Competition .223 muzzle break help

bross412 · 2025-04-14T15:22:48-0400

Hello everyone,
I am looking for recommendations for a muzzle break for my competition 5.56 ar15. It will be attached to a 20 inch barrel.
I am looking for a good balance of recoil reduction and blast deflection. Fast follow up shots and spotting my own misses are very important, hence the need for a break.

waveslayer · 2025-04-14T15:26:03-0400

I would check out the break by um tactical, called the rage. Completely custom tunable it is unbelievable what you can do with it how there's little to no felt recoil

TonyTheTiger · 2025-04-14T19:00:02-0400

Blast deflection for the shooter? Or bystanders?

bross412 · 2025-04-14T19:26:08-0400

TonyTheTiger said:
Blast deflection for the shooter? Or bystanders?

Shooter. My shooting partner punishes me with his so I need to return the favor

Trigger Monkey · 2025-04-14T19:32:41-0400

I've been pretty happy with the PRI Quiet Control brake. It's not blasty from where I'm at and it offers good recoil control. When I'm switched on I can do about 1/2 second splits on a IPSC at 400 from prone.

kl3309 · 2025-04-14T19:53:15-0400

Lantac Dragon if you've got a .750" barrel...

Ernest 5.56 · 2025-04-14T21:22:19-0400

Best Muzzle Brake – What The Pros Use

This article is part of a series that highlights the gear the 200 top-ranked shooters in the Precis...

precisionrifleblog.com

TonyTheTiger · 2025-04-14T21:27:56-0400

Ernest 5.56 said:
Best Muzzle Brake – What The Pros Use

This article is part of a series that highlights the gear the 200 top-ranked shooters in the Precis...

precisionrifleblog.com

Huh, didn't know they finally updated that article. Sweet.
Most of those brakes would look massive on an AR though, and some rules sets have brake size restrictions.
Not many of them are in 1/2x28 thread either, which is presumably what the OP has.

Ernest 5.56 · 2025-04-15T07:21:21-0400

TonyTheTiger said:
Huh, didn't know they finally updated that article. Sweet.
Most of those brakes would look massive on an AR though, and some rules sets have brake size restrictions.
Not many of them are in 1/2x28 thread either, which is presumably what the OP has.

More of a survey but I hope they do the test again sometime

hlee · 2025-04-15T07:41:24-0400

No recs for the JP tank brake?

https://jprifles.com/1.4.3_tre.php?menu_select=jpre

TonyTheTiger · 2025-04-15T09:24:20-0400

hlee said:
No recs for the JP tank brake?

https://jprifles.com/1.4.3_tre.php?menu_select=jpre

Nah, the performance has been surpassed by smaller brakes for years. Plus it's ugly.

TonyTheTiger · 2025-04-15T09:27:29-0400

bross412 said:
Shooter. My shooting partner punishes me with his so I need to return the favor

The PA Hypertap has been one of the best available for a few years. Top tier recoil reduction, tunable, light and small, not blasty for the shooter at all.
The PA M4-72 is probably the only brake I've had that knocks the shooters hat off. It's effective, and on a 20" barrel it won't be as bad, but man, I wouldn't go out of my way to buy one again.

Mike_in_FL · 2025-04-15T09:47:48-0400

TonyTheTiger said:
The PA M4-72 is probably the only brake I've had that knocks the shooters hat off.

Yeah, that thing made me feel concussed. More so than shooting next to others with brakes.

N_Turs · 2025-04-15T09:50:55-0400

Check out Unrivaled, I have their UB tunable brake on my run and gun ar. Ive been every impressed with the performance and my rifle has like zero muzzle rise. I can hit some pretty fast split times with it and still keep on target. That being said the brake is nasty and would kick up alot of dust shooting prone. If this is more of a long range gun id just get a can for it.

bfoosh006 · 2025-04-15T09:51:17-0400

I'll second the Lantac Dragon .... use EASTER30 for 30 percent of until the 21st of April.

bohem · 2025-04-15T10:16:43-0400

The PVA Jetblast is available in 1/2-28, self timing, has excellent recoil reduction and no concussion back on the shooter. It checks all the boxes that @bross412 is looking for and it's very affordable compared to a lot of other options on the market.
It's also proven to be effective on precision rifles where there is no tolerance for brakes to cause POI and group issues.

Jet Blast Muzzle Brake

[email protected]

patriotvalleyarms.com

Rob01 · 2025-04-15T11:00:45-0400

bohem said:
The PVA Jetblast is available in 1/2-28, self timing, has excellent recoil reduction and no concussion back on the shooter. It checks all the boxes that @bross412 is looking for and it's very affordable compared to a lot of other options on the market.
It's also proven to be effective on precision rifles where there is no tolerance for brakes to cause POI and group issues.

Jet Blast Muzzle Brake

[email protected]

patriotvalleyarms.com

Was just coming in to post this. When I use a brake on my 6ARC for matches it’s a Jet Blast and works great. Doesn’t send blast back at shooter which is nice. Also being self timing there are no crush washers or issues with timing.

WeR0206 · 2025-04-15T21:01:26-0400

Rob01 said:
Was just coming in to post this. When I use a brake on my 6ARC for matches it’s a Jet Blast and works great. Doesn’t send blast back at shooter which is nice. Also being self timing there are no crush washers or issues with timing.

Id put the ATS break in the mix as well not sure if they have 1/2 in muzzle threads available though

st1650 · 2025-04-15T21:35:09-0400

I did the PVA jetblast on my latest build. It’s cheap, it works, it’s easy to install.

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