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Negative recoil effects from muzzle brakes on scopes
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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Shelp" data-source="post: 18982" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>All,</p><p> I shoot 1000yd benchrest matches and in the LG class we use muzzle brakes. These rifles are chambered for anything from 6BR all the way up to 338 Lapua Imp. with muzzle brakes.</p><p> If muzzle brakes caused more scope failures we should see a higher failure rate in BR shooting than other forms of competition that doesn't use them like F-class. And I shoot enough in both disiplines and know many friends in both and there is not a higher failure rate in 1,000yd BR competition. Scopes do break... it happens, but I don't believe the brake is the cause.</p><p> The only thing I have seen is some guys use mirage tubes that thread into the objective bell of there scopes and extend too far forward and the blast of the muzzle brake causes severe vibrations through the tube and into the scope. Honestly, I can't remember a particular incident where I saw a failure from this, but common sense says it can't be good.</p><p> Both without the mirage tube issue, if your scope fails on a rifle with a muzzle brake, it would've failed on a rifle without it also. Just coincidence in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Shelp, post: 18982, member: 22"] All, I shoot 1000yd benchrest matches and in the LG class we use muzzle brakes. These rifles are chambered for anything from 6BR all the way up to 338 Lapua Imp. with muzzle brakes. If muzzle brakes caused more scope failures we should see a higher failure rate in BR shooting than other forms of competition that doesn't use them like F-class. And I shoot enough in both disiplines and know many friends in both and there is not a higher failure rate in 1,000yd BR competition. Scopes do break... it happens, but I don't believe the brake is the cause. The only thing I have seen is some guys use mirage tubes that thread into the objective bell of there scopes and extend too far forward and the blast of the muzzle brake causes severe vibrations through the tube and into the scope. Honestly, I can't remember a particular incident where I saw a failure from this, but common sense says it can't be good. Both without the mirage tube issue, if your scope fails on a rifle with a muzzle brake, it would've failed on a rifle without it also. Just coincidence in my opinion. Hope this helps, Steve [/QUOTE]
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