Making a brake fit!

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ErikTheAngry

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So, I did something dumb. Ordered myself a rather expensive muzzle brake, thinking that the threading would be standard. Well after trying to screw it on and getting exactly nowhere, I opened my eyes and did the preliminary searching that I should have done before I pressed the buy button.

Now I'm curious as to what people think about me rethreading the brake to fit my rifle.

Logistically it can be done. I'd be going from 1/2x28tpi to 14x1, both RH. There appears to be more than enough material to remove to properly tap it.

Specifically however, I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on whether I should do this (potentially compounding one problem with another). Want to know if any experienced people out there believe it will offer an "appropriate" effect. Specifically I'm interested in the compensation - I'm shooting 5.56 and it kicks like a little girl, but the muzzle rise is another story. Since my rifle is different from an AR, I expect the response from putting an AR brake on it will be different as well.

I bought the Lantac Dragon for 5.56, built for an AR. I plan to put it on my VZ58 chambered in 5.56.

My other alternative is to put the brake in the spare parts box, and wait for when hell freezes over and ARs become non-restricted. Don't have, nor want a restricted license, because I simply disagree with the concept that some should be restricted and some should not.

Or I could sell it at a loss on the equipment exchange. Cannot return it, "all sales final".
 
All things are possible.

Are you confident enough to make this fit and be sure the first bullet
fired doesn't strike the bore of the muzzle brake?
 
Then there's the 'what if' you do all this and decide you don't like the brake? Too late to put the old one back on, and now you've left yourself unable to affix any current as well as future designs intended & threaded for your rifle.
I follow the 'sell/trade it off to get the right one' approach.
 
Tap drill for 14X1 is 13mm, so you have to open up the brake to that. It isn't a drill press job though, but any machine shop could do it provided they have the tap on hand. It will still probably cost you 1/4- 1/2 hour at their shop rate, again if they have the tap.
 
smoothbore75 said:
Then there's the 'what if' you do all this and decide you don't like the brake? Too late to put the old one back on, and now you've left yourself unable to affix any current as well as future designs intended & threaded for your rifle.
I follow the 'sell/trade it off to get the right one' approach.
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I think hes suggesting retapping the break, but leaving the rifle as is....
 
Yea, talking about redoing the threading on the brake and not the rifle. Initially thought about re-threading the rifle, but decided against it (that's definitely lathe territory).

I'm confident that I can thread it straight (be pretty messy on that first shot if I don't lol!) I'm just not confident that it will provide the intended muzzle rise compensation that I'm looking for. "Not enough" compensation I can handle, but "too much" compensation would be a drag. Never used a comp/brake before on any rifles I own so I've no idea how it would perform.
 
The amount of compensation is relative to the person doing the shooting. Some people notice no difference at all and some people say it makes a great deal of difference. You won't know till you shoot it. A lot will depend on your expectations of how it will behave and if it actually lives up to them
 
Save your self the trouble and sell it and buy the proper one and take this as a lesson learned to do some more research before hitting the buy button. We've all been there and done that before just learn from it and move forward with the proper equipment.
 
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