muzzle brakes
- Thread starter smokindonuts
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Have you set up a testing system for your different designs?
would be cool to set up a rifle where you can put on all the different brakes and have a recoil gauge or some sort for research
Some Gunboy R&D
would be cool to set up a rifle where you can put on all the different brakes and have a recoil gauge or some sort for research
Some Gunboy R&D
There was a video on the web with some guy firing different muzzle breaks on the same rifle .He had the butt on a line and fired rifle without being held .He then measured how far the recoil was on each break.It was interesting.
Hotwheels81
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A few more!
Now your just showing off
I really need to find a good brake for my 300WM...
QuietWhisper
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- Saskatchewan
This is show off!
I have it on good authority that at least two of those muzzle-brakes may or may not be flashlights. As well, one appears to be Vaseline.
This proprieraty muzzlebreak is the most performing i ever used, a very hot load of 308 pushing a 208 Match @ 2600+ fps without the brake is quite stout, with the brake, i 'd estimate the recoil to be on par with my 22 Hornet... JP.
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Re Testing effectiveness of different brake design
I think that to accurately measure the effectiveness of different brake model and design would be to measure the recoil using a shock/impact/gforce impact measuring pad a-la Sports Science on Discovery Channel. Have the said shock/impact/gforce impact pad between the buttend of the rifle and a rest that would mimic the average resistance that an adult shoulder would offer (for consistency the rifle would have to be secured to the back rest using a tension/weight measuring tool).
This could offer accurate velocity measurements of the same rifle, using of course hand loads for consistency in the charge and eliminate the human/felt recoil factor.
Compare the results with none-brake rifles to have a solid baseline to compare it with.
I think that to accurately measure the effectiveness of different brake model and design would be to measure the recoil using a shock/impact/gforce impact measuring pad a-la Sports Science on Discovery Channel. Have the said shock/impact/gforce impact pad between the buttend of the rifle and a rest that would mimic the average resistance that an adult shoulder would offer (for consistency the rifle would have to be secured to the back rest using a tension/weight measuring tool).
This could offer accurate velocity measurements of the same rifle, using of course hand loads for consistency in the charge and eliminate the human/felt recoil factor.
Compare the results with none-brake rifles to have a solid baseline to compare it with.
This little one here are one of the most effective, for a magnum cal like 338 lapua down to less than a 308, that Alot, the deflector work quite well, there is no more louder than straight port one. I try no to spend too much time on 308 brake, even the 2 straight port will do fine, good enough to spot round striking at target at 500, while the larger caliber with the heavy recoil require a good brake, to make shooting more enjoyable.
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The technology is there for us to use it, so why not?
Sure it's more work, more costly and time consuming (and I am not about to do it myself), but it would offer, imo, a more robust evaluation of each brake models that are out there.
Cheers
Ben
