Official (DTA) SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread

[Dragoon300]

In my opinion, and the empirical data tends to support this, somewhere around 338 Lapua and above, a suppressor is inferior enough to a good break that there is a perceptible increase in recoil with the suppressor compared to an efficient muzzle break. When you get up to 50 caliber, it is very noticeable. And 50 caliber is hard enough to shoot effectively at baseline even with a good break.

This is why I removed my elite iron 375 can and break from my 375 Chattah and now I just shoot it with a terminator T5 muzzle brake

From now on, I am never going to shoot anything above 338 suppressed unless it has an anchor break on it like the new thunder beast Magnus cans

If you have the opportunity, screw that brake on hand tight and shoot a shot and take a video and then unscrew it and screw on the 50 caliber can and take a video or better yet post a video of the whole thing in sequence so that we can seethe movement of the rifle under both conditions

What brake do you believe to be the best?

 

[waveslayer]

What brake do you believe to be the best?

416, APA, depends, for what caliber? A 50?

 

[waveslayer]

In my opinion, and the empirical data tends to support this, somewhere around 338 Lapua and above, a suppressor is inferior enough to a good break that there is a perceptible increase in recoil with the suppressor compared to an efficient muzzle break. When you get up to 50 caliber, it is very noticeable. And 50 caliber is hard enough to shoot effectively at baseline even with a good break.

This is why I removed my elite iron 375 can and break from my 375 Chattah and now I just shoot it with a terminator T5 muzzle brake

From now on, I am never going to shoot anything above 338 suppressed unless it has an anchor break on it like the new thunder beast Magnus cans

If you have the opportunity, screw that brake on hand tight and shoot a shot and take a video and then unscrew it and screw on the 50 caliber can and take a video or better yet post a video of the whole thing in sequence so that we can seethe movement of the rifle under both conditions

Amen! I agree 100% have you seen the new recoil X screw on brakes for some cans, looks like a good idea

 

[Dragoon300]

Yes, 50

 

[secondofangle2]

Here is my 36 pound Desert Tech with a 40 inch barrel and an Armalite AR 50 brake on it. Both shooters first timers so the recoil could be managed a little bit better than what you are seeing in the video.

 

[secondofangle2]

The industry standard break for a 50 BMG is the AR 50 brake. It is what almost all of the FCSA competitive shooters use.

They can be very difficult to come by and one of similar construction is available from K & P rifle barrels. I have not personally shot that one, but it is simply a matter of size and volume oh, and the AR 50 break weighs 4.5 pounds so that helps

 

[secondofangle2]

Then there is this thing which supposedly tames the recoil extremely well but for the love of Jehovah at what cost? Not only $6000 but almost 2 feet and 5 pounds of added length and weight. And almost 2.5” in diameter

It is misleading that thunder beast always shows you them shooting it on a short barrel 50 BMG.

Here it is on a standard 29 inch barrel but on a bull pup which knocks off about a foot of overall length. And it is still taller than a human being. If you ran this on a 29 inch standard 50 cal rig, the thing would be pushing 7 feet long

No thanks

 

[wi50]

I've shot a 30 lb .50 bmg a bit without a brake. You prepare for it, touch it off and it's pretty fun. Fin enough to do it again. But I will say, don't do it to much in a close period of time. You won't be able to focus your eyes . It's a bit hard on the retinas. And there's a world of difference from a 647 gr projectile to an 800 grain. I shoot a bunch of 894 gr projectiles pushed by 238 GR or rl50 in my 40 lb gun. I'm not putting a suppressor on....I'm not that cool.

 

[wi50]

Ar-50 armalite brakes are 1-14 thread, 1 inch 14 threads per inch. The k&p brakes are typically that thread also, unless it was a custom order. They're quite efficient compared to a round brake. I use a mini version of the k&p a friend makes on my dt SRS a1 on the .338 Lapua improved and 37xc barrels. Everiwants a Terminator or whatever they think the Internet should sell them ......I'll say the clamshell is effective, all that round stuff is just ok and that's it. On them, I'll set them up with a threaded shaft collar to lock them. Hand tighten to desired index against the collar and then lock the pinch collar, it'll load the threads , lock the brake. Take off easily to clean, nothing more than a simple small Allen wrench needed. Self timing. Here's a picture. The collars are $14 or stainless steel ones are a bit more from McMaster Carr.

 

[Andrews50]

I would think a suppressor could be better than a brake, in that it is trapping gas inside for a longer time, and seems like it would push forward while doing that, but it doesn't redirect the gas and produce thrust in an oposet direction either. You have fired these with brakes, please let us know what you find out.

I'll let you know. If the rain holds off,
I get out here this weekend.

 

[Dragoon300]

I'll let you know. If the rain holds off,
I get out here this weekend.

Since you have your Brake off your 50 barrel, how long is the threaded end from shoulder to muzzle?
I am designing a Brake for mine.

 

[Andrews50]

This is what I got.