Flash suppressors and muzzle brakes are often mislabeled - muzzle brakes do not suppress the flash produced from the gasses exiting your rifle’s muzzle.But, on its own, a compensator isn’t meant to mitigate recoil. Recoil can be decreased using a compensator - this is only true if you have a hybrid.Compensators are often referred to as muzzle brakes-they aren’t the same thing, and they have two different jobs.Here’s where you typically find inaccurate information. Keep an eye out for a future blog post all about flash suppressors! Now throw in the fact that there are hybrid versions of these muzzle devices-you’ll find more inaccurate information, which is why I’ve decided to cove a few of these today. But if you don’t know what you’re looking at, it’s easy to think they’re all the same thing. They also look slightly different from one another. Each of these muzzle devices is responsible for different things.
Unfortunately, these devices are often confused, and you’ll find, even those behind the gun counter mess it up. Photo Credit: Tire Iron/Muzzle Devices Muzzle Devicesįirst off, what’s a muzzle device? A muzzle device can be any number of devices that attach to the muzzle of your firearm-surprising, I know. I’ll even touch on the hybrid versions of these muzzle devices. While this blog will be looking at muzzle brakes and compensators, specifically, there are also flash suppressors/flash hiders. There are several devices available, depending on what you want the device to do. Today I will cover two similar-looking but very different parts-often confused-muzzle brakes and compensators. However, this isn’t the only option available. In my last article about building a custom AR-15, I mentioned compensators as one of your muzzle devices.
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