Muzzle brakes and compensators work by ___________________________________. Muzzle brakes and compensators work by ___________________________________. Redirecting gasses exiting the muzzle to compensate for recoil and muzzle rise, which typically imparts energy backward and downward. Redirecting gasses exiting the muzzle to compensate for recoil and muzzle rise, which typically imparts energy forward and downward. Redirecting gasses exiting the muzzle to compensate for recoil and muzzle rise, which typically imparts energy forward and upward. Redirecting the energy of the exiting gases in such a way that causes them to push forward on the baffles of the compensator to compensate for felt recoil while the gases propelled upward mitigate muzzle rise