Both types of devices are intended to alter how a gun moves in the hands of its operator when fired. Muzzle brakes tangibly reduce the amount of felt recoil, while compensators reduce vertical ...

Faxon Firearms just introduced its newest Muzzlok muzzle devices for 5.56mm rifles. The FLAME flash hider virtually eliminates muzzle flash from any barrel length, according to a recent press release.

“We do it all the time. A lot of times we develop large caliber muzzle devices. The principles are pretty much identical.” Along the more than dozen years of development and patent work the ...