Muzzle Brakes & Accuracy?

[prairie]

How much do muzzle brakes affect accuracy?
I am sure some designs are better than others.
Anybody do a comparison of different muzzle brakes for accuracy using the same rifle and ammunition?

 

[rojodiablo]

How much do muzzle brakes affect accuracy?
I am sure some designs are better than others.
Anybody do a comparison of different muzzle brakes for accuracy using the same rifle and ammunition?

Guns and Ammo/ Book of the AR15. December 2012 magazine.
Pretty comprehensive list of their findings as to flash suppression and muzzle blast effectiveness/ compensator effectiveness.
Anything which reduces the muzzle jump will have a positive effect on accuracy, beyond say 150yds. Inside that distance, the rifle is not quite as positively affected.

 

[vfin]

I have "The Hunter", a Muzzle Brake manufactured by GRIZZLY GunWorks. Out to 1,000 yd there's NO affect on Long Range accuracy.

Suppressors are another story, since they severely damage accuracy AT ALL RANGES starting @ 100 yd & beyond, so you can keep 'em all in a trash bin as far as I'm concerned.

vfin

 

[prairie]

I knew most suppressors decrease accuracy, and figured there were some muzzle brake designs that do also.

In a recent "Soldier of Fortune" magazine, there was an article about using suppressors on long range sniper rifles in Vietnam, and how well they worked. Everyone that I have known with a suppressor, which is about 5 people, say accuracy is greatly affected. All of those are on .22's or handguns though.

 

[ohiowolverine]

Tried out the Surfire 762 brake yesterday. Amazing recoil reduction and a bullseye at 100 yards.

 

[Jessie]

If anyone is still reading this thread, can you plug a muzzle brake and render it inop? I'm speaking of the brake ports and of course not the muzzle, which would definatey render it inop.
I was thinking proper sized rod w/ silver solder. I really don't like the brake on my 556 and was told that its pinned and welded, otherwise I'd swap for a flash suppresor.

 

[ole-cowboy]

can't speak to the "filling in of the holes" I assume it could be done, but removing a properly "pinned and welded" muzzle device is not real difficult if ya have a little bit of handiness.

Pinned and welded just means there was a blind-hole drilled through the the device and into the barrel, a pin was driven in then a dab of weld over the hole, then cleaned up and finished..

a close inspection should reveal an imperfection at the 6:00 position.
It can be drilled out.

or you could cut it off

when I was in the AK game I installed a device with this method only to remove it and re-install. I left a tiny flat on the device as a witness mark so I could find it later

 

[LlindeX]

Ole' Cowboy's right. Talk to your local gunsmith. He/she should have the tools & knowledge to do it for you. Cost will probably be an hours labor. (Not that it'll take that long, but it's usually the minimum charge.)

 

[BlueOvalBandit]

Suppressors are another story, since they severely damage accuracy AT ALL RANGES starting @ 100 yd & beyond, so you can keep 'em all in a trash bin as far as I'm concerned.

vfin

Properly built suppressors have ZERO effect on the physical accuracy of the firearm itself. The shooter may increase accuracy do to reduced flinching and recoil reduction

http://www.accurateshooter.com/gear-reviews/suppressors-what-you-need-to-know/

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[tacticool22]

A well designed muzzle brake will not affect accuracy, except in possibly improving it.
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