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Observation (likely not new) about muzzle brakes?
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1850363" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>J E's post quoted partly truncated below from this thread: <a href="https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/anybody-put-a-boss-on-a-custom-barrel.238022/" target="_blank">https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/anybody-put-a-boss-on-a-custom-barrel.238022/</a> got me to thinking. When the bullet is moving down the barrel there is a column of air moving in front of it. Granted, it's not nearly as hot and expanding as the combustion gases behind the bullet, but since its moving down the bore ahead of the bullet at something close to the bullet's velocity I wonder how much effect it is having on recoil reduction before the bullet reaches the brake? I'm not expecting that it is a huge contribution, but I wonder if it is enough to be significant?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1850363, member: 93138"] J E's post quoted partly truncated below from this thread: [URL]https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/anybody-put-a-boss-on-a-custom-barrel.238022/[/URL] got me to thinking. When the bullet is moving down the barrel there is a column of air moving in front of it. Granted, it's not nearly as hot and expanding as the combustion gases behind the bullet, but since its moving down the bore ahead of the bullet at something close to the bullet's velocity I wonder how much effect it is having on recoil reduction before the bullet reaches the brake? I'm not expecting that it is a huge contribution, but I wonder if it is enough to be significant? [/QUOTE]
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