Quiet muzzle

[Dosing]

Anyone on here running a rifle with a quiet muzzle, if so what depth did you go to, and who bored it?
I am planning to give the treatment to a 223, and am curious how folks find them to live with.

 

[sunray]

"...a quiet muzzle..." A what? A counter bored muzzle?

 

[sillymike]

Tag for interest

 

[Dosing]

"...a quiet muzzle..." A what? A counter bored muzzle?

yes

 

[Ganderite]

Why ruin a good barrel? Am I missing something?

 

[Splatter]

The barrel won't be ruined if the muzzle is properly crowned. The point is to direct more of the sound energy downrange, away from the shooter and bystanders.

 

[sillymike]

I haven't seen this done on a centerfire gun... but there's a big difference on a rimfire if the 'sight extension' is on or off.

I would assume it would work the same on a centerfire gun...

 

[rnbra-shooter]

The barrel won't be ruined if the muzzle is properly crowned. The point is to direct more of the sound energy downrange, away from the shooter and bystanders.

Interesting idea. Has anybody seen it done (or heard it being shot)? I am curious if it actually works. Also, I wonder whether or not it increases recoil felt by the shooter.

On .22 rifles with "bloop tubes", it makes the sound quite a bit different, but I can't say I've noticed a decrease in sound level. On fullbore rifles with bloop tubes, I haven't noticed a difference in sound one way or another, but then since that's being done outdoors it might be trickier to actually notice a small change.

 

[sillymike]

On rimfirecentral, there's quite a few guys doing it to their .22lr

Here's a 10/22 that CPC backbored 2"

There was a tread about some benchrest shooters doing it, but can't seem to find it...

 

[Duck_Hunter]

I've seen pictures of a rifle that I'm pretty sure was built by Greg Tannel of GreTan rifles that had the crown really recessed in the barrel, just like the .22's pictured above. If it works for him.........and it was HIS rifle not a customer request.

 

[ben hunchak]

Some of the old shuetzen rifles had a recessed crown, some as much as 1", it's purpose was not to reduce noise but was a different attempt to introduce bullets accurately from the muzzle. This was in a short period before breech seating became the norm. I have this set-up on one of my 32/40s and it has no effect on noise what so ever, just more nooks and crannies to clean.

 

[Dosing]

http://www.richardscustomrifles.com/customergallery2.htm image 15.

Richard Franklin does them, and shows how to on his "Metal Working For A Riflesmith" dvd, but since I am playing with a 20inch tube I wanted to be more certain of the results with a non-carbide boring setup before I started spinning the lathe.

By the way, his video is excellent.