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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: littlebuf on August 10, 2009, 09:29:03 AM

Title: muzzle brake
Post by: littlebuf on August 10, 2009, 09:29:03 AM: looking to get a muzzle break installed for my dad, any good gun smiths in the south end you guys recommend? anybody ever do one yourself? i think doing it myself would cost as much if not more to get the tools but I'm not sure where to look for the tools. some help would be appreciated either way thanks guys
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 10, 2009, 10:18:52 AM: LB- I'll try to remember to get Claudes number for you. He's out in the Graham or Mt. Hwy area somewhere. He's the one that installed mine and did an awsome job. Not quite sure on the price yet as I have not received my invoice from the buddy that picked my gun up.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: littlebuf on August 10, 2009, 10:33:56 AM: that would be great thanks JBar
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: haugenna on August 10, 2009, 03:23:56 PM: Brett Evans at Northwest Armswerkes in bonney lake does a great job and has a lot of general knowledge.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 10, 2009, 06:58:42 PM: Littlebuf - Here's Claudes number 253-847-0120 and a sample of his work!
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: littlebuf on August 10, 2009, 07:13:49 PM: i call him tomorrow. i talked with brett already, ill have to see which one has the better sales pitch. thanks guys
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: huntnphool on August 10, 2009, 07:19:46 PM: JBar, did he just drill the barrel or did he add the break, I can't see where the break starts and the barrel ends.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 10, 2009, 07:23:59 PM: I wish I could tell you Phool, I'm not a rifle guy so I'm not sure what he did. All I know is it turned out better than I was expecting. I was told it was able to unscrew if that helps. If you look close you can barely see the line where the two meet. If I knew how to draw on the pic's like you guys do I would put an arrow on it.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 10, 2009, 07:25:53 PM: Phool, take a look at the barrel right before the shadow starts and you can see a faint line where the brake is connected.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: haugenna on August 10, 2009, 08:55:46 PM: JBAR,

What caliber, and how long is the barrel with the brake? Was it a custom gun? I have never seen a brake that clean and contoured with the barrel. Looks great though.

I wonder if he drilled the holes between the rifling?
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: littlebuf on August 10, 2009, 09:02:15 PM: you shouldn't be able to tell a brake was added, in all the good ones ive seen done that is the case, and thats the work im looking for. im calling this guy
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: huntnphool on August 11, 2009, 03:58:26 PM: okay I went full screen with the pic and can now see it, great job for sure. The only thing I would have done is got a break without the holes on the bottom to blast dirt.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 11, 2009, 04:32:13 PM: Quote from: haugenna on August 10, 2009, 08:55:46 PM
JBAR,

What caliber, and how long is the barrel with the brake? Was it a custom gun? I have never seen a brake that clean and contoured with the barrel. Looks great though.

I wonder if he drilled the holes between the rifling?

300 win mag. and the barrel is about 25" with the brake, it wasn't a custom gun just a stock gun with a few improvments.
Phool you are confusing me, am I actually supposed to get the gun near dirt?? :chuckle: I know what you mean but I did not specify when I dropped it off just gave him free reign to do what he does best. I did see guys mention the dirt thing when I was looking for advice.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: huntnphool on August 11, 2009, 04:40:02 PM: I only brought that up because of all the talk about it in other threads, I have a couple guns I want done and they guys really got me thinking about safety and I have to agree with them. It still looks great :tup:
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: WDFW-SUX on August 11, 2009, 04:41:42 PM: I've got one like that and I still can't figure out how they did it :dunno:
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: Jamieb on August 11, 2009, 04:58:31 PM: I had Dave down at Daves guns thread the end of the BBl on my 300 RUM and screw on a break.
The break really tames the recoil but the muzzle blast kicks up crap off the ground when I shoot prone.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv376%2Felkhunter%2F100_1308.jpg&hash=f487968a6aae980e677097812f3585016cf8bb93)
Dave does a nice job, they look like a permanent part of the BBl. I've got to get a thread protector for this rifle to use when the break is off. If you unscrew a break and shoot a rifle without it, after awhile the threaded part of the BBl will expand, the metal is pretty thin in the groves of the threads.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: jjhunter on August 11, 2009, 06:16:35 PM: Here is a DE brake done by Mike Palazzo. This is threaded on the end of the barrel.
Title: Re: muzzle brake
Post by: JBar on August 12, 2009, 06:16:04 PM: Okay, got some info on my muzzle brake! It's a Harrell Precision Inc. from back east somewhere. For those that were asking!