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Can switching muzzle brakes change muzzle velocity??
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<blockquote data-quote="IdahoCTD" data-source="post: 1231921" data-attributes="member: 13110"><p>I will add that while the decibel level doesn't change the perceived "loudness" does change and so does the concussion felt by the shooter when you change the port angles. </p><p></p><p>I will disagree that changing port angles doesn't change the effectiveness of a brake. It most certainly does. I guarantee you that if a brake was made with all 4 or 5 ports at 30 degree back angle instead of 1 at 90 degrees and the rest at 30 degrees it will work better at reducing recoil. Even two brakes exactly the same except with different port angles. The brake with steeper port angles will reduce more recoil. A 5 degree difference won't amount to much but 15 degrees will be noticeable. </p><p></p><p>Anybody that has been around muzzle brakes for very long knows that you can't change the primary recoil (the acceleration of the bullet) with a muzzle brake. Muzzle brakes only work on secondary recoil which is the gas recoil as Jerry mentions. As bullet weights go up so does the recoil, as powder charges go up so does the recoil, and as rifle weight goes down the recoil goes up. The only good thing about powder charges increasing (except for the added velocity of course) is you have more gas recoil to use in a brake and it changes the percentages of primary and secondary recoil. That is why the more overbore a case is the higher percentage of recoil reduction you get with a brake. Also as I said before....as the bore size gets larger any brake loses effectiveness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IdahoCTD, post: 1231921, member: 13110"] I will add that while the decibel level doesn't change the perceived "loudness" does change and so does the concussion felt by the shooter when you change the port angles. I will disagree that changing port angles doesn't change the effectiveness of a brake. It most certainly does. I guarantee you that if a brake was made with all 4 or 5 ports at 30 degree back angle instead of 1 at 90 degrees and the rest at 30 degrees it will work better at reducing recoil. Even two brakes exactly the same except with different port angles. The brake with steeper port angles will reduce more recoil. A 5 degree difference won't amount to much but 15 degrees will be noticeable. Anybody that has been around muzzle brakes for very long knows that you can't change the primary recoil (the acceleration of the bullet) with a muzzle brake. Muzzle brakes only work on secondary recoil which is the gas recoil as Jerry mentions. As bullet weights go up so does the recoil, as powder charges go up so does the recoil, and as rifle weight goes down the recoil goes up. The only good thing about powder charges increasing (except for the added velocity of course) is you have more gas recoil to use in a brake and it changes the percentages of primary and secondary recoil. That is why the more overbore a case is the higher percentage of recoil reduction you get with a brake. Also as I said before....as the bore size gets larger any brake loses effectiveness. [/QUOTE]
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