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Does anyone know of any good references (books/internet sites/???? ) for building muzzle brake . I am looking for drawings and specifications for clearances and opening sizes ect. ect. ?
 
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You should have about .020" bullet clearance. Design your own. Thread on is best. I have found larger diameter brakes are a bit more effective than skinny brakes. Brakes with big ports are louder than with smaller ports.

You can buy them cheaper than you can make them, unless your time isn't worth much.
 
The ones I build are about 2.250” long with a .500” long expansion chamber ahead of the barrel muzzle (usually the size of the tap dill you use,) drill the bore .018” over bullet size. In addition, four rows of equally spaced exhaust holes 3/16” in diameter. I use standard fine threads rather then these oddball gun threads, on the barrel and the brake it self. The barrel is best machined in the lathe to keep everything inline.
 
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Yep I think it is easier to purchase a IE: .45 ACP Muzzle Brake from Numrich or Marstar..the ones from Numrich go from $45-->>$75US 2 gas chambers triple ports, stainless, slight modifications depending on how fussy you are.
The .45 ACP from Marstar is what you could eventually make for about $25can 3 ports.

I find that shock buffs do more for the muzzle flip than muzzle brakes, so I use both.
 
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That is not necessarily correct, if you make your own brake you can make it the same size (O.D.) as your barrel and with the joint barely visible, it looks like an extension of the original barrel. Making the brake itself takes less then 1 hour if you are an experienced machinist, and even if it takes all day if you are a hobby machinist, it is still a satisfying, and a good learning experience.
Alex
 
What your planning on doing, is extending your barrel, tap/dye, and putting in some vertical slots on the extension.
This type of muzzle brake will not be anywhere as effective as the Numrich $45-->>$75US 2 gas chambers, triple ports, stainless that are slide wide/high and rather techy to emmulate in the ballistic world, at lest the $75 one is.

Albeit the Numrich $75 one is a bit of a tech overkill, with the muzzle flip gas capture first, and side way forward gas capture re-router, and delivers a real effective gas capture, that sends a lot of carbon down to the outside of the barrel chamber...turns my stailess barrel ACP pretty black after a 50 rounds...no problems except the price I guess.

Your Brake style will not do that much for muzzle flip, even a shock buff is more effective, but your gun will look like a sure pretty race gun.
 
Thanks Guys for your replies,
I plan on experimenting with different designs ,that is why i dont want to just go out and buy one , also i find i learn alot more about how a part/piece funtions if i build one or two or more and try different approaches that is why i like to ask for input. :)

Thanks Gary
 
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