I haven’t seen a lot posted on this brake since it was first released so I thought I’d post a few pictures of mine on a Remington 700 AAC-SD for those wondering what it looks like. To be fair I’ve never been a huge fan of muzzle brakes, however over the past year I’ve started to implement brakes and compensators on more of my rifles. The reasons for my change of heart are pretty simple I wanted to take advantage of the benefits that a muzzle brake can provide in a competition setting while overlooking the disadvantages found in more social settings.
The Mini-FTE is essentially a scaled down version of the original FTE brake and if you’ve seen the photo that is on the product page on Triad Tactical you’ll know what I mean. It’s about half the size of the original making it short and stout but it still retains the dual chambers and split thread clamping method of the its bigger brother. The fact that the brake doesn't require any special gunsmithing work or shims in order for it to be installed was a major reason I was drawn to it over some of the other options. As long as the barrel is threaded 5/8-24 it appears that the Mini-FTE can be installed in less than a minute without any issues. I also liked that the brake looked more proportional on thinner contour barrels such as the Remington Varmint contour compared to the FTE brake, which looked gargantuan by comparison.
I just picked this thing up so I haven’t had the chance to put a lot of rounds through it but it performed as you would expect any Badger Ordnance product to. Starting out though I was a little concerned about how the accuracy and my zero would be effected by the brake but after this last range trip I think I’ll be fine. The accuracy didn’t seem to be hurt by the brake one bit, there was one crazy group where I have no idea what happened but I redeemed myself on the next 5 shot group. Mabye I just went brain dead with my fundamentals…I don’t know but after that one group the gun was like a laser beam.
I was only able to stretch the gun out to 300 yards but recoil reduction was such that I had zero trouble keeping the gun on the steel plates and transitioning from target to target. I plan to get some more range time soon but I think it will be all smiles.
The Mini-FTE is essentially a scaled down version of the original FTE brake and if you’ve seen the photo that is on the product page on Triad Tactical you’ll know what I mean. It’s about half the size of the original making it short and stout but it still retains the dual chambers and split thread clamping method of the its bigger brother. The fact that the brake doesn't require any special gunsmithing work or shims in order for it to be installed was a major reason I was drawn to it over some of the other options. As long as the barrel is threaded 5/8-24 it appears that the Mini-FTE can be installed in less than a minute without any issues. I also liked that the brake looked more proportional on thinner contour barrels such as the Remington Varmint contour compared to the FTE brake, which looked gargantuan by comparison.
I just picked this thing up so I haven’t had the chance to put a lot of rounds through it but it performed as you would expect any Badger Ordnance product to. Starting out though I was a little concerned about how the accuracy and my zero would be effected by the brake but after this last range trip I think I’ll be fine. The accuracy didn’t seem to be hurt by the brake one bit, there was one crazy group where I have no idea what happened but I redeemed myself on the next 5 shot group. Mabye I just went brain dead with my fundamentals…I don’t know but after that one group the gun was like a laser beam.
I was only able to stretch the gun out to 300 yards but recoil reduction was such that I had zero trouble keeping the gun on the steel plates and transitioning from target to target. I plan to get some more range time soon but I think it will be all smiles.
