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Muzzle Brake

glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
edited February 2008 in Ask the Experts
I've been hearing that in you have a muzzle brake that can open and close, like on my Savage, you will not have the same point of impact if you sight your rifle in with the brake open, then shoot it with the brake closed. Any truth to this? Mine doesn't seem to make any difference out to 200 yds. at the range.
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  • glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's been a long time since i have had my winchester mod.70 out,20 years or so i think,It' a 300 mag and it does take it's toll on these old bone's now,NO i'm not selling,i love this calibur and some day my son will end up with it.but until then,I was told to put a muzzle brake on it will take out a lot of the recoil,Was told it would be a lot louder,Well i don't hear so good anyway.Can anybody say for sure.Thank's for your committ's,I hope i didn't take up to much of your time.
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  • glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    (This is for a soon to buy, retired man's shooter.) What muzzle brake can I get to put on an Egyptian FN 49? I understand that it will have a threaded muzzle already. E.g. I've noticed newly made brakes for a 6.5mm Sweedish Mauser. Could I have one of these rethreaded?
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  • glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    what is a muzzle brake & what does it do
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  • glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone have any experience with removing 2" of the rifles barrel prior to having a muzzle brake added. I'm wanting the benifits of the muzzle brake without adding additional length.
    Thanks.
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  • glockman55glockman55 Member Posts: 22 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is there a muzzle brake for a 581 model Ruger Mini 30 that's worth a darn?
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    glockman55,

    It could affect it if when closed gases applied pressure on the bullet that wouldn't be applied if the brake were open. I could see it happening if where the ports are, there are slight escutcheons caused by the ports when closed. Meaning if the inside of the end of the barrel isn't flat and smooth it can cause air disturbances while the bullet is exiting the barrel. The smoother the interior of the barrel is when closed the less chance for disruption.

    Other than that I could see a change in harmonics at the end of the barrel.

    EDIT:

    Good post Feenix, I will say though in this case the weight{brake} at the end of the barrel isn't being removed. Harmonics could be changed depending on the impingement of the gases to the vents....or returning back to disrupt the bullet. I would think though that Savage(if this is a Savage brake) would have thought that out ahead of time.
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not quite the same but very good responses below ...

    http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=268363&SearchTerms=point,of,impact
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