Muzzle Brakes

[Rastoff]

Have you ever tried one? Muzzle brakes dramatically reduce muzzle climb. It allows me to keep the scope on my .308 on target all the way through the shot.

No, a muzzle brake won't make you a better shooter, but it will help on a follow up shot.

Porting on a shotgun is useless because they don't generate enough pressure.

As for value, they don't detract from an AR at all. The AR already comes with a muzzle device so, if you don't want to sell the gun with the brake, just unscrew it.

 

[Ibmikey]

The perceived blast and sound is noticeably increased for me when doing the firing.

 

[everarmed89]

Unless the brake has the ports facing upward and/or back towards the shooter, the sound/percussion isn't unbearable for the one behind the trigger. However an indoor range may amplify the noise to the shooter more.

I have the Troy Medieval Brake on my CMMG 5.56. It has three slotted ports timed to 3, 9 and 12 o clock. It is definitely "louder" as people next to me have felt the percussion blast when fired. They were quick to let me know.

But it's not deafening..I made the mistake of standing near a Miculek on a .308 one time, good lord thought the fillings were gonna rattle out of my dome.

You want to NOT make some friends, slam on a Miculek, a Y-comp or a JP Brake.

 

[Ibmikey]

I shoot in the outdoors and not on a commercial range so having some one next to me is not an issue. The Rainier that the OP asked about has a noticeably louder and blastier feature. It is not unpleasant to me but maybe some one next door would not have love for the noise/blast, this is not an issue shooting on private lands. I bought the brake because it was on an AIM ad, for a reasonable price, stainless steel for my build with a fluted stainless barrel and it just looked cool. Muzzle rise was my least concern but actually that is what a brake is for and this one is an excellent performer, and did I mention it looks cool !