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Negative recoil effects from muzzle brakes on scopes
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 18981" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>My 3.5-10 is holding up well on my 416 WBY, with loads of rounds through it, no brake on it but, I suspect it would make zero difference as it only reduced the recoil. I doubt very seriously that any of the brake designs even come close to producing negative G's but some used on the 50's.</p><p></p><p>My brother had a brake installed once that was threaded crooked, bullets were hitting it on exit and it had to be redone. </p><p></p><p>Anytime a bullet exits the muzzle and gas is allowed to escape around and in front of the bullet because of a muzzle brakes inherant design, there's always a possibility it might upset the bullet I guess, more so if the brake's discharge holes or slots are asymmetrical around the barrel. Muzzle brakes flirt with bullet upset plain and simple, and I suspect some designs are better than others at minimizing this I'm sure. How much the brake is overbored, side clearance, probably has significant effect on this as well as how close the crown is to the first discharge ports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 18981, member: 99"] My 3.5-10 is holding up well on my 416 WBY, with loads of rounds through it, no brake on it but, I suspect it would make zero difference as it only reduced the recoil. I doubt very seriously that any of the brake designs even come close to producing negative G's but some used on the 50's. My brother had a brake installed once that was threaded crooked, bullets were hitting it on exit and it had to be redone. Anytime a bullet exits the muzzle and gas is allowed to escape around and in front of the bullet because of a muzzle brakes inherant design, there's always a possibility it might upset the bullet I guess, more so if the brake's discharge holes or slots are asymmetrical around the barrel. Muzzle brakes flirt with bullet upset plain and simple, and I suspect some designs are better than others at minimizing this I'm sure. How much the brake is overbored, side clearance, probably has significant effect on this as well as how close the crown is to the first discharge ports. [/QUOTE]
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