.303 Brit muzzle break
- Thread starter ranger_dave
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- Tucson, Arizona
You are a year too late. I gave one away last year.
they are an after-market item, NOT an issue one.
they are an after-market item, NOT an issue one.
Put on a recoil pad. Pachmayr makes a slip on that doesn't require altering the rifle and won't cost you a pile of money. Muzzle brakes(not break) do reduce the felt recoil, but they also increase the noise to the shooter and anybody else on the range.
Thankyou for adopting the role of grammar police, before I could manage to do it(!)
Also, yes, I concur: If you are putting a muzzle BRAKE on any rifle, please go and use it at someone else's rifle range, as you are going to NOT win friends rapidly by using one next to anybody else.
All that whining done with, does the poor fellow, in fact, mean to be asking where to find a FLASH HIDER?
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Thankyou for adopting the tole of grammar police, before I could manage to do it(!)
Also, yes, I concur: If you are putting a muzzle BRAKE on any rifle, please go and use it at someone else's rifle range, as you are going to NOT win friends rapidly by using one next to anybody else.
All that whining done with, does the poor fellow, in fact, mean to be asking where to find a FLASH HIDER?
Doesn't a muzzle brake and a flash hider to the same job tho?
No.
A brake is designed to vent gas in such a manner that recoil is attenuated. A flash hider is designed to reduce flash so that the location of the shooter is not apparent.
there are units designed to do both, but most are either one or the other.
There have been aftermarket clamp on brakes sold for use on No. 4 rifles.
A brake is designed to vent gas in such a manner that recoil is attenuated. A flash hider is designed to reduce flash so that the location of the shooter is not apparent.
there are units designed to do both, but most are either one or the other.
There have been aftermarket clamp on brakes sold for use on No. 4 rifles.
I have one on the sporterized P14 I use for hunting - it was on when I bought it. I wouldn't have installed it myself, as it lengthens the barrel and makes cleaning a bit more complicated. Reduces muzzle jump, but it's not bad with a 303 Brit anyways.
Finding one specifically for a 303 will be a challenge, but any aftermarket Muzzle Brake for a 308 could be used. Anything you'd find would have to be fitted, and the fitting would have to include opening up the Brake to accommodate the larger 0.312" (5/16") bore.
Finding one specifically for a 303 will be a challenge, but any aftermarket Muzzle Brake for a 308 could be used. Anything you'd find would have to be fitted, and the fitting would have to include opening up the Brake to accommodate the larger 0.312" (5/16") bore.
I dunno... I sure get pissed off when Bubba Fudd is next to me at the range, and keeps knocking over my coffee cup with the blast from his moose cannon's brake.
But that's just me - I'm sensitive.
That's why the girls love me!
I have used a muzzle brake on a Weatherby and it helps. But, if its just for looks .I would just have one made ,for it wouldn't change the barrel. A Muzzle brake is nice at the range when the next two -three benches ,to your left are shooting semi .22's and the casing are bouncing off you when your trying to sight in a rifle.
I can't believe that some people actually complain about flying cases and noise at a gun range... wow...
Do you guys also complain about the sun and sand on a beach?
If you can't stand the heat, step out of the kitchen... or maybe find a better rifle range.
Do you guys also complain about the sun and sand on a beach?
If you can't stand the heat, step out of the kitchen... or maybe find a better rifle range.
Tyler, let's put this in perspective...
Have you ever stood NEXT to a .300WM with a brake?
It is noisier than my experience FIRING the Carl Gustav 84mm anti-armour weapon.
I have happily spent all day on the machine gun range, and found the background noise pleasant.
That does not mean that I enjoy having muzzle blast directed AT me, nor, as someone posted above, does it mean anyone has the right to pepper you with flying brass.
As shooters, I find that more of "us" are polite to each other more often than the koolaid drinking soccer mom are nice to themselves, which is why it jars so annoyingly when you have to endure rudeness on a rifle range. In most cases, "we" seem to have better social skills than the average in western society, so I expect better behaviour from firearms folks than from soccer moms.
Just my thoughts.
Have a super day.
Have you ever stood NEXT to a .300WM with a brake?
It is noisier than my experience FIRING the Carl Gustav 84mm anti-armour weapon.
I have happily spent all day on the machine gun range, and found the background noise pleasant.
That does not mean that I enjoy having muzzle blast directed AT me, nor, as someone posted above, does it mean anyone has the right to pepper you with flying brass.
As shooters, I find that more of "us" are polite to each other more often than the koolaid drinking soccer mom are nice to themselves, which is why it jars so annoyingly when you have to endure rudeness on a rifle range. In most cases, "we" seem to have better social skills than the average in western society, so I expect better behaviour from firearms folks than from soccer moms.
Just my thoughts.
Have a super day.
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- Virden, MB
I have to say that I agree with Nelly. Mostly why my 7mmRM remains un-breaked so far. I will endure for the sake of the shooter next to me. Although for hunting I think I would like one so I can spot my shots.
I have to agree, I lost the hearing in my left ear for almost a week to a guy with a braked .338. There's also some residual damage to this day. As the cease fire ended and everyone was approaching the benches 'Skippy the idiot moose hunter' scoops up the rifle drops one in, closes the action and lets fly. The problem was that most people hadn't pulled their ears down (and lucky me was on the next bench).
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Nope, because most shooters have the common courtesy to sit away from others when shooting a larger calibre rifle with a brake. And most people bring ample ear-pro to a range. Most ranges I shoot at have plenty of positions to shoot from, so that's never a problem.
Maybe yours is too small or busy? I don't know...
As for casings, when you get a bunch of guys in close proximity shooting SKS's, SVT 40's, or any any other kind of brass-chucking rifle, you are bound to catch some sooner or later. Especially when shooting from an enclosed firing line. I've never been repeatedly hit by brass or hit others, again, because most of us have common courtesy.
Par for the course.
Keep your eye open on eBay, as they turn up from time to time ...
~Angel~ uses an add-on Lee-Enfield No.4 muzzle brake. It simply pulls over the muzzle and straps on the bayonet lug. You hand tighten the screw and you're good to go. She uses them on her No.4(T)'s and finds a recoil reduction of at least 50%. She's able to shoot for hours without tiring and makes a day out more enjoyable, although I suppose technically it's cheating as compared to shooting them the way they were issued.
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