muzzle break or not

stubblejumper said:
The individual that I referred to , had no issues at all with his hearing until after the brake was installed. The increase in noise due to the brake, was enough to cause him permanent hearing damage after taking a single shot without hearing protection while hunting with the brake installed.
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Brakes do not increase the noise that comes out of the muzzle, they redirect the direction of it.

Anyone who shoots a loud centerfire should be wearing hearing protection regardless of a brake or no brake.
 
You guys are arguing over a dead fish.

The brake increases PERCEIVED noise alot because it sends some of the noise to you, instead of mostly forward. Since I shoot with a muzzle brake, I need earplugs under my earmuffs or my ears hurt....
 
Get the break, if someone complains, tell them they should wear their big-girl panties next time they come to the range...

Breaks are useful for spotting your own hits when you aren't shooting in canned environments.
 
Brakes are only really useful if you have trouble with the recoil, or if you are shooting rapidly so that you need to get back on target soon. I like brakes when I shoot rapid strings, from a bolt, or semi.

I would shoot that rifle first if you are not sure.

maynard said:
You won't make any friends at the range.
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lol.

guntech said:
That isn't really a problem except for those morons not wearing hearing protection.
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It doesn't bother me if someone next to me is using one, but if someone is shooting a shortbarreled ubermagnum with a brake next to me, I feel it inside, it doesn't matter what I have on my ears.
 
Brakes do not increase the noise that comes out of the muzzle, they redirect the direction of it.
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Exactly, the redirect the noise in a direction other than directly away from the shooter. As such, the noise level is increased at the shooters ears.
 
stubblejumper said:
Exactly, the redirect the noise in a direction other than directly away from the shooter. As such, the noise level is increased at the shooters ears.
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It depends on the style of brake whether the noise is directed back towards the shooter or sideways, slightly forward...

It is no problem if you wear hearing protection as you should...
 
It depends on the style of brake whether the noise is directed back towards the shooter or sideways, slightly forward...
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The quietest result for the shooter, is when the noise is directed straight away from the shooter. Directing the noise in any other direction, increases the noise to the shooter.
 
Lots of magnums up here for moose. I have put brakes on quite a few rifles for friends. Every one of them says their gun shoots better with the brake. I haven't got the heart to tell them that the gun doesn't shoot any different, they do.

I have a friend who has an 8mm Rem Mag that he had shot all of 17 times because it bruised the hell out of him. He also thought that brakes are for wussies. I talked him into a free brake (I never charge when I do work for a friend). He now has over 500 rounds through his 8mm Mag and says he now loves to shoot the thing. Says it kicks like a .243.

Btw -anyone who says they can make a quiet muzzlebrake is probably already deaf. I have tried angling the holes forwards, backwards and at varying degrees of angle. Absolutely no difference in noise. The noise from a muzzlebrake WILL HURT YOU. Wear plugs and muffs.
 
RIFLEF said:
The OP did not mention if competition is in his plans.
The brakes are not allowed in sanctionned matches.
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I laugh...

Yes, because F-Class is the only form of long range shooting. Breaks are allowed in NSCC and in every tactical/sniper match I have ever participated in.
 
Something different!
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