Muzzle Brakes. I was a Skeptic...

Ronin22

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I'm not all that and a bag of chips sniper/PRS shooter/lord of warfare, so it takes a little longer for me to get around to things, but anyway...I've been using the A419 Hellfire Match and even the regular version brakes on all my stuff. I had a unknown 3 port 90 degree chambered muzzle brake that called at me from the misc parts bin. So, I went shooting my 300WM 13.5lbs rig, and then I installed that "other" brake and shot. Boy howdy, was there a just noticeable difference in felt recoil! So much, I uninstalled that "other" brake and threw it in the trash bin. So, now I'm back to the Hellfire match and got my 308 shooting 300WM back!

I told that story so I could get to this point, the engineering of these brakes certainly makes a difference. Are there better brakes? Probably, but these work so well I'll focus my OCD efforts on other things.
 
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I liked my Hellfire 6.5 a lot; on 25x while shooting groups at 100, it killed the already minimal recoil on my 6.5CM so that I could still see my bullet holes after each shot. I ended up selling it, though, as I am a 100% suppressed guy.
 
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A funny story on muzzle brakes.
My younger brother was so impressed with the stupid accuracy of my 300wm that he had to have one.
He bought a Thompson center single shot with 28" barrel that I don't think weighed even 6 pounds.
Pretty sure he didn't even have 20 rounds through it before he sent it off to have a muzzle brake installed.
Mine is the the 14 pound range and no brake but definitely manageable but not good for long range sessions.
 
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This guy is gona cum in his pants when he learns there are much better ( less recoil and way less blast to shooter) brakes. Maybe he will figure it out around 2035.
Gotta admit we all learn at different paces. I was much more dumb when I start and now I'm much more smarter.

You were dismount and die before you were never to dismount, until death...


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I love the APA 3rd gen Fat bastard, I've got a couple and a little bastard. They tame recoil on anything they are on.