I pushed the 1200 fps mark with Berry’s TMJ .357 bullets in .357 Magnum in my Ruger GP100. I got a sliver of copper in my cheek for my efforts.Many plated bullets can’t even stand 1200 fps before they start coming apart. If there is question a target just far enou forward of the muzzle to not be destroyed by its blast can catch the particles that have already detached, looks like this.
I don't understand a muzzle brake on a .223. The recoil is already so low, why would you want to deal with the increase in blast?
It helps when using a scope or optic to keep on target.I think they put them on to help reduce the flash.
I don't understand a muzzle brake on a .223. The recoil is already so low, why would you want to deal with the increase in blast?
I don't understand a muzzle brake on a .223. The recoil is already so low, why would you want to deal with the increase in blast?
On my 3Gun rig, the combination of:I don't understand a muzzle brake on a .223. The recoil is already so low, why would you want to deal with the increase in blast?
I do wish folks wouldn’t use comps indoors. Rifles are loud enough, but it’s acceptable. Comps sending extra noise and blast to those on either side is obnoxious.@Riomouse911
When I lived in CA there was a 25 yard indoor range in Westminster that allowed rifles from .22LR to 300 Win Mag.
I was resting .38 Special SD rounds one day when I ended up with 2 guys on my right with ARs with muzzle brakes that looked like they came off of WW2 Tanks.
I had a guy in my left with a similar AR set up. The concussion was knocking stuff off the bench in front of me.
Then the guy on the left started shooting an M1A with a brake on it.
That was it for me. I left.
When I was paying at the counter I asked why they couldn’t put rifles in one range and pistols in the other. (They had two different ranges separated by a concrete wall).
The guys behind the counter said their noise mitigation and back drops allowed for high power rifles.
I told them that their noise mitigation didn’t help with muzzle brake concussion.
Man that was annoying.
That’s why I have decided to just install an A2 type flash hider on mine. I will still get the benefit of muzzle control, but I won’t have the sideways concussion and added noise. I can’t be that guy that complains about everyone else but does the thing he complains about.Comps sending extra noise and blast to those on either side is obnoxious.
Yup. Phantoms or A2 for me.That’s why I have decided to just install an A2 type flash hider on mine. I will still get the benefit of muzzle control, but I won’t have the sideways concussion and added noise. I can’t be that guy that complains about everyone else but does the thing he complains about.
Maybe in a few months I will buy myself a can for my SFAR.
I was going to get a Phantom but decided since I plan to get a silencer / suppressor next year (hopefully) I would just get the cheaper A2. I have put Phantoms on all my AR-15s, but they’re all gone now.Yup. Phantoms or A2 for me.
Stay safe.
Surefire makes an adapter for their can that can be fired when the silencer is removed….I was going to get a Phantom but decided since I plan to get a silencer / suppressor next year (hopefully) I would just get the cheaper A2. I have put Phantoms on all my AR-15s, but they’re all gone now.
Surefire makes an adapter for their can that can be fired when the silencer is removed….
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but they aren’t very good at flash suppressing!
(14.5” Daniel Defense using 62 gr WWB fmj)
Stay safe.
Yep. I have seen it on more than one occasion.It's possible the muzzle brake was not aligned properly. If misaligned, the bullet jacket might have been contacting the inside of the brake as the bullet exited the muzzle. That would explain the fragments spewing out the side.
I have a Griffin Paladin 2 port brake on my 12.5" 5.56 SBR I've fired exactly 1 round unsurpassed indoors. Even with double ear pro the concussion is atrocious.I do wish folks wouldn’t use comps indoors. Rifles are loud enough, but it’s acceptable. Comps sending extra noise and blast to those on either side is obnoxious.
Without a brake indoors on even a carbine it's LOUD!I have a Griffin Paladin 2 port brake on my 12.5" 5.56 SBR I've fired exactly 1 round unsurpassed indoors. Even with double ear pro the concussion is atrocious.