Muzzle Brake Cover??

JeffR

JeffR

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I have an idea, and I want to know if it is feasable, also I am wondering if anyone has tried to make this or knows of a commercially made unit.

I have a 338 with a fixed factory muzzle brake. I like the brake at the range, but it is fairly loud and I would like a way to turn it off in the field. Is it possible to turn it into an adjustable brake by machining a sleeve to fit over the brake and effectivly plug the brake holes? I would like to see if there is a cheaper solution than cutting the old brake off and having a removable brake installed.

So:
A) Would this idea even work?

and

B) Has anyone tried it or seen it?
 
Yes, I have seen adjustable muzzle brakes. What I am talking about is the same idea but the sleeve would be compleatly removeable and the factory brake wouldn't need to be altered.
 
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Ain't no gunsmith, but I think that you would need to adjust your rifle with the sleeve on, because the added weight would modify the harmonics of your barrel. So if you sight it with the brake (on) and then put on some extra weight (sleeve), my guess is that the accuracy will be affected.

What's been done by Browning in the past, is that they made a remplacement system for their BOSS brake. The replacement system was still able to be adjusted to find the barrel ''sweet spot'', but there was no holes to act as a recoil reducing system.

Maybe I'm wrong...
 
BSA marketed their Featherweight series with an integral Bersa brake. The first couple of years that it was on the market, they included a form fit cover cylinder to occlude the slots in the brake. it locked via a slot arrangement against the rear of the front sight ramp, similar to a SKS bayonet. There are also commercial brakes that have a fixed closure that twists into place.
 
JeffR said:
I have a 338 with a fixed factory muzzle brake. I like the brake at the range, but it is fairly loud and I would like a way to turn it off in the field.
I would like to see if there is a cheaper solution than cutting the old brake off and having a removable brake installed.
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It's called Lee Sonic Ear Valves... a very old product that works well... maybe so old they don't make them anymore? I still have a set somewhere...
 
I'm addicted to electronic muffs for hunting. They let you hear as good, or better than bare ears and it doesn't matter how loud your gun or your buddies gun is.
 
Splatter said:
I'm addicted to electronic muffs for hunting. They let you hear as good, or better than bare ears and it doesn't matter how loud your gun or your buddies gun is.
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I tried my electronic muffs for hunting this year... I liked them too. All the little sounds and the bull grunts were louder but they block the shooting noise. I think more people will be using them as they find out about them...
 
Yes - I have to admit I laughed for years at a friend who used regular ear protection as he had very bad hearing to begin with, now I use Peltor comtacs and even tho I get the chuckles - I really like them for the better hearing and the reduced angst during firing.
My hearing is not as good as it should be - I wish i would have started years ago to protect it
 
Sorry to be the one to bring this stupid sh*t up...

...but wouldn't said sleeve be viewed by some overzealous police or CFOs as "a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm"?

I know, I think its a stupid law but I thought I should mention it - "just in case".

After all Hollywood said ONLY people who kill people use silencers - and Canadian politicians listened.:rolleyes:
 
Tehoke01 said:
Sorry to be the one to bring this stupid sh*t up...

...but wouldn't said sleeve be viewed by some overzealous police or CFOs as "a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm"?

I know, I think its a stupid law but I thought I should mention it - "just in case".

After all Hollywood said ONLY people who kill people use silencers - and Canadian politicians listened.:rolleyes:
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I think you would have a valid argument that the volume from the report is the same as without a brake. So in fact you would be reduceing the sound volume by the same amount the brake increased it.Not really suppresing the report, just keeping it at the same level as an unbraked firearm.
 
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