Fail muzzle brake

[schwabdog]

Well I have a TIKKA t3 in 270 win, and when I was about 15 I thought the recoil was pretty bad. SO I decided to make a muzzle Brake. And so I did, I really like the Barrett 50 BMG stile and worked on it for 2 days and came up with this….




I was really proud of my work, so I welded it to gather (I’m NOT an A grade welder)
But did all right
I welded a m10 nut to the pipe to clamp the brake to the barrel, everything looked good I got me brother to help me when he saw it he LOLd so hard, looked down the barrel to see if it clear the bore. ALL good. So we got a 110 gr and ___ BOOOOOMB_____nearly ON re-coil BUT the muzzle brake launched about 12 m forward. And this is what happened….



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(me bro was whith me all the time and hes 21)

was allways working 100% safe

[Hunter2678]

That top and bottom metal looked way to weak to me from the get go...obviously you underestimated the authoritaaahhh of the .270

[schwabdog]

Originally Posted by Hunter2678

That top and bottom metal looked way to weak to me from the get go...obviously you underestimated the authoritaaahhh of the .270

lol yes i did. the welding was S|-| i to ..

[bigblazer433]

Wow that's crazy! I bet that was scary!

[AH3682]

Hey,

Well, I guess i see why it dosn't pay to make your own muzzle brake. Personally i would have taken a part of a .270 barrle blank or something and thien drilled holes in it. I like your idea too.

Friend has a .270 and i have a .25-06 (a .270 brought down to a .257 bullet)

When i first got it a year ago (I was 13) it seemed like a lot, but you get used to it fast on a long day of shooting. Don't even notice it anymore.


P.S. Let me know if you invent somehting else, it's kinda cool!

Happy shootin'