14.5 with a 3 prong, so I suppose if the 11.5 did so well then so will mine.

Think I will just stick with the RC2. I need a second dedicated can for another AR I have, and I have been watching a bunch of reviews on the RC3. However, I don’t feel like the RC3 justifies an extra $800. 🤷🏻‍♂ Either way Surefire is getting my money, but maybe not the bigger chunk of it 😆

I’m really happy with my rc2 so happy that I actually have two lol

I'm glad being a 3-prong and warcomp fan finally pays off, most of my muzzle devices are Surefire 3-prong. I've always been told the OTN's are bad because "ping" noises and brances. I recently P&W a CTN warcomp on a new upper just to try it out but haven't shot it yet, i wonder how it'd do with the RC3.

Thank you very much for this video. I have an RC3 purchased but am waiting (groan) for tax stamp approval into my trust. I initially bought it because it is newer and supposedly better, but mostly it will quick attach to the Daniel Defense M4 SOCOM BLOCK 2 Clone that came from Daniel Defense with a Surfire three prong flash hider. At the time of purchase the true four prong was not available so DD disclosed and substituted the three prong. Also, because I had purchased a DD pistol with their own flash hider attached, I purchased a Surefire 3 prong to change out the DD part so that I could have quick detach ready when the RC3 arrives. Looks like I just lucked out all around! Again, thanks for the video. You made my day.

If you research surefire muzzle devices performance, you'd find that the muzzle brakes entirely change the system in the RC2 even (maybe not in the form of a fireball). Most people seem to run those to give it a sacrificial blast baffle and increase can life blah blah, but what it does is adds significant backpressure to the system itself thus causing other wear issues. On anything SBR, it's optimal to just run an open tined mount (personal opinion here... Don't run a brake on an SBR for f sake anyway). All that to say, it doesn't surprise me that the brake changes the whole system when you have flow through in there. It's adding huge pressure to everything, so gasses/unburnt powder now escape through the path of least resistance and boom, fireball. In a nutshell, the brakes add baffles (more baffles more pressure) to a system optimized without additional baffles. Surefire stuff was always designed around their standard flash hiders anyway.

I wonder what it will be like with a closed tine warcomp? Any thoughts as it’s not really a comp.

Excellent video. The real question is who makes that desert night camo jacket and the other tiger stripe jackets you guys have on? I need that in my life

Love modern warriors feel like a kid at a candy store. They make you feel at home my daughter asked to go to just get there stickers stop by take a look

Great info, thanks guys. Man,wish you could have also tested with an open tine warcomp too. I have 2 pinned builds and imagine warcomp might be the same flash reduction as the FH but not sure.

Sorry for trying to necro-post on such an old video, but did you guys play around with the WarComp 3-prong or just the standard 3-prong flash hider? I have zero can experience but I've been eyeballing the RC2/RC3 for a little while now... :D

19:16 laughed so hard, that tortoise is gettin' it done.

The fireballs can also be from the 3D printing process. (see Hux manual). They need to be broken in.

Lbp suppressors are still a relatively new and emerging technology. Give it time. They'll get better.

Rc2 imo unless u got a deeper pocket, you can always tune ur rifle as well.

Honestly glad I went with the Velos over the RC3. Comes with a muzzle device and is much less expensive while still having a lifetime warranty. No hate towards Surefire, just don't at all see a justification for the higher price tag.

After their “discovery” about flash performance it should be shipping with an open tine device. Especially being over 2k after tax’s.

I find this almost as a step backwards for SF. I have 7.62 RC2 that i run on my 5.56 11.5 and 16" 6.5CM gas gun. The 556 has a birdcage and the 6.5 has a brake. They perform flawlessly and I have no issues with flame balls from "the wrong muzzle device." I like SF and their products, but this is silly for the price of the can. Throw an H3/heavy spring in your AR and seal the charging handle for like $100 and if the barrel isn't absurdly overgassed, you won't have a bunch of gas to the face and can keep your preferred MD.

Though this can is thankfully available to civilian consumers, it was produced and designed for the military first. Most units/armories run the 3/4 prong open tine so I would bet Surefire didn't test with other muzzle devices due to saving cost. Or if they did, they didn't care how closed tine and brakes flash since big MIL isn't using those. They are a military contract fullfillment company first and a comsumer market company second. I look forward to getting an RC3

Im a huge surefire suppressor fan already i own 4 different ones and i have to get my hands on this new rc3 for sure. I wonder how the ctn would work with the rc3 im not a big fan of the 3 and 4 prongs flash hiders

I'm new to suppressors and I'm looking for one currently, I'm not sure if it matters but I'm just wondering if the guns you used were DI or piston guns. also great video

it is must item for me when I walk to my range at night. it lightens up my path as a flame torch

why anyone would run anything but a 3 or 4 prong flash hider on their AR carbine is beyond me. I hate the closed Surefire flash hiders because they are harder to clean besides. I will still be ordering one for my 11.5” SBR. I’ll move my RC2 to another gun.

RC2 with reduced back pressure, so like an SB2???

I don’t know a lot and I would humbly and respectfully ask, wouldn’t the muzzle attachment a difference? 3-4 prong vs bird cage or a different type? Again, I’ll be the 1st to say that I don’t know a lot although I’m trying to understand and learn.

When is the mini 3 coming out?

I'm shook y'all only have 8k subscribers

You need to capture the muzzle flash with a camera that is at a higher frame rate.

How does it work with the warcomp

Is the 12.5 zion a good host? Is it gassed well?

Question, has anyone used this with their 4 prong flash hider? Local gun shop recommended it for use with this RC3 over the 3 prong.

Knights crs prt blows this out of the water.

Can you mortar it if it gets stuck?

Does anyone know the Db comparison on the RC2 vs RC3?

Not trying to be a smarty pants but they do call it a flash hider for a reason ☺️

Explain to me how RU-vid automatically keeps unsubscribing us from your channel…

For the price difference between the RC2 and the RC3, you could get a piston kit, not care about back gasses, and still have $300+ to spare. Bonus: all the benefits of a piston v. DI.

Maybe I missed it but what is the length of the rifle in the first test?

Does the closed tine flashhider play nice with this can?

Would it be good with a 4 prong?

Asking your customers to pony up another $200 for a new muzzle device (per gun, if you ran closed tine on multiple rifles) or else your new $1800 can will spit fireballs is completely absurd. And of course it must be Surefire muzzle devices, since they refuse to use universal HUB mount like most other brands. Though I guess if you're dropping $2k on a can you're probably fine with throwing more money at it so it works. Personally I would stick with the RC2.

Paperweight

Yeah I want one. But unfortunately my main squeeze is a pinned and welded 14.5 closed tine warcomp. And all my other muzzle devices have the open warcomp. So that blows.

All those muddy girls running warcomps mad.

Love these idiots thinking flash matters when they will never step foot off the range…here’s the real psa: if you only shoot paper signature doesn’t matter

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I think surefire still droppped the ball. The can is sooooooo expensive, and its not even compatible with their overpriced muzzle devices that dont even come with the purchase of a can. They marketed the can to be backwards compatible, but its not. It must be sooooo embarrassing for surefire to have this issue. People think that surefire did tons and tons of r&d developing this can & its so obvious they didnt do any fucking r&d 😂😂😂😂😂 because anyone that shoots the can immediately relaizes it shoots a fucking fireball😂😂😂😂 this will be a stain on surefire forever. The fact that surefire released this can and didnt even know that it spits fireballs with their muzzle devices is mind blowing. Id hate to have to defend surefire rn but you guys did a good job of it with this video.