.458 muzzle break best? Going on 45-70

[Prebanpaul]

I have a an encore rifle with a 26 in stainless fluted barrel. The problem is very light gun and very big bullet. It is brutal to shoot from a bench. Way worse then my 375hh and 338 lapua. I mean not fun at all. So I am thinking about breaking it for bench shooting and practice. What are a couple of well designed 458 break.

 

[ken4570tc in WY]

I think a better option would be to have the barrel ported. I used to have a single shot Contender in 45-70 that was on the brutal side until I sent it in and had it Magnaported. The nice thing about integral porting is it can't come loose.

 

[Prebanpaul]

Yes but when I hunt with it, I don’t want it ported.

 

[ken4570tc in WY]

Yes but when I hunt with it, I don’t want it ported.

There is a very good chance that the brake will change the point of impact. Best to stay one way or the other. Why wouldn't you want the the brake or ported barrel for hunting?

 

[KTAK]

Area 419 makes some really nice brakes. You might get ahold of them and see if they could bore it for your 458. The Hellfire model on my heavy barreled 308 has had zero point of impact change along with every other muzzle brake I have fitted to this rifle. A good heavy barrel is less likely to experience POI changes than a light one.

 

[jda2631]

I have a 45 Raptor, use a SilencerCo ASR brake on it to mount my hybrid. But it works very well as a stand alone brake. Not sure what your thread pitch is, but they have a few on their website. But this is the one I use, as the thread pitch is 3/4x24, I couldn't find a 3/4 x 24 thread pitch .458 bore brake on SiCo website, only on Brownells.

 

[RTH1800]

Did you consider selling it instead? ?

 

[Waorani]

I have a 45 Raptor, use a SilencerCo ASR brake on it to mount my hybrid. But it works very well as a stand alone brake. Not sure what your thread pitch is, but they have a few on their website. But this is the one I use, as the thread pitch is 3/4x24, I couldn't find a 3/4 x 24 thread pitch .458 bore brake on SiCo website, only on Brownells.

Wish I'd known that before I bored out a 338 ASR for 45 Raptor! Looks like SiCo also has a .46 ASR but w/ 11/16x24 thread.

 

[jda2631]

Wish I'd known that before I bored out a 338 ASR for 45 Raptor! Looks like SiCo also has a .46 ASR but w/ 11/16x24 thread.

I just randomly saw it show up on brownells home page or their social media one day and snagged it. Since it wasn't on the SiCo website I assumed it didn't exist.