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function of a muzzle brake?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 785343" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I had a brake (Mag-na-brake) on a Remington 700 chambered in 8x57. The brake was cut to a similar skinny profile as the sporter barrel (0.6" in diameter). It made the rifle louder but in my opinion did little else.</p><p></p><p>Anytime you add a mass to the end of your barrel it is going to impact the vibrational characteristics of the barrel and therefore most likely the point of impact. I believe that in order for a brake to be effective, the ports need a certain amount of surface area for the gases to act against, this suggests something along the line of the "howitzer" brakes like used on artillery or the 50 cal sniper rifles. For smaller calibers one perhaps need not be quite so extreme, but more than .75" in diameter for sure. I am looking carefully at the Holland brakes.</p><p></p><p>Whether you will need to re-tune your load, I don't know. You will have to shoot it and see. If you are going to use a brake, why would you not practice with it ? I'm considering building a few drum type silencers to use at the local range (installed ahead of the shooters bench) to provide neighboring shooters some relief from people shooting magnums fitted with brakes. This is a common sight in Europe, particularly in Switzerland where there is annual shooting practice with all those military rifles that they keep at home.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/guisan/album%204/album%209/eroeffnungsschiessen4_20100618_1358038661.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 785343, member: 35183"] I had a brake (Mag-na-brake) on a Remington 700 chambered in 8x57. The brake was cut to a similar skinny profile as the sporter barrel (0.6" in diameter). It made the rifle louder but in my opinion did little else. Anytime you add a mass to the end of your barrel it is going to impact the vibrational characteristics of the barrel and therefore most likely the point of impact. I believe that in order for a brake to be effective, the ports need a certain amount of surface area for the gases to act against, this suggests something along the line of the "howitzer" brakes like used on artillery or the 50 cal sniper rifles. For smaller calibers one perhaps need not be quite so extreme, but more than .75" in diameter for sure. I am looking carefully at the Holland brakes. Whether you will need to re-tune your load, I don't know. You will have to shoot it and see. If you are going to use a brake, why would you not practice with it ? I'm considering building a few drum type silencers to use at the local range (installed ahead of the shooters bench) to provide neighboring shooters some relief from people shooting magnums fitted with brakes. This is a common sight in Europe, particularly in Switzerland where there is annual shooting practice with all those military rifles that they keep at home. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/guisan/album%204/album%209/eroeffnungsschiessen4_20100618_1358038661.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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