Muzzle break cleaning, impact shift?

[Jesus.C]

I just got my first custom barrel and I want to remove the muzzle break to clean it. I was wondering if I will experience any impact shift if the muzzle break is not perfectly time like it was.

I usually eyeball it and I dont want to have to re-zero it everytime im cleaning.

Thanks for your input.

 

[jimbo14]

Get it close and you’ll be fine.

 

[Dmay]

First off, it's a "brake"......in the English language.
And why do you want to remove it to clean?
Anyway, set back to where it was within a reasonable tolerance and it won't make a difference.

 

[Jesus.C]

First off, it's a "brake"......in the English language.
And why do you want to remove it to clean?
Anyway, set back to where it was within a reasonable tolerance and it won't make a difference.

English is not my native tongue so if im making gramatical mistake here and there bear me, im sure youll get the meaning of my sentence.

I want to clean it because consistency usually equal accuracy. I cannot keep something consistenly dirty but I can keep it consistently clean. Also gunk can accumulate at base of the crown when cleaning if left there, so it will obviously impact accuracy.

I was simply wondering how significantly my zero could be impacted by a timming off a degree or less.

 

[tiriaq]

Perhaps you could make index marks.
Any time I install a brake, it takes tools to put it on, take it off. Torqued against a shoulder. Never noticed a problem if cleaning is done through the gills or ports.

 

[Jesus.C]

Perhaps you could make index marks.
Any time I install a brake, it takes tools to put it on, take it off. Torqued against a shoulder. Never noticed a problem if cleaning is done through the gills or ports.

I have an apa fat bastard with the counter nut. I did put index marks on the barrel, the nut, and the brake, but its finicky to get everything perfectly line up when I torque it. Ive use in the past an accu washer so I never had to worry about timming but it have a way smaller diameter than the barrel and will leave a gap.

 

[Longstud]

I clean all my brakes on the barrel. When cleaned I spray the crown with the barrel pointed down with G 96 nitro solvent. I wait a few minutes then run a dry patch down the barrel with the appropriate bore guide. It works for me

 

[Dmay]

English is not my native tongue so if im making gramatical mistake here and there bear me,

Certainly will, no disrespect meant.
And not a direct answer I know, but I would still concentrate more on cleaning it on the barrel. Can be done with spray and small brushes, as mentioned above. Or fill a cup with whatever you want to soak it in and stand rifle in a corner, brake-down in cup. Once clean, one hack used is to spray the gills with PAM (or similar) cooking spray....it is claimed to help prevent the soot build-up.

 

[OkayShooter]

If lined up close, I cannot see it being more than a 16th or a inch shift of any.

 

[rugbydave]

Index/witness marks in paint pen is the answer. Draw a witness mark on the brake, collar and barrel once it's torqued on. When you remove the brake, re-install so the witness marks line up, done.