I know what a muzzle break does but how do you pick the right one for the gun that you are shooting. Just looked at Brownells and they have them from $400 to a few bucks.
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Here’s a bunch of articles, I went with the TBAC brake for my cans & they were rated well.
http://precisionrifleblog.com/?s=Brake
http://precisionrifleblog.com/?s=Brake
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RedneckFur
Smith & Wesson is a religion of peace.
I've run one of the Stoner brakes on my AR10 for at least 100 rounds now, and its reduced the recoil pretty well, and it was only about $40. I'm sure those $400 brakes are good, but I've got my doubts that they're $360 better.
nature boy
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Little bastard all the way.
Don't read in to everything he does.. his older articles are more opinion than factual.
Excellent question and the Short Answer is you don't know which brake is best for a rifle until you shoot it with said brake installed, period.
What brake to choose / use depends on intended use / purpose.
Brake purpose;
1) Basic
2) Multi-purpose ( meaning running with a silencer as well)
3) Long Range Shooting
4) Any other purpose that doesn't fit with the 3 above.
With 2,3,& 4 you may want to survey what others are running and consider those devices primarily because of the cost involved and other considerations.
With number 1 you can also just choose what others are running and just thread one on.
I fall into the Basic purpose and install muzzle devices to primarily "Protect The Crown."
A second reason is to reduce recoil , not not so much for the recoil but primarily for avoiding "Scope Bite."
With the "Basic Category" it's easier and not as expensive to determine which brake to use because brakes will and do effect how a rig will group because brakes will change barrel harmonics.
I have several brakes on hand, yes extra so to say, to try on different rigs and I change them at the range while shooting different combinations / types of ammo.
I start with no brake to get a base line then try different brakes and am looking for the best group.
At times nothing I have on hand groups well and I order a different style to try.
Outside of trying different brakes, the only other way I know of is to just pick what brake you want and find factory ammo or hand load combination that works well with said brake.
There are a few other methods or devices used to assist with harmonics and getting acceptable groups used outside of ammo choice and if you wanted to know more just search rifle barrel harmonics and you'll find the info.
Safe Shooting
Someone else had disparaging words for him. Is there something you can point to, or a link? I haven't seen any red flags, mostly have read the can & scope articles.
That was Frank of Sniper hide. It mostly died with the old sniper hide. there was words exchanged on there. From what I gather and told the pro shooters were trying to help him but he wasn't had none of it. I just tell shooters to not take it as the bible but call key smiths in the industry like Area 419, GA, Accurate Ordance, etc.
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Also Kahntrol Solutions has been good to me as well.
The loudest, biggest flame, most percussion, most obnoxious one you can find is the best one. Bonus points added if you can stab something with it.
Sorry. Couldn't resist adding my obligatory I Hate Brakes comments.
Sorry. Couldn't resist adding my obligatory I Hate Brakes comments.
If you plan on purchasing a can, you might consider purchasing a matching brake. I bought several Dead Air Armament brakes and installed them when my cans came in. They are good brakes. Remember though if you want to shoot matches some don't allow brakes.