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Compensator recommendations for 5" 1911 (.45ACP & 10mm)

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24K views 19 replies 9 participants last post by  AIRB0RNE6176  
Yeah, you have to reload to make the larger ones work.

You add more powder to get more fuel to thrust through the brake. But then you get into overpressure issues. So then you switch to slower burning powder. The bullets gone and pressure drops before all the powder burns.

It's a delicate balence. Get it wrong, and it doesn't work, get it really wrong and you lose a finger.