Aug 2, 2017 #9 OP treillw Well Known Rokslider Joined Mar 31, 2017 Messages 1,709 After I decided to purchase this muzzle brake, I can barely feel the recoil. Field Tests & Studies, Reviews & Field Tests, Suppressors & Muzzle Brakes Full Member. It's no secret that magnum calibers pack a wallop and an afternoon ringing steel behind a magnum rifle can be taxing. Matte-finished metalwork and stock. Choose Options Muzzle brakes help to reduce recoil, which relieves the shoulder fatigue you can get from shooting your .30-caliber rifle repeatedly. I prefer the BOSS-CR to the regular BOSS on this rifle, as I find the increase in muzzle blast worse than the recoil. Any lightweight magnum rifle could probably benefit from the installation of a muzzle brake. Curious to see what everyones input is on muzzle brakes, I have done a lot of reading and research on many different brands. Rifle range made me remove it. Comes with the beefier double screw DNZ Gamereaper rings, Weatherby muzzle brake, thread protector, Stockys VG2 carbon fiber precision stock, as well as the OEM stock. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this content, data, or other materials is strictly prohibited without prior express and written permission from the author. Add in a decent five figure bonus and pay raise after a good company year and I am back to finally give this a go! I am a new member of Snipers Hide having recently signed up. The actual effectiveness depends to an extent on the cartridge for which the rifle is chambered. KDF, INC. is recognized world-wide as the leader in high efficiency muzzle brake technology. I went with a Harrels radial. This isnt a suppressor field test, but I just wanted to include one for comparison. Great work as always. Since the 300 Norma is so new, there isnt much load data out there for it. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. - Page 6. Their precision rifle shooting muzzle brakes features a simple tooless installation with a 5/824 thread and boasts a 4 chamber design that works with a jam nut to self-tighten when shooting. The rifle was test fired with both the standard (drilled) BOSS muzzle brake and the solid BOSS-CR (conventional recoil) replacement installed. The other pair are 50 degrees apart on the upper surface of the barrel and closer to the muzzle. The 300 Norma Mag test rifle featured a 27 Lilja Palma 30B contour barrel(similar to aMedium Palma contour). That helps me know Im on the right track. But any heavy hitting caliber will get you a little punchy after a lengthy shooting session. It weighed in at 15.7 pounds with a bare muzzle, and no bipod or magazine. This is a common gas block size. VG6 Precision Lambda consistently releases quality firearm accessories that you can count on. Announced by Winchester Arms in 1963 after the popular release of belted magnums, it was also fashioned after the undeniable classic, the 30-06, and boasts an extended length and reduced neck dimension to maximize case capacity. So many guys have precision rifles chambered in the 308. This is ~4% more than the one of the most popular brakes on the market. We welcome gunsmiths to inquire about becoming muzzle brake installation centers. Web1. JavaScript is disabled. The 3-port design effectively reduces felt recoil and muzzle climb. 2nd: I understand you are working with what you got, but I would love to see the addition of other brakes such as Lantac Dragon and Battlecomp. Using these formulas, youll find a 180-grain bullet fired at 3,000 fps from an 8-pound rifle in .300 Winchester delivers about 30.5 foot-pounds of recoil. Many have copied this effective design, and several variations of our design have been tried. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Weatherby, who claims that their Accubrake is the most effective on the market, claims recoil reduction of up to 53%. But for this lightweight 308 Win, all the brakes were much more effective at reducing the peak force than they were at reducing the overall momentum. Makes 270 like a 25-06 and the 340 like a 308 to shoot and my loads are fairly stout. Before you rush out to have a muzzle brake installed on your rifle (for about $300; get a good gunsmith to do the job), be aware of a few drawbacks. 30" barrels. Aklys Defense Mojo Magnum Brake, .30 Caliber 4. I am about to have my 3rd! I have kind of gathered that this is kinda like the Chevy, Ford or Dodge debate. Hey, William. In my experience the TBAC suppressors definitely dont have a negative impact on precision (which some suppressors do), and could improve it slightly. Browning, whose BOSS (Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System) is both a muzzle brake and an accuracy tuning device, claims a recoil reduction of up to 30%. I found some 300 Norma load data that appears to be from Berger, and loaded 82.0gr of H1000 to stay well within safe pressures. 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You can see the suppressor isnt as quite effective at reducing recoil on this rifle as many of the muzzle brakes, with it finishing near the tail end of the pack. Then you will never need a muzzle brake. In fact, Thunder Beasts previous model, the 30P-1, wasnt rated for the 300 Norma but the new Ultra series of suppressors are rated up to a 300 RUM, which is 10% larger than our 300 Norma! I felt like this had even less recoil than my 7mm-08. Please remember that muzzle brakes are exceptionally hard on hearing. Some people say the ear muffs bother them when their trying to get their cheek weld, so you should wear whatever works best for you. Its a project and will be as funds allow. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I'd say over 80% of the content was ne Cal: Ha! The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Available for use with various calibers, it easily handles the 300 Win mag, as well as other .30 caliber under magnum rounds. So you can see how the muzzle brake performed with and without the suppressor attached. Because of that design constraint, it might be surprising if there was ever a suppressor that could reduce recoil as well as a muzzle brake. WebMidsouth carries everything for muzzleloading: rifles and pistols, plus accessories like black powder, projectiles, sabots, and bullets, from great brands like Lyman, CVA, Traditions, I'm interested in your opions and felt recoil with your brakes! These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. For our mid-sized 30 caliber cartridge, I had to go with the legendary 308 Win. I put a slip on recoil pad on a 416 Rem Mag and turned it into a bench rest rifle for $15 . Vent ports are strategically located to help direct the rifle gas away from your field of vision and to provide stabilization. Copyright 2023 PrecisionRifleBlog.com, All Rights Reserved. I am shooting 190gr Berger's. The HELLFIRE showed 52% recoil reduction on a 6.5 Creedmoor test rifle. Choose from a black nitride satin finish to the heat forged stainless steel, or a bead-blasted stainless steel raw finish. You can also add a drop of Blue Loctite to help keep it from loosening when shooting. Without further ado, here is the data for the recoil reduction on the 308 rifle for each of the muzzle brakes: Just as we saw in the recoil results for the 6mm and 6.5mm, both American Precision Arms and Alamo Four Star have a measurable lead over the rest of the pack. Flash suppression? This scatter chart helps you see the cluster of brakes in the center, and the outliers on both sides of the spectrum. Your browser is out of date and may not be able to properly display our website. This cookie is set by Hubspot whenever it changes the session cookie. Recoil (kick) is the rifle's reaction to the action of the bullet being accelerated down the rifle barrel. You need a donate button or something. That way it can be used to save the shooter's shoulder when shooting at the range, and removed to help save the shooter's hearing during the hunt. If you shoot from a deer blind, you better be wearing ear plugs at least or you'll damage you hearing and you'll hear a ringing in your ears for days or maybe forever. That scope has taken all the punishment I have handed out and performed every time. And once again, I saw many benefits in muzzle brakes. May 17, 2006 8,156 8,104 33 /pol/ www.youtube.com. 4. WebWe make clamp on muzzle brakes to fit virtually any barrel factory or custom up to a muzzle diameter of .530 all the way up to 1.065 Machined from 6061-T6511 aluminum, and MIL-A-8625 Type III hardcoat anodized in Matte Black. baffles redirected gases to move to sides or even rearward, and during that collision an equal and opposite amount of momentum is applied to the baffles, pushing them away from the shooter and offsetting recoil). The .300 Winchester is my most popular chambering, says Lex Webernick. +1 to Danno's post.The only thing I could add is the more over bore capacity the round is the better a brake will work. 4. The Seekins Precision AR ATC brake uses optimal port configuration to allow the first port to do the majority of the work and combines with the front-facing ports to help spread out the gas. Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. A list of modern browsers is below; simply click an icon to go to the browsers download page. I just bought a south gate weatherby, an impulse buy but a gun I've been eyeing for 49 years. I put a Vias brake on a 300 Weatherby mag. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Put on a good brake and pad with the right LOP and it won't be bad at all for a guy your size. Weatherby gives these rifles an adjustable two-stage trigger. Behind those two muzzle brakes, were a big cluster of muzzle brakes that in the range of 27-37% recoil reduction. After reading a ton of forum threads, I bought an OPS brake for that rifle. Technical editor, Bob Forker of GUNS & AMMO Magazine, credited the KDF Slim Line as having the highest rate of recoil reduction of nine muzzle brakes he tested. . See, it's easy. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Proprietary port design controls Here are links to the others: Tags 300 Norma Mag 308 Winchester Alamo Four Star Alamo Four Star Muzzle Brake American Precision Arms APA Fat Bastard APA Little Bastard Badger Muzzle Brake Center Shot Rifles CSR Blast Tamer Muzzle Brake Federal Gold Medal Match Ammo Holland's Muzzle Brake Impact Precision JEC Customs JEC Muzzle Brake JP Muzzle Brake Muzzle Brake Reviews OPS Muzzle Brake Recoil Seekins Precision Shrewd Muzzle Brake Surefire TBAC Suppressor Thunder Beast ThunderBeast Suppressor Todd Hodnett TriDelta Muzzle Brake Tubb Muzzle Brake West Texas Ordnance. Brakes are usually attributed with added confidence, better accuracy, shooting more comfortably, and can help with flinching. For the hunter, a muzzle brake that can be removed is the best option. This is just one of a whole series of posts related to this muzzle brake field test. I started out firing 5 shots per muzzle brake, but as I refined the system and setup, my data became so consistent and repeatable that 5 shots seemed like I was just wasting a lot of good match-grade ammo without adding any value. WebLANTAC 300 Blackout Dragon Dead Air KEYMO Wolfman Muzzle Brake MSRP: $163.99 $147.99. And as normal, it does a better job of reducing the peak of the recoil than it does to reduce the total amount of momentum coming back at the shooter. KDF, INC. developed and produced the first muzzle brake in 1983. Thats interesting data. Quote from: hoyt-6190 on October 05, 2015, 05:57:33 PM. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Limited avilability. A TOMB brake typically acts as the first baffle or two in the suppressor. My 300 Weatherby has a slip on pad. Area 419 Sidewinder Magnum Muzzle Brake 5. Both the 6mm and 6.5mm brakes had a similar cluster from 26-36%. 3. 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