muzzle brakes on varmint guns
Any input on brand , angle drills sucess on what they they really do?
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Their primary purpose is to reduce felt recoil. They do this by re directing some of the exhausting gases back towards the rear, acting almost like a retro rocket on a space ship. What they do for accuracy is take away the pain you feel in your shoulder, as well as reducing the amount of movement your body experiences with the shot. This tends to let you concentrate more on making the shot, and not worrying about the recoil. Also, certain muzzle breaks are set up to reduce how much the muzzle of the rifle will rise with the shot. This is done by directing more of the gases upward, which pushes the muzzle back down, this allows you to remain on target for a follow up shot/shots.
The real negative to a muzzle brake on a hunting rifle is that it increases the sound you will hear, thus it can damage your hearing quicker or more seriously than without it. Of course you can reduce this with hearing protection. I have, and use several rifles with muzzle brakes on0 -
Most times a VARMINT rifle is used to shoot fairly small animals .Thus small fast bullets these rifles don't normally have much recoil so they don't call for the NEED of a muzzle brake. Just a though YMMV 0 -
I figure the main use for a brake on a varmint rifle is to hold the gun down so you can see the critter splash when hit. 0 -
Hawk--,
Thats the exact reason they are used on low recoiling varmint rifles, I like em a lot for that reason if noting else...
They most all do the same job, but I prefer using the Harrells brake, it works very well and you sure can't beat the price, and it don't need indexing..0 -
I use muzzle brakes on all my bigger case varmint rifles. It really helps with second shots even if you have a spotter. 0
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