Brake test

[bewsher500]

Decided the 300WM wan't noisy enough and needed something aggressive to give it a better look

Muzzle brake it is!!

Couldn't find what I was after, without paying more than the rifle..oh, and when I enquired with a very well known custom rifle builder apparently you need to take the barrel off to screw cut it...as the thread I had on it wasn't right so it needed a new.....so I may as well rebarrel it while I am at it!!! Seriously!!?? some gunsmiths need an enema!!!

Anyway, found two chaps, one I know (on here, you know who you are) and one I didnt (found him on eBay and commissioned him! best £25 I have spent in a while)
both came up with brakes to order for less than the price of a kidney

Two styles,
One steel (to be blued when I get around to it!), similar profile to the barrel, fairly discreet
One anodised aluminium, more Howitzer in nature, big chunky vents and pressure surfaces

They both arrived the other day and after a bit of playing to clock them to horizontal they look the part

Now that I have managed to repair the only 1" mounts Tikka mounts and stick on a temporary 8x50 scope I plan to rezero and do a back to back test on Sunday.
No brake, Brake no.1, Brake no.2
Hopefully it will show a difference in perceived recoil, perceived noise and maybe even a POI shift...don't know!

Brake no.1:



Brake no.2:



roll on Sunday

 

[TheDanishHunter]

Hi,

I just had a brake on my 0.300 weatherby. (Schultz & Larsen brake)
Should have done yers ago. At hunting i am not using the brake.
On target shooting only.....i must admit that the brake helps to keep the concentration.

TheDanishHunter

 

[Eric the Red]

....glad to hear this wasn't a further reference to the Audi hedge layer Ed......

 

[palmer_mike]

Like the look of brake No2, Grrrrrr

 

[perdix]

Oh choices,choices..............I like 1,then 2,then 1 again.
I'm not indecisive,I'm just not sure

 

[finnbear270]

Decided the 300WM wan't noisy enough and needed something aggressive to give it a better look

Muzzle brake it is!!

Couldn't find what I was after, without paying more than the rifle..oh, and when I enquired with a very well known custom rifle builder apparently you need to take the barrel off to screw cut it...as the thread I had on it wasn't right so it needed a new.....so I may as well rebarrel it while I am at it!!! Seriously!!?? some gunsmiths need an enema!!!

Anyway, found two chaps, one I know (on here, you know who you are) and one I didnt (found him on eBay and commissioned him! best £25 I have spent in a while)
both came up with brakes to order for less than the price of a kidney

Two styles,
One steel (to be blued when I get around to it!), similar profile to the barrel, fairly discreet
One anodised aluminium, more Howitzer in nature, big chunky vents and pressure surfaces

They both arrived the other day and after a bit of playing to clock them to horizontal they look the part

Now that I have managed to repair the only 1" mounts Tikka mounts and stick on a temporary 8x50 scope I plan to rezero and do a back to back test on Sunday.
No brake, Brake no.1, Brake no.2
Hopefully it will show a difference in perceived recoil, perceived noise and maybe even a POI shift...don't know!

Brake no.1:



Brake no.2:



roll on Sunday

You got any paint filled rounds then? Well, yeah, man, you see, like, all the tanks we come up against are bigger and better than ours, so all we can hope to do is, like, scare 'em away, y'know. This gun is an ordinary 76mm but we add this piece of pipe onto it, and the Krauts think, like, maybe it's a 90mm. We got our own ammunition, it's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes... pretty pictures. Scares the hell outta people! We have a loudspeaker here, and when we go into battle we play music, very loud. It kind of... calms us down.

 

[bewsher500]

You got any paint filled rounds then? Well, yeah, man, you see, like, all the tanks we come up against are bigger and better than ours, so all we can hope to do is, like, scare 'em away, y'know. This gun is an ordinary 76mm but we add this piece of pipe onto it, and the Krauts think, like, maybe it's a 90mm. We got our own ammunition, it's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes... pretty pictures. Scares the hell outta people! We have a loudspeaker here, and when we go into battle we play music, very loud. It kind of... calms us down.

Hey Man, what's with all the negative waves man?
Always with the negative waves....

actually I was thinking of doing this:

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"The simplest and least expensive option is to color-code your bullets to distinguish each rung in the ladder. Using a Sharpie or other permanent marker, mark each BULLET ahead of the ogive (see photo). The marker ink transfers to the target paper when the bullet passes through, leaving a colored ring around the hole"

 

[Erik Hamburger]

Decided the 300WM wan't noisy enough and needed something aggressive to give it a better look

Why does something aggressive look better?
However, if that is what you think, why not add a bayonet?

 

[finnbear270]

Why does something aggressive look better?
However, if that is what you think, why not add a bayonet?

Same with some tyre / welly / boot descriptions,....AGRESSIVE tread pattern ?????

 

[bewsher500]

Why does something aggressive look better?
However, if that is what you think, why not add a bayonet?

it just does!
a 300WM with a skinny 1/2"UNF thread cut and tiny little thread protector looks positively emasculated!

​not any more!

 

[Jager SA]

Had I known you could of had one of mine.

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[JabaliHunter]

Would be interested in your thoughts on the relative noise/blast from the shooter's perspective (i.e. directly behind the rifle and not to the side)

 

[stalkerboydy]

Would be interested in your thoughts on the relative noise/blast from the shooter's perspective (i.e. directly behind the rifle and not to the side)

IMHO terrable i did have a Muzzle Break on the .300WM Put a Mod on it asap i would rather shoot it ( as i did ) without a Break than will

 

[bewsher500]

Rain stopped play!!!
well the horizontal rain and circa 20-25mph cross wind tried its best to stop play

No real comparison other than testing brake number one
my god what a difference!! It's like shooting a .243 or similar.
the report is tolerable and side by side with a unmoderated .243 was not really noticeable
Sounds great!!

watching the other chaps shoot it I was very surprised how little the gun moved, either back or flip
Very pleasant all round!

​more comparison tests to come

 

[Simjim33]

I have to say that the noise was The same as the the unmoded .243.
But the recoil was the same as a modded .243!

The sum of the experience for me. Is to question whether a stalking rifle needs a mod!
Ok, to put it in context now that I can.
On the hill you need your rig to be as light as you can get(I also need to get into the gym more!)
The normal environment's I stalk are no way near as taxing. So a mod down south ok, but!
The one big thing that sticks out in my mind is the fact a good set of ear plugs maybe some of the digital ones. Means for me I would no longer have the added weight of a mod!