Length:1.752 Weight:3oz doesnt need to be registered, can have a standard mag release.) Tactical Advantage Armory BC-23 Compensator: My BC-23 sample is stainless steel, but on the TAA website it appears titanium is the only option [EDIT: TAA confirmed that they only make Ti brakes. Finally, while we prefer suppressors for hunting coyotes and hogs at night, when that is not an option, having an effective flash hider as a muzzle device on your AR is also a good idea. It comes off, righty tighty, lefty loosy. Length:1.71 For multiple reasons. Dead/ Bad Links Kahntrol Solutions 3-Gun Brake Cobalt Kinetics includes this brake on their EVOLVE Riflein a handful of different finishes. The only way to buy is Muzzel Brake pined & welded ? When I was presented with brakes meeting this definition I went with the non-mount brakes because they are significantly less expensive (sometimes WAY less). Timing it is not necessary, as thats the job of the Ti sleeve, which goes on next. Again, Id say the machining and finish on the steel one is about average, but the time spent sandblasting the titanium one has removed tool marks and teeny burrs and has effectively made it flawless. Uncategorized. Weight:1.58oz Weight:1.652oz This time around weve put 42 new muzzle devices to the test, measuring the recoil reduction performance of each. The suit looks marvelous! You have no right to tell people what type of muzzle device they should not run at the GUN range just because its too loud or too harsh for YOU! My guess is that the additional 3 ounces of weight represents about 1.5% of the rigs (rest + rifle) total weight. The packaging states a 62% recoil reduction vs. an A2 birdcage (which we have shown to reduce recoil by a few percent compared to a bare muzzle), and I found a 68.5% reduction vs. a bare muzzle. Material: Grade 5 titanium It makes follow-up shots much, much easier. If so, which ones? Weight:2.66 oz Finish:black oxide With the exception of shooting in a speed-related competition where I want the best brake possible, I shoot suppressed. Your brakes look cool and work very well. Diameter(at largest point): 0.866 Put any muzzle device on that compensates for muzzle rise, though, and the muzzle will shoot downwards. CMMG SV Brake Compensator The CMMG SV muzzle compensator is an effective single port brake designed specifically for AR-15 rifles. He lives outside of Austin, TX. Diameter(at largest point): 0.866 No fear, and congrats on your first-, I second the vote for Faxon slim 3-port muzzle brake to be included in #4!!! Either way really cool to see this data. Each muzzle brake is black nitride treated for ultimate corrosion resistance and a jet-black finish. Another user who can benefit from a flash hider is someone in law enforcement who is looking to attenuate muzzle flash to protect their night vision. Machining is great everywhere except for obvious tool pass marks on the center-facing sides of the baffles. Dead/ Bad Links WeaponTech Punisher Compensator/Flash Hider Length:2.373 Well the A2 is a flash hider, as you stated. Upon meeting a stranger on the street, the customer is complemented on his suit immediately, and the stranger inquires who his tailor is. Personally Im looking mainly for reduced muzzle rise reduced recoil is just a benefit. Knight's Armament MAMS: The Multi-Axis Muzzle Stability (MAMS) brake from Knight's Armament may cost an arm and a leg, but it's also extremely expensive. Let me know when youre doing another test I will dismount a couple from my rifles and send them out to you for testing. and Im not going to suggest how you should interpret that. How do you think, since youve tested so many muzzle brakes they get the price so low for a made in America part? Weight:3.15oz Anyway I dont want to test muzzle rise compensation because I think its far too subjective. Weight:2.484 oz Im curious about the blast control/mitigation to see if they redirect the sound forward. Every brake I install comes with a lecture about never, ever shooting them without hearing protection. It continues to end up back on my rifles due to its excellent combination of muzzle stability, low blast, low concussion, low flash, and meaningful recoil reduction. Pretty much every muzzle device available technically reduces flash as compared to the bare muzzle. It has a flash can on it which mitigates concussion for the shooter and others near you but multiplies the recoil effect. No Change Tactical Advantage Armory CC-23 Titanium Muzzle Brake Theres no answer to that. That is unheard of around me. There has been a lot of back-and-forth in the industry about swappable suppressor end caps, though, with some stating that theyre nothing but a marketing ploy to sell accessories while some insist that theyre truly effective at reducing volume levels when shooting smaller diameter calibers through an oversized bore. Although it isnt currently available for purchase separately, I was able to get my hands on one and figured we may as well include it in this test, especially considering the unique design. Diamondheads T-Brake was a hot request in the comments of muzzle brake test #1 and #2, both here and on YouTube. Diameter(at largest point): 0.951 Does the extra weight account for that ~.4 improvement? All of the data here has been converted from that to decimals. Shooting out in the desert or in the mountains is a ton more fun. This is a true combination muzzle brake / compensator / flash hider. My local indoor range has five 100 yard rifle bays. Man I hope they can make one for that Serbu .50 BMG single-shot I have my eye on. Thats a 4 year old design if I am not mistaken. Literally ruins your sight picture with each shot. Instead of the recoil reduction per dollar figure I created, you could do recoil reduction per ounce. This would answer the question of which brake is the most effective per ounce of its weight. I just received my Venom 3 chamber comp and Im so confused how this part could be $13 shipped to my door. This is the Hammer Comp, a combo compensator / brake / flash suppressor. Diameter(at largest point): 0.876 A simple A2 flash hider only reduces recoil by 1%. My 20 wears a KAW linear comp and noticeably reduces concussion and noise at the shooters ear and spectators to the sides. For the most part, they match the performance of a bulkier design, without the added weight and length. Im not a huge black oxide fan, but 2111 Arms has done it here as nicely as it can be done. Great information, thank you. MSRP:$135.99 in titanium (not available in stainless). My hypothesis is that the downward push imparted by comps MIGHT be effective in the bigger picture and MIGHT be part of the reason why they remain so popular even though pure brakes seem to be more effective at pure recoil mitigation. No Change White Sound Defense FOSSA-556. Material: steel They are hybrids which attempt to both suppress flash and mitigate recoil. Strike Industries King Comp The Strike Industries King Comp features a large dual chamber design, which was engineered to reduce felt recoil and help reduce the side concussion with specifically angled gas ports. SureFire says its the worlds most shootable flash hider, which is obviously a hard claim to put to the test, but then again it reduced recoil by nearly 36% the most of any flash hider Ive tested for recoil, I do believe. This is one method of quantifying rearwards recoil energy. The impact that a muzzle brake can have on your AR is hard to overstate. Even doubled up with 33 NRR plugs and 34 NRR muffs, shooting next to him was impossible. Hunting predators at night, unless you have access to thermal or night vision well, lets just say preserving your ability to see is quite important. New link https://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/muzzle-devices/compensators-amp-muzzle-brakes/ar-15-m4-72-severe-duty-compensator-dlc-22-caliber-prod58033.aspx?avad=avant&aid=170901&cm_mmc=affiliate-_-Itwine-_-Avantlink-_-Custom+Link&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=Avantlink&utm_content=NA&utm_campaign=Itwine Add to Cart. Over 79% of the muzzle devices in the test cut recoil by half or more. Weight:2.515 oz In this test, we find that it reduces recoil by almost 50%. Fortis Muzzle Brake + Control Shield MSRP:$95. New price $89 and up Venom Defense & Design AR-10, 2-Port Compensator MSRP:$249.99. There isnt a whole lot of reviews out on these two, but they look similar to some of the Griffin comps. Diameter(at largest point): 0.866 For the record, I used a Precision Armament thread adapter to thread the 5/8-24 suppressor onto my 1/2-28 rifle. Try giving it a second look plus, theres a recoil reduction performance-per-dollar graph, MSRP listed in the stats for each brake under their heading and photograph (all alphabetical in the article), AND the Excel doc with all of the data is linked so you can download it and do things like sort them all by MSRP, by weight, or by whatever you want, he SJC Titan reduced recoil by 78.18%. Id certainly be using a muzzle brake if I was involved in any sort of competition with my AR. This is their Open brake, designed for competition classes that dont limit brake size. Dead/ Bad Links Nord Arms Open Brake In Flash Hiding Test #2 we saw that the Punisher is brighter than an A2 birdcage, but stealthier than most any typical brake. Material: heat treated ordnance steel If recoil mitigation is a consideration in your build, I would lean towards a compensator or a muzzle brake. Ill probably do a linear comp/BFD when I build my AR-10 lower out. Length:2.314 Weight:4.586oz (2.68 oz in titanium) There are some of those, but overall its a clean and consistent-looking piece. No Change hunder Beast Arms Corporation 223CB Muzzle Brake Length:1.88 It isnt a scientific test in a lab with closely controlled variables. Length:2.44 First because it would cost half as much to run the identical but non-suppressor-accepting versions of the same brakes and second because once you have that suppressor I just dont think its important to 99% of owners how the muzzle device performs without the can on it. Im much happier than if I had spent $200 and got only similar results. No Change Tactical Advantage Armory BC-23 Compensator KAK Industry 1/2-28 Compensator Sometimes you want the benefits of a compensator without the muzzle device looking too wild. Made from glass-reinforced polymer, this patent-pending magazine features a unique follower system that allows for double capacity from a normal AR magazine without being bulky or cumbersome. When we installed the ICD BFD blast forwarder the wicked THUMP went away, turned it into a mild ka-whump, and yet the recoil mitigation offered by the brake was still in effect. That thing is the loudest and brightest compensator Ive ever seen. Length:2.106 If they persist, I do the work and deliver the lecture. Jeremy is TTAG's Deputy Editor, working mostly behind the scenes but, when he attempts to write, he focuses on comprehensive gun & gear reviews. The large, linear ports on this muzzle device also provide a reasonable degree of muzzle control. After the initial round of testing I took another trip to the woods and did back-to-back testing with three types of ammo and different recoil sled weights, and the Titan always beat out the M4-72 (video of that starts here). I always tell them: Thats going to hurt. They tell me Oh, but Im going to have this super-duper muzzle brake!. Like the SJC Titan Comp was ~.4 better than the Precision Armament M4-72, but it weighs ~3.1oz more. Well, except I wish I had gone with M-LOK instead of KeyMod just for personal preference and consistency reasons. Great performance, great machining, great finish, all at a great price. The black oxide finish was done very well. I have a buddy that does it for a couple b oxes of ammo.. There is also a non-extended 3.25 version available, as well as a micro that measures 1.75 long. Weight: 3.461 oz. Everything is stupid loud, and its generally incredibly boring to boot. Actually, most of it is crisp and clean, but on the flat, recessed area on both top and bottom and the wrench flats at rear, there are obvious tool marks that are deep enough to be felt with a fingernail. The noise, muzzle flash, and concussion were so obnoxious that every time he shot I flinched. Then the appeal seeking cert with SCOTUS was dropped when Scalia died. Recoil becomes a bigger issue when youre shooting an AR pistol as opposed to an AR rifle as I soon learned after firing my new pistol at the range. Id like to give it a go, but have no data on it! The big, wide brakes with huge normal area (esp. baffles and/or gas ports, etc., but baffles definitely above all), its fine under CA law. Im looking to prevent the fast fire AK style of muzzle rise. NBS Four-Pronged Flash Hider This muzzle device is a flash hider that features an aggressive profile with four prongs in the front, with four slots to redirect gas and blast. It was because of your videos that i ended up going with the VG6 precision gamma and epsilon brakes on the majority of my builds and i couldnt be happier with the decision! Get One Today and Try it For Yourself! Request for #4: V Seven Helios, please? Regardless of what you choose, we have you covered at AR15Discounts.com. I guess, maybe. For an aggressive, but not quite howitzer-like look, and for staying within size restrictions for some competition classes (although I believe in the U.S. its 1.0 thats used as a limit in some classes, meaning this one would technically be too big at 1.02), Nord Arms makes their Standard brake. Lets start our discussion of muzzle devices with the venerable flash hider. The core and the cap are machined from 416R stainless steel and black nitrided while the sleeve is made from titanium. Weight:4.48 oz Voc jogar com segurana fazendo um cash out antecipadamente, ou voc um jogador que quer correr riscos e atingir esses altos multiplicadores? As with the AFAB, machining and finish are as good as it gets. Without one, youre at a distinct disadvantage because they so dramatically help to mitigate recoil. Diameter(at largest point): 0.989 Thanks P for the info. That said, if youre diving into the world of competition shooting, where youre needing to rip off fast, accurate strings of fire and not wanting to deal with a rifle climbing on you, a compensator just might be the muzzle device for you. Heres another candidate for shootout #4: If you havent done test #4 yet consider the Omega Mfg Super Compensator Muzzle Brake.Cost is an unbelieveable $19 and will outshine most of those $100+ brakes. Id want to know more (time for more research on our part) about chamber pressures and the associated potential bore pressure at cork pop as the projectile breaks the muzzle plane for any given caliber/barrel length (for example, 5.56 M855 has a chamber pressure approaching 58,000 psi, and a bore pressure at the pop of the cork at 16,000 psi for a 7.5 barrel, 11,000 psi for a 10.5 barrel, and 7,500 psi at 16) There was a lot of impressive recoil reduction performance in this group of brakes, with the top 12 coming within 10% of each other. While there are obviously effective brakes, as Jeremy so professionally points out here and in the other TTAG brake tests, we noted with our BFD that when used on a 7mm Magnum with a 3/4 OD 4 port brake that the rifle was a pleasure to shoot with the brake, but for the need for ear plugs as well as muffs, and anyone around you was going to get a THUMP every time. So in one scenario there may be a brief moment of additional downwards force (usually followed by a bounce-back moment of reduced downwards force, btw) but in the other theres more gas hitting the baffles and reducing recoil via that means. Yea, OK, the reduction in recoil might be an issue on a .308/7.62. As a bonus, some flash hiders do tend to at least slightly lessen felt recoil. Which is basically the same as the one you tested. Weight:2.637 oz Finish: Melonite QPQ Please email me the details. Weight:5.573oz (as tested in copper), 0.95 oz in titanium, 1.7 oz in steel Once again, I stress that if opportunity presents itself, try before you buy. BCMGUNFIGHTER 5.56 Compensator BCM is high-quality, and the exterior dimensions of this nitride-treated compensator are consistent with mil-spec for mounting flash hider mounted suppressors. 101 Warfighter Way Black Creek, GA 31308 1-866-554-GUNS. Held to the strictest standards, XTS products are manufactured from only the highest quality materials and are backed by some of the most generous manufacture warranties in the industry. Thinking about the Ti version for pin and weld to a 14.5 barrel. Thats why the procedure for the flash hiding tests (both linked in the 2nd paragraph of this article) was three rapid shots for each FH capturing the peak brightness in lux and leaving the camera shutter open that whole time to average/compile all those shots into a single image. Different shooters will display differing amounts of muzzle rise. So the inch results are meaningless. RAC em up! 1) felt recoil is more than just the total amount of rearwards energy. Seriously though, the Rifenbark primarily focuses on combating muzzle rise without sending a blast of carbon and fire through your sight picture. Dead/ Bad Links Nord Arms Standard Brake Someone will say, and theyd be right, that I should purchase a couple of good comps and test them myself. New price $130 V Seven Weapons Systems FURION Recoil reduction was truly excellent at 68.2%, making it more of a brake than I was anticipating (with the blast and concussion to match). The tough guys always tell me No problem here man, Ill just tough it out.. Diameter(at largest point): 0.865 Everyone on benches on either side of me clears out always and everywhere. Kahntrol Solutions hexagonal brakes have a unique and fun, somewhat industrial look to them. Round ports at a ~45 angle to the round bore makes for an interesting internal shape where port and bore meet to create baffle, and it certainly seems to work. Additionally, all of the raw data can be downloaded in an Excel doc by clicking here. All the outdoor ranges are private (and have multi-year waiting lists), with the exception of the Cherry Creek State Park Shooting Center, which charges you the ridiculous $9 park fee to enter the park, then $18 to use the range. By timing the FOSSA with the widest of the three prongs/tines at bottom, the majority of gas volume and pressure is biased upwards, which provides a downwards push on the muzzle that is pronounced enough to be seen in the slow-mo footage. . I did not find any of them shuffling the approximate rankings in the sled test that I had estimated in my head (e.g. Length:2.752 New price $65 Rainier Arms Xtreme Tactical Compensator (XTC) 2.0 Just wondering of you still feel like the AFAB is still the all-around king. Strike Industries King Comp The Strike Industries King Comp features a large dual chamber design, which was engineered to reduce felt recoil and help reduce the side concussion with the specifically angled gas ports. Most physically efficient, basically, if weight is your determining factor in how effective a brakes design is. MSRP:$99. In addition, we also see blast deflectors, which are simple concussion-reducing muzzle devices that push blast out and away from the shooter, making for a better overall experience at the range. Ill do request #2, since thats an interesting data point. Although that particular element of the law was struck down as it made muzzle breaks illegal rather then muzzle brakes.. As you can clearly see in the photo above, the ports are angled rearwards; a common theme among all of the top-performing brakes. A hybrid device that has either advertised flash suppressing properties or functionally has flash suppressing properties would be deemed a flash suppressor. I might whine if it were my receiver, but I think the level of attention and care is totally fine for a muzzle brake. Thats where this inexpensive compensator shines.
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