Word: upthrusts
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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When small arms-revolvers, pistols, shotguns, rifles, machine guns-are fired, the recoil of the explosion throws the weapon's muzzle upward. To overcome this upthrust. Lieut. Richard M. Cutts Jr., U. S. M. C.. devised a simple compensator. It consists of a 2-in. tube screwed to the muzzle. Top of the tube carries three holes through which the gas of explosion escapes without jolting the aim off the target, without affecting the bullet's speed or trajectory...