Ken (livetohunt) sent me one of his new self timing titanium muzzle brakes to test.
My first impression was "Dang this thing feels like a toy it's so light!" Good looking piece of equipment too, very well made. This was to go one my hunting rifles, a 10 pound .300WinMag. Despite its looks (Ugly! 20 years of hard use and abuse) this thing shoots exceptionally well for wearing a factory barrel in the old plastic stock. The add ons are a Rifle Basix Sav2 trigger and a very well known 3 port brake, actually one of my favorites. This is what I was comparing the new Ti against, as this brake works so well that I can actually spot impacts on paper at 100 yards. That is really saying something about how good it is when sitting on a .300 of any flavor. I am happy to say that the Ti went step for step with it! A buddy and I put several dozen rounds (190 and 208 grain loads) through the rifle today. Half with the Salmon River and half with the "other brand". We shot bipod on bench and prone, and with a front rest and bag on the bench. Even shot prone in dry dirt that has been recently tilled. Neither of us could tell any discernible difference in recoil or muzzle rise between the two brakes. About the only thing that was really any different was the blast that sent dirt back towards the shooter or those around him, the positive was in the favor of the Salmon River brake. The Salmon River is 2/3 the weight and a tad smaller than my 3 port. I will say this, I am a fan and will be buying one to go on my .33XC. I have 2 other brakes I can put it up against, but a Surefire and side port factory Savage brake aren't even really comparable. The only thing negative I can say about it (and is really more operator error) is that uncoated titanium apparently scratches easier than steel. You should put a barrier between a wrench and bare metal, we took it on & off multiple times for testing and I did not protect it. If you seen this rifle, you would see I'm not too worried about rub marks or scratches. I think I keep Krylon in business sometimes!
The specs are here in post 83:
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My first impression was "Dang this thing feels like a toy it's so light!" Good looking piece of equipment too, very well made. This was to go one my hunting rifles, a 10 pound .300WinMag. Despite its looks (Ugly! 20 years of hard use and abuse) this thing shoots exceptionally well for wearing a factory barrel in the old plastic stock. The add ons are a Rifle Basix Sav2 trigger and a very well known 3 port brake, actually one of my favorites. This is what I was comparing the new Ti against, as this brake works so well that I can actually spot impacts on paper at 100 yards. That is really saying something about how good it is when sitting on a .300 of any flavor. I am happy to say that the Ti went step for step with it! A buddy and I put several dozen rounds (190 and 208 grain loads) through the rifle today. Half with the Salmon River and half with the "other brand". We shot bipod on bench and prone, and with a front rest and bag on the bench. Even shot prone in dry dirt that has been recently tilled. Neither of us could tell any discernible difference in recoil or muzzle rise between the two brakes. About the only thing that was really any different was the blast that sent dirt back towards the shooter or those around him, the positive was in the favor of the Salmon River brake. The Salmon River is 2/3 the weight and a tad smaller than my 3 port. I will say this, I am a fan and will be buying one to go on my .33XC. I have 2 other brakes I can put it up against, but a Surefire and side port factory Savage brake aren't even really comparable. The only thing negative I can say about it (and is really more operator error) is that uncoated titanium apparently scratches easier than steel. You should put a barrier between a wrench and bare metal, we took it on & off multiple times for testing and I did not protect it. If you seen this rifle, you would see I'm not too worried about rub marks or scratches. I think I keep Krylon in business sometimes!
The specs are here in post 83:
Titanium muzzle brakes sneak peek
Both my proof light weight sendero’s will have the salmon river slab style. I like the look and I believe they are shorter but it would be a good up and more likely what look you like better
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