Muzzle Brake Lesson Learned

[snubbyfan]

I got myself a muzzle brake for this guy.


I liked it so much, I decided to get one for this guy and he taught me a lesson.


That short little barrel produces a fire ball and a lot of blast. The muzzle brake directed that fire ball and blast backwards and made it a very unpleasant gun to shoot.
Chewed up my range block.


Soon after I got home, the muzzle brake was removed and the flash hider put back on.
I'm thinking of getting a linear compensator for my AR pistol to direct more of that blast down range and away from me.

 

[lihpster]

I'm thinking of getting a linear muzzle brake for my AR pistol to direct more of that blast down range and away from me.

Sounds like a good plan, my friend.

 

[TJm15.38]

I like the muzzle brake on your rifle, but wouldn't want to be the guy shooting at the bench next to you.

 

[snubbyfan]

I like the muzzle brake on your rifle, but wouldn't want to be the guy shooting at the bench next to you.

You're required to stick your barrel in a tube at my local range if you're shooting a center fire rifle and there's lotsa room between the shooting benches.

 

[s&wchad]

You're required to stick your barrel in a tube at my local range if you're shooting a center fire rifle and there's lotsa room between the shooting benches.

I wonder how long that plastic tube would last shooting one of these with the factory muzzle brake!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

MY muzzle breaks are suppressors..................not loudeners

 

[Rustyt1953]

Muzzle brakes are not suppresors. They redirect propellant gases to counter recoil and muzzle rise.

 

[wood714]

You need something like this Wayne.

Flaming Pig

 

[zeke]

Have a muzzle brake on shorty AR, but only as quick detach for suppressor and save wear/tear on said suppressor. Might consider/try a forward blast diverter for that short a barrel.

 

[snubbyfan]

Have a muzzle brake on shorty AR, but only as quick detach for suppressor and save wear/tear on said suppressor. Might consider/try a forward blast diverter for that short a barrel.

I have an A-R Stoner linear compensator on the way.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Muzzle brakes are not suppresors. They redirect propellant gases to counter recoil and muzzle rise.

So do suppressors.

 

[McChemist]

I put 2.5 in linear compensators on my AR,10.5 in AR pistol, and 8mm FPC. THE 9MM worked very well at pushing compression and noise downrange. The AR still exhibited some muzzle flair and concussion. The AR pistol had even more. I am going to exchange the 2.5 in for 3.25 in Kaw Valley LC. That one is rated for 556/223 applications. We will see. If not successful , then I wait for the HPA to pass.

 

[65Whelen]

I see several sand bags a year at my local gun club with that type damage. I've done it myself.

 

[ladder13]

You're required to stick your barrel in a tube at my local range if you're shooting a center fire rifle and there's lotsa room between the shooting benches.

To limit errant shots from going skyward and sideways is my guess for the tubing. At my old range, we had what was called a blue sky. It was a board that came down from the roof so shots wouldn’t hit any houses in the distance over the mountain backdrop.
Over the years there were alot of bullet holes in the board.

 

[lihpster]

To limit errant shots from going skyward and sideways is my guess for the tubing. At my old range, we had what was called a blue sky. It was a board that came down from the roof so shots wouldn’t hit any houses in the distance over the mountain backdrop.
Over the years there were alot of bullet holes in the board.

I don't know if that's part of it, but shooting through a tube like that greatly reduces the noise for the surrounding area. Doesn't do much for the shooter, but it makes for less litigious neighbors.

 

[McChemist]

To limit errant shots from going skyward and sideways is my guess for the tubing. At my old range, we had what was called a blue sky. It was a board that came down from the roof so shots wouldn’t hit any houses in the distance over the mountain backdrop.
Over the years there were alot of bullet holes in the boar

 

[McChemist]

At one of the indoor ranges in my area, an off duty National Guardman brought some 556 ammo from the Guard. Some of it were tracer rnds. He put a few errant rnds into the ceiling and started a fire. Lost the whole range. I think he had some interesting conversations with his CO, NG JAG, and the county solicitor. The pipes would have really helped.

 

[ladder13]

I don't know if that's part of it, but shooting through a tube like that greatly reduces the noise for the surrounding area. Doesn't do much for the shooter, but it makes for less litigious

A very good reason. Our range was 72 acres in the NYC watershed surrounded on 3 sides by homes. We had to put up earth berms and enclose 3 sides of the range for noise abatement, to be good neighbors. We also had a somewhat large river running alongside the range so we did lead abatement every couple of years as it ran into a NYC reservoir.
Between the EPA and surrounding residents it was always a battle.

 

[M1A4ME]

You need something like this Wayne.

Flaming Pig

I have a couple AR pistols with "blast cans" on them. One is the older model you show and one is a different brand/style that has a tube that screws to the outside of the flash suppressor and can be used either way.

Both direct the blast/concussion towards the target. We've shot them at the bench, under a roof that is over the firing line, and even my wife finds them easy to shoot and not too loud.

 

[Minshooter]

So do suppressors.

I believe the OP was stating that he uses suppressors, and not muzzle brakes.
Same here.
I live along the Mississippi River; any brake I've incidentally acquired is immediately stored there, on the bottom, somewhere.