Tyrant Designs Parts & Accessories

Last updated and checked October 30, 2026 · By Nick Hall. Prices are the lowest new listings in our feed of 200+ retailers on October 30, 2026.

If you have seen a Glock with a two-tone metal trigger and a gold-screwed compensator, there is a fair chance the parts came from Tyrant CNC, sold for years as Tyrant Designs. The Chicago shop makes the I.T.T.S. flat trigger for Glock, the IntelliFire trigger for the SIG P365, the two-piece T-Comp compensator and a long list of magwells, slide releases and skeletonized AR-15 grips. One thing up front: the I.T.T.S. changes how a Glock trigger feels and resets, but it does not give you a much lighter pull. Here is who they are, what they make, and what is worth buying.

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Who Tyrant CNC is

Tyrant CNC, also sold as Tyrant Designs, is a Chicago maker of machined aluminum pistol triggers, compensators, magwells and AR-15 grips, founded in 2015. Its parts carry a lifetime warranty against defects.

Tyrant did not start as a gun company. Its 2015 about page described 30 years of machining for the defense, aerospace and medical fields, a 10,000 square foot facility near Chicago and five CNC machines, then announced it was “branching out to gun accessories”. The first product line was rifle grips. Tyrant credits its start to one idea, the skeletonized aluminum AR-15 grip, and you can read the current version of that story on the Tyrant CNC about page.

Here is the detail that tells you what kind of company this is: on its gold-hardware triggers, the screws and safety hardware are 24K gold plated stainless steel. Tyrant even warns buyers that the plated hardware will not match a gold-anodized trigger shoe. Very few parts makers worry about that sort of thing, and the same shop now also sells pocket knives, a tactical pen and a mini pry bar under its T.D.C. name.

On the tier question, Tyrant is premium small parts. A trigger runs about $80 to $95 direct from the maker, a compensator $80 to $90 and a magwell $70 to $85. You are paying for machined metal, finish and looks. A plastic or stamped part can do some of these jobs for less.

What Tyrant CNC makes

Triggers: I.T.T.S., IntelliFire and P320

The I.T.T.S. (Improved Tyrant Trigger System) is the flagship. Tyrant rates the Glock Gen 3/4 version at 15% less take-up, 10% less reset travel and a reset spring 30% stronger than factory. The face is a hybrid: flat up top, curved at the bottom to place your finger. Versions fit Glock Gen 3/4 (Tyrant also lists the Ruger RXM), Gen 5 and Gen 6, the slim-frame G43, G43X and G48, the Springfield Hellcat series and the Echelon. Check what is in the box, because the Gen 5/6 version does not include a trigger bar.

The IntelliFire is a P365 trigger only, and it is the most interesting one Tyrant makes. It has a stainless body and a dual safety blade, built to fit the narrow window in the P365 grip module, and Tyrant rates it at 30% less pre-travel. It will not fit California P365 models with the magazine disconnect, or AXG Legion 365 guns made after March 2025. The P320 gets its own flat trigger with 10% less travel, and the M&P 1.0/2.0 trigger fits full-size and compact polymer guns, but not metal frames, the Shield or thumb-safety models.

Compensators: T-Comp and Uni-Comp

The T-Comp comes in versions for 9mm Glock Gen 3 to Gen 5, the G43/43X/48, the P320 and the P365. It needs a 1/2-28 threaded barrel, and the clever part is the two-piece design, which clamps on with a supplied 16mm wrench and no set screws or thread locker. A G19 wearing one fits most G34 holsters. The P320 version will not work on SIG’s left-hand metric thread. The Uni-Comp is the small universal model for any 1/2-28 9mm barrel. Neither the T-Comp for Glock nor the Uni-Comp is California compliant.

Magwells and controls

Tyrant makes magwells for the full-size Glock family, the G19/23, the G43X/48, the P365 XMacro, the P320, the M&P 2.0 full size, the H&K VP9/VP40 and P80 frames. The full-size Glock magwell does not work with backstraps or the factory 10-round base plate. Around those sit extended slide releases, magazine releases, takedown levers and pins, slide cover plates and magazine extensions for the G43X/48.

P365 grip modules and the T.W.S.365

The XMacro and Snub Nose grip modules reshape a P365 at about $80. The wild one is the T.W.S.365, a $599.95 aluminum and polymer chassis that turns a P365 into a compact PDW with a spring-loaded side-folding brace, a removable blast shield and a spare magazine holder, for up to 50 rounds on board. It weighs 10.7 ounces, takes XMacro-style magazines only and is not California compliant. Check your state and the current federal brace rules before you buy one.

AR-15 grips and parts

This is where the company started. The Mod Grip V2 pairs machined aluminum with rubber front and back straps, a 15-degree reduced angle and a weight of 3.95 ounces. The Concept One uses the same aluminum and rubber idea with a single finger groove, and the Titan 2.0 and LWP keep the all-metal skeleton look. Tyrant also sells foregrips, safety selectors, charging handles, muzzle brakes, buttstocks and handguards.

Build quality and where it is made

Tyrant says all of its parts are precision-machined in Chicago, and it backs them with a lifetime warranty against defects. Materials vary by part, so read the listing: the Hellcat trigger and the T.W.S.365 chassis are 7075 aluminum, the P320 trigger mixes stainless steel with 7000-series aluminum, the IntelliFire body is stainless, and retailers list the Glock slide releases as 6061 aluminum.

The honest catch is that a metal part does not automatically shoot better than a good polymer one. When I fitted a Tyrant shoe to a Glock with stock internals, the pull came in at about 5 lb 5 oz, only a few ounces under factory. The feel was far better: more comfortable, with a more positive safety blade and reset. But you will likely destroy the factory shoe getting it off the trigger bar, so plan on not going back.

How Tyrant compares

For Glock triggers, the real comparison is Apex and ZEV. Apex and ZEV sell kits that change the connector and geometry, and those are the ones to buy if you want a lighter number. Tyrant is the pick when you want a better shoe, a stronger reset and a matched look at a lower cost than a full kit. For controls and magwells, Strike Industries is the value alternative, with clever polymer and aluminum parts at lower prices. Where Tyrant stands out is P365 coverage: few makers offer a safety-blade trigger, a compensator, grip modules and a full PDW chassis for the same little pistol.

Who should buy what

• Glock owner who wants a better feel: the I.T.T.S. for your exact generation.
• Glock owner who wants a lighter pull: skip it and buy an Apex or ZEV kit.
• P365 carrier: the IntelliFire, then an XMacro or Snub Nose module.
• Threaded-barrel 9mm shooter: a T-Comp for your model, or the Uni-Comp for anything else.
• Competition reloads: a magwell, once you confirm it fits your backstrap and base plate setup.
• AR builder: the Mod Grip V2 if you want metal looks without the cold, hard feel.

Look elsewhere if you want the cheapest part that does the job, or if you live in California, where several Tyrant parts are listed as not compliant. Each product page says which.

The Tyrant philosophy

Tyrant’s own line is that “design matters”, meaning how a part looks, feels, functions and lasts. In practice that means a part is expected to earn its place on looks as well as function. A machine shop that spent 30 years making parts nobody would ever see now anodizes triggers in two colors and plates the screws in gold. Whether that is worth paying for is up to you, but Tyrant has never pretended otherwise.

How to choose your Tyrant setup

Start with the exact model and generation, because Tyrant sells different triggers for Gen 3/4, Gen 5/6 and slim-frame Glocks, and its compensators depend on your barrel threads. Then buy in order of use: the trigger first, because you touch it every shot, then a magwell if you practice reloads, then a slide release and magazine release. Add a T-Comp only if you already own a 1/2-28 threaded barrel and a holster that will take the extra length. Tyrant publishes install videos for most parts. Any time you change a trigger, run a function check before you load the gun, and use a qualified gunsmith if you are not comfortable with the job. Then pick one finish, since gold hardware and gold anodizing are not the same color.

From machine shop to the P365 PDW

The arc of this company is easy to trace in its catalog. It began in 2015 with rifle grips and a website that listed its machine tools by name. By 2019 it had what Shooting Illustrated called the first compensator made specifically for the P365. Then came the patent-pending IntelliFire safety blade and the T.W.S.365, which Tyrant says went through more than 30 design iterations. A shop that started out making grips now sells something close to a whole pistol platform, around the one part it does not make: the gun.

Facts and Figures

• Founded: 2015, Chicago, Illinois.
• Made: precision-machined in Chicago, per Tyrant.
• Warranty: lifetime, against defects.
• I.T.T.S. (Gen 3/4): 15% less take-up, 10% less reset travel, 30% stronger reset spring.
• IntelliFire (P365): 30% less pre-travel.
• T-Comp: two-piece, 1/2-28 threads, installs with a 16mm wrench.
• Mod Grip V2: 3.95 oz, 15-degree reduced angle.
• T.W.S.365: 10.7 oz, up to 50 rounds, $599.95.

Maker prices are from tyrantcnc.com on October 30, 2026. Retail prices in the cards and carousels below are live.

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