Would You Want Your Muzzle Brake Threaded?

Would you want your muzzle brake threaded

  • Yes - I might as well as it's going to be a permanent add-on

    Votes: 14 70.0%

  • No - I prefer keeping the barrel untouched and being able to remove it using and Allen key

    Votes: 5 25.0%

  • Other - please clarify

    Votes: 1 5.0%
  • Total voters
    20
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As some of you now know I have started designing, and soon to be producing, combat shotgun accessories. One of the items on the drawing board is a muzzle brake used for breaching and hand-to-hand combat situations (ie: aggressive front end) much like the ones found on black rifles and carbines.
I would like to request as much input from fellow CGNers as possible regarding if you would prefer to have the brake threaded on (requires taking the barrel to the gunsmith) or to be snugly held on by set screws?
 
Anyone willing to chime in?
I know I don't have pics up yet but they will as soon as my camera gets a new lens.
As always, I appreciate and welcome any and all input/comments/opinions.
 
I assumed they were threaded on.

A bolt is going to ruin the finish and is no better at staying "locked". If anything, I think it is a disadvantage to have a bolt requiring an allen key as you need that key with you all the time. It's also possible to overtight the bolt and possible put a nice dent in the muzzle or strip threads.

Definitely go threaded :) (I would and that's how I voted)
 
I would prefer a recessed allen-head bolt (or 2) cross-drilled through a pinch spilt in the brake. The split could rest at the 3:00 or 9:00 position with the pinch bolt(s) running vertical and the heads pointing down (or it could rest at the 6:00 position with the pinch bolt(s) running horizontal). A step from barrel ID to OD would assure positioning

I would be concerned about the structural integrity of a threaded barrel and brake in the context of a breeching tool. For a choke it's OK, but a choke has no lateral leverage, as it is located inside the barrel, and it is not proposed to be a battering ram.
 
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screwed for sure, no chance a set screw would hold.
The main issue is not the cost of the breecher but the cost to install it.
Will you be offering this work?
if so i,m very intrested and could send work your way.
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Craftsman 441 said:
Maybe you could try a swage and collet, sort of like what is used on endmills.
Good retention, no tools needed, no gunsmithing.
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I've thought of that but it would be a time consuming to manufacture and therefore an expensive endeavor....
Keep the ideas coming!
 
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