Muzzle Brake Question

[abody]

Hello All

New to the forum and I had a question. I recently started building a 308 rifle. r700 SA on xlr chassis. varmint 26" barrel. I am currently looking into getting a Muzzle Brake and decided on the Fat Bastard or Little Bastard from APA. I did do a search on whether the Fat Bastard would work better than the Little Bastard but came up with nothing. The only thing i noticed was most Precision rifles for sale on this thread used the Little Bastard.

Any help is much appreciated!

edit: i wanted to clarify that I originally decided on the fat bastard but I think i read somewhere that it was intended for use on 338 caliber and higher and would be detrimental to a 308 caliber rifle.

-Andy

 

[Kleavitt85]

The fat basterd is huge and it took my 338 recoil down to les than a 308. The little basterd should work fine, and it will look much less awkward on the end of the gun than the big one. Just my .02

 

[cecchino76]

Welcome man , !
Yeah you read right, the fat bastard is designed for 338 lapua and other big calibers
I agree with KLEAVITT85 the little bastard is what you need ( your rifle would look funny with the big one anyway)
Also make sure you check out the little chabby I was watching some videos in youtube about it and I was impressed!
either names are funny as hell , but they work great

 

[abody]

Thanks Kleavitt85 and Cecchino76!

I think I will rule out the FB

Anyone ever tried the Little Jimmy Brake? Since the little chubby is sold out i think its between the Little Jimmy and the little bastard.

 

[mark5pt56]

I would look hard at the RB precision or the FTE Badger brake. I don't haven't heard about the newer and smaller Badger though. I have the first two and really like them, work extremely well.

 

[boonewsm]

We were doing some testing the other day on a 260 rem pushing 139 scenars. Had a FTE and a Micro FTE there was a noticable difference between the two and it was on a heavier gun. 24inch heavy palma barrel in a Mcmillan A3-5. FWIW. BTW we tried them on the same gun.

 

[okeefe]

Do you really need a muzzle brake on a 308?

 

[SuburbanHick]

alright...i just got my barreled action back from Mark (Accurate Ordnance)..... i love the lil jimmy...from what mark said its just like the little bastard, but larger ports and more efffective.... the projected weight for the rifle will be 15+ lbs so im thinking it will have very little to no recoil

 

[FALex]

Big Chubby and be done

 

[Wyldeman]

I have a little bastard on a savage sa 7wsm brux target contour in xlr chassis. With 180 vld's & 68g h1000 it has very mild recoil. Bout that of 22-250

 

[Wyldeman]

Here ya go

 

[dlouie87]

Another viable option could be a R&D brake. I had one on my .308 and I wouldn't hesitate on getting another. I haven't shot a APA brake so I can't speak for those but I can speak for the R&D and it's a very good brake.

 

[Easy_E]

Another viable option could be a R&D brake. I had one on my .308 and I wouldn't hesitate on getting another. I haven't shot a APA brake so I can't speak for those but I can speak for the R&D and it's a very good brake.

This brake works great !