Do muzzle brakes affect accuracy???
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Re: Do muzzle brakes affect accuracy???
If installed incorrectly 100% it will affect the accuracy. If the design of the brake is good and installed correctly then no it won't affect your accuracy.
If installed incorrectly 100% it will affect the accuracy. If the design of the brake is good and installed correctly then no it won't affect your accuracy.
Re: Do muzzle brakes affect accuracy???
IMO, it can have an effect on barrel harmonics as well as how the spent gasses exit the barrel (ie turbulence).
I have a large variety of breaks and supressors that I have swapped out on various rifles, both semi and bolt action. Shooting paper from a bench rest can show subtle to significant differences.
IMO, it can have an effect on barrel harmonics as well as how the spent gasses exit the barrel (ie turbulence).
I have a large variety of breaks and supressors that I have swapped out on various rifles, both semi and bolt action. Shooting paper from a bench rest can show subtle to significant differences.
Re: Do muzzle brakes affect accuracy???
A brake can and will change the harmonics on a barrel. However if installed correctly shouldn't effect potential accuracy. Since accuracy really boils down to harmonics swapping out different brakes while testing the same "test" load wouldn't show you the true answer to the question of does it shoot better or worse. You may have to change the load for the test. If so I think you'll find that the accuracy node may have changed slightly but the rifle still retains the same level of accuracy. If not there is a good chance something is off with the brake some where.
I was asked directly on a gov. contract if our brakes would make the system more accurate. My response was no. Their response was to send me a 2 page report that said it was. All that being said I still don't feel that a brake "will" make a rifle more accurate but it could change the harmonics to a point where it was viewed as being more accurate. The same question has been thrown around for years about suppressors. Some say they make a rifle more accurate. I would state that it could make a rifle with a given ammo more accurate if the node changed in a positive manner but could also affect it the opposite way.
The Big plus is that the more comfortable you are when you shoot the better you will shoot.
A brake can and will change the harmonics on a barrel. However if installed correctly shouldn't effect potential accuracy. Since accuracy really boils down to harmonics swapping out different brakes while testing the same "test" load wouldn't show you the true answer to the question of does it shoot better or worse. You may have to change the load for the test. If so I think you'll find that the accuracy node may have changed slightly but the rifle still retains the same level of accuracy. If not there is a good chance something is off with the brake some where.
I was asked directly on a gov. contract if our brakes would make the system more accurate. My response was no. Their response was to send me a 2 page report that said it was. All that being said I still don't feel that a brake "will" make a rifle more accurate but it could change the harmonics to a point where it was viewed as being more accurate. The same question has been thrown around for years about suppressors. Some say they make a rifle more accurate. I would state that it could make a rifle with a given ammo more accurate if the node changed in a positive manner but could also affect it the opposite way.
The Big plus is that the more comfortable you are when you shoot the better you will shoot.
Re: Do muzzle brakes affect accuracy???
I swapped out my Smith Vortex flash hider for a Surefire brake and my AR is grouping much better - and it's lauder for anyone shooting next to me...
- It was close to impossible to find a load, or ammo, that it liked; Match ammo and surplus had the same spread. Was thinking about a new barrel.
Now it's much better and I'm on my way find a load. The Vortex is not going back on.
my 2c.
I swapped out my Smith Vortex flash hider for a Surefire brake and my AR is grouping much better - and it's lauder for anyone shooting next to me...
- It was close to impossible to find a load, or ammo, that it liked; Match ammo and surplus had the same spread. Was thinking about a new barrel.
Now it's much better and I'm on my way find a load. The Vortex is not going back on.
my 2c.
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