How does adding a compensator at the end of the gun reduce recoil?
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Two ways:
1. It adds a bit more weight to the front of the barrel (doesn’t help much, but it does have a minor effect), and
2. it directs the gas escaping from the barrel upwards, countering the some of the force of the recoil.
To expand (heh) on number 2, there’s a *lot* of gas that is created by the burning powder. This rapidly expanding gas is what pushes the bullet down the barrel in the first place. When that gas gets to the end of the barrel, it continues to expand in all directions (this rapidly expanding gas is what makes a majority of the sound from a gunshot). A compensator is a device that attaches to the end of the barrel and is solid on the bottom, but has vents cut in the top and sometimes the sides, depending on the model. So when the gas exits the barrel, some of it escapes out of the top of the compensator before it can go in any other direction. This results in more “thrust” in one direction, which cancels a portion of the force of the recoil.
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