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Screw on vs. Ported muzzle brake
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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Fever" data-source="post: 1946664" data-attributes="member: 113501"><p>This sounds like working with an artist.</p><p></p><p>If you like their stuff and are willing to comission something, you take what you get at the end of the day.</p><p></p><p>I try not to do that unless I can really get on the same page with the artist's creative vision. It's still a risk.</p><p></p><p>I like to do my own gunsmithing when possible and use high quality parts with clearly defined specs that I can install myself. My latest barrel is from Lothar Walther and I specified a 3/4-24x0.750" muzzle thread with recessed target crown and that's exactly what I got. For my brake I got an Area419 Sidewinder with a 3/4-24 thread adapter. The adapter threaded on perfectly and the brake hand times easily. It's not a flush install but it's easy to remove and that's important because it is too long to fit in my gun case with the brake on.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, I would have specified exactly which brake was to be installed. No confusion there. The barrel length could cause some ambiguity if not spelled out explicitly. On the other hand, if a work order said "thread muzzle, flush install muzzle brake" you could ask "where does it say shorten barrel?".</p><p></p><p>My guess is that your smith had two jobs in the shop, one ported muzzle, one brake install and they got switched. He could be telling two people "well that's what you asked for" to cover his butt instead of losing a ton doing two re-barrel jobs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Fever, post: 1946664, member: 113501"] This sounds like working with an artist. If you like their stuff and are willing to comission something, you take what you get at the end of the day. I try not to do that unless I can really get on the same page with the artist's creative vision. It's still a risk. I like to do my own gunsmithing when possible and use high quality parts with clearly defined specs that I can install myself. My latest barrel is from Lothar Walther and I specified a 3/4-24x0.750" muzzle thread with recessed target crown and that's exactly what I got. For my brake I got an Area419 Sidewinder with a 3/4-24 thread adapter. The adapter threaded on perfectly and the brake hand times easily. It's not a flush install but it's easy to remove and that's important because it is too long to fit in my gun case with the brake on. As others have said, I would have specified exactly which brake was to be installed. No confusion there. The barrel length could cause some ambiguity if not spelled out explicitly. On the other hand, if a work order said "thread muzzle, flush install muzzle brake" you could ask "where does it say shorten barrel?". My guess is that your smith had two jobs in the shop, one ported muzzle, one brake install and they got switched. He could be telling two people "well that's what you asked for" to cover his butt instead of losing a ton doing two re-barrel jobs. [/QUOTE]
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