Working Compensator for Ruger American Pistol

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Well, after over one and a half of years of development, 10 prototypes and countless iterations I present you working pistol compensator that can be printed on normal FFF/FDM 3d printer and (probably) won't disintegrate at first shot. Not only it reduces muzzle rise and recoil to deliver persuasuion more accurately, but also looks bad-ass and is very loud, which combined give lots of fun on shooting range. So far I've put 100 rounds through it and everything seems fine, apart from the target and my ears. **A bit about development** The biggest drawback of all prototypes was that gases exiting the barrel kept separating layers after few shots. After endless strengthening weak parts I decided to take another path: I removed first "notch". You can't break something if it's not there, right? Another improvement was adding cavity inside comp, so gases are free to expand and they don't blast onto printed parts. Also the cavity connects with last notch, which directs gases upwards with biggest leverage possible hopefully further decreasing muzzle rise. Part which holds pic rail under the pistol is reinforced and fits snugly on pistol's rail. The "wings" above it help to transfer forces from comp to the rail, these sit in recessed slide's area so they don't stick out so much. And of course there's pic rail under whole comp because why not, once tacticool is always tacticool. I provide 123d design file, so feel free to remake it for other models of pistols, just check barrel alignment and clearance of parts sliding on pistol. As always feel free to ask any questions, remix and post makes. I wonder if anyone will menage to make it strong enough to survive normal use.