Muzzle Brake blast shield (not can)?

[Anonymoose]

I like using a brake on my 6.5CM but I frequent an indoor 100yd range and usually have someone sitting next to me. I hate being the jerk that blasts my poor neighbors in the face. Is there a device that would clip on the barrel far enough away from the brake to not affect it's performance or the POI but still force the blast/gasses to the sides or even a bit forward? I know there are little cans or shields that screw on to some brakes but I'd imagine it affects POI.

 

[Peahi2]

I use a surefire warden blast diffuser on my ar pistol. There is still pretty good concussion tho. It doesn't borrow me, but when I see spent brass bouncing around the table and stuff falling over, I guess there still good concussion. At least I know the blast is directed forward and I'm not being an a-hole with a brake blowing away people on the sides.

I can't tell if it affects my POI much. I shoot green tip at targets 100 yards away, so I can't tell.

 

[Newbie2020]

Wouldn’t be too hard to pull the brake off for range days then put back on for a competition if it’s self-timed

 

[Newbie2020]

Or was that Captain Obvious showing up again....

 

[Anonymoose]

Or was that Captain Obvious showing up again....

True but I also like to practice how I play. POI shifts a bit and the recoil is obviously different with it off. I like to go midday during the week to be able to keep from having neighbors. I went today and luckily I was able to ask the RO to not put anyone next to me and since there were only three lanes occupied it wasn't an issue. I guess I'll pull it off in the future if it gets busy. I recently had a neighbor shooting some big magnum round next to me with an APA brake and it reacquainted me with how not fun it is to shoot next to a braked rifle at that range.

 

[BLJ]

SME- Sound Mitigation Equipment - non class III

Manufacturer of High-Quality Firearms, Suppressors and Firearm Accessories.

www.wittmachine.net

I've got no experience with these but thouhgt it might be what your looking for.

 

[308pirate]

It's a gun range. Noise and muzzle blast are to be expected.

I'm not going to modify any of my rifles for the .000001% of people who might be bothered by it.

 

[Steel head]

It's a gun range. Noise and muzzle blast are to be expected.

I'm not going to modify any of my rifles for the .000001% of people who might be bothered by it.

Especially that Culpepper goon!
Extra brake blast for him!

 

[Rob01]

It's a gun range. Noise and muzzle blast are to be expected.

I'm not going to modify any of my rifles for the .000001% of people who might be bothered by it.

100%!

And adding anything to your rifle will also effect your POI so you won't be practicing how you play so putting on a shield of any sort will change the rifle just like taking the brake off.

 

[earthquake]

I run Area419 Hellfire brakes and swap back and forth with this --> https://www.area419.com/product/hellfire-lfs/

Self timed, no tools, swap out LFS with brake, or a can etc., in seconds.

 

[DTF370]

Car tires work really well but I would love to see the looks you got for carrying those into an indoor range

 

[Steel head]

Car tires work really well but I would love to see the looks you got for carrying those into an indoor range

I’ve shot my 7 mm with a sidewinder in an enclosed shooting range.
kinda impressive.

 

[Tokay444]

True but I also like to practice how I play. POI shifts a bit and the recoil is obviously different with it off. I like to go midday during the week to be able to keep from having neighbors. I went today and luckily I was able to ask the RO to not put anyone next to me and since there were only three lanes occupied it wasn't an issue. I guess I'll pull it off in the future if it gets busy. I recently had a neighbor shooting some big magnum round next to me with an APA brake and it reacquainted me with how not fun it is to shoot next to a braked rifle at that range.

Do you play indoors? If no, then why practice indoors?
I wouldn’t take it off, or do much else besides give the guy next to me a courtesy heads up, but let’s be honest, if your game is PRS, and you’re shooting from a bench indoors, you’re not practicing.

 

[DTF370]

I’ve shot my 7 mm with a sidewinder in an enclosed shooting range.
kinda impressive.

That’s a lot of ass for an awfully echoey room! The OP should take notes here. If your rifle is loud enough you can run everybody else off and you don’t have to worry about it anymore!

 

[Anonymoose]

Do you play indoors? If no, then why practice indoors?
I wouldn’t take it off, or do much else besides give the guy next to me a courtesy heads up, but let’s be honest, if your game is PRS, and you’re shooting from a bench indoors, you’re not practicing.

Weather, distance and convenience. The indoor range is 15 minutes from my house a good outdoor range is 1hr plus.

 

[Tokay444]

That’s all well and good, and I’d shoot there for fun too, but let’s call it what it is, and not practicing how you play.

 

[Anonymoose]

That’s all well and good, and I’d shoot there for fun too, but let’s call it what it is, and not practicing how you play.

You're the boss. Glad you're hear to share wisdom.

 

[Timo Turl]

Just put a pelican gun case on its side between you and the next shooter.

 

[Anonymoose]

Just put a pelican gun case on its side between you and the next shooter.

Ha! Great call, I'm sure this would help at least enough to make it suck less for them. I mean if I'm next to an AR guy with a 10" barrel doing "mag dumps" I probably won't bother but you know...

 

[alamo5000]

I know Griffin makes one but it's only compatible with their own muzzle devices. Their blast shield is what you are looking for, or at least in concept.

They have a YouTube video up where they demonstrate the device and meter it as well.

For something that will work with other muzzle devices I'm not sure but they are probably out there.

That said if you use something like that it can very much so alter your POI because it effectively creates a new crown on your barrel. I have not tested it myself because I never used the blast shield I used to own. Eventually I gave it away.

Also if you get one that 'clips on' that's introducing another even bigger variable because they tend to have a bit of wiggle to them. The taper mount ones don't have that problem but others do.

If you are shooting for extreme bug hole accuracy you might see a shift because of the extra weight on the muzzle as well as the directional shift in gasses.

Again I cannot say for sure that a huge shift will or won't happen because I never tested it under those circumstances but be aware that it is a possibility.

 

[devildog93]

https://precisionarmament.com/efab-hybrid-muzzle-brake/

Way less blast and sound diverted to the side and rear than a dedicated brake with a small loss in recoil performance. It also gives the bonus of flash suppression.

 

[Bluedog82]

FYI Griffin makes one that QDs onto a standard A2 flash hider. It’s not cheap at around $150 but worked decently well. I just sold mine.