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Muzzle Break Question?
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<blockquote data-quote="IdahoCTD" data-source="post: 1218833" data-attributes="member: 13110"><p>My sled is actually quite light as it's all aluminum. The first one I build was steel and it was too heavy. This sled is almost exactly half the weight of the steel one and the measured travel is almost exactly double with the aluminum one. The further something travels the more resolution you have. I might even go to a smaller size aluminum tubing to try and lighten it up even more. It will show a bigger gap when you have tightly clustered brakes. I thought I'd have to hang weight to make it consistent but I didn't and it shortened the travel so I just hang the metal bucket. It is more consistent with just the weight of the bucket hanging then nothing at all though. It is also quite repeatable and will change with velocity changes. The weight of the rifle and the sled combined is less than 17lbs. If I go down on tubing size I can probably drop the weight another 2-3lbs.</p><p></p><p>I did not build my sled to specifically measure the recoil reduction. I built it to compare muzzle brakes side by side without any external influence. The rifle is fired electronically. I'd rather compare something side by side on the same day to know how my stuff compares to everything else. Measured or calculated numbers are just numbers without side by side comparisons IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IdahoCTD, post: 1218833, member: 13110"] My sled is actually quite light as it's all aluminum. The first one I build was steel and it was too heavy. This sled is almost exactly half the weight of the steel one and the measured travel is almost exactly double with the aluminum one. The further something travels the more resolution you have. I might even go to a smaller size aluminum tubing to try and lighten it up even more. It will show a bigger gap when you have tightly clustered brakes. I thought I'd have to hang weight to make it consistent but I didn't and it shortened the travel so I just hang the metal bucket. It is more consistent with just the weight of the bucket hanging then nothing at all though. It is also quite repeatable and will change with velocity changes. The weight of the rifle and the sled combined is less than 17lbs. If I go down on tubing size I can probably drop the weight another 2-3lbs. I did not build my sled to specifically measure the recoil reduction. I built it to compare muzzle brakes side by side without any external influence. The rifle is fired electronically. I'd rather compare something side by side on the same day to know how my stuff compares to everything else. Measured or calculated numbers are just numbers without side by side comparisons IMO. [/QUOTE]
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