I've been running these for a while: link

still, a quick hunting off-hand shot without ear plugs feels like somebody jabbing ice-picks in my eardrums, especially on my 16" carbine. is there another product out there that controls as well but maybe attenuates sound to the shooter a little better? thanks for replies.

Try calling ar15performance.com to have one machined.  A lot of 6.8 hunters love these.  It's 5/8-24 but would need the bore opened up.

you think you've got muzzle blast problems

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get a forward facing linear comp.. similar to a levang. I have a levang on my ar and I love it

I have a BattleComp BABC and took it hunting - MUCH better than a typical open brake.  Still rung the ears for 30 seconds, but it wasn't deafening like other brakes.

A brake works by directing the high pressure gases from the burning powder to the rear and sides rather than the front of the rifle.  By accelerating some of the gases rearward some of the momentum that would otherwise go forward (and therefor push the gun backward) goes backwards or to the sides instead.  Thrust reversers on jet engines work in an almost identical fashion by directing gases to the side and front of the airplane instead of the back.  The problem is that when you turn these gases toward the shooters ears you obviously hear it much better.  I honestly do not know how the compensators that direct the gases forward actually work, or if they work (I have never used one) since if the gases ultimately end up going forward they will push the gun back against the shooter.  Perhaps the forward directing compensators somehow slow down the gases before allowing them to exit to the front, thereby reducing the momentum of the gases (or maybe they don't really work, I wonder if they just make the rifle quieter and that makes the gun feel more comfortable), but if they work that seems like a great solution.

i did some quick google searching the other day on brakes like the Troy Cloymore and BRT Linear.  Independent shooters said they increase recoil, are quieter than conventional brakes and work great as a compensator to counter muzzle climb which is their intended purpose.  

 

IMO the quiet comp is both mis-named and no more effective than a miculek, which I prefer.

over 32 thousand posts? you got to be kidding me. chapperjo i bow to your post-ivity, forum-guru-ness...

do not make that mistake!

some of the biggest whackjobs thrownn off this site have high post counts.

means nothing.

I have, however, tried out lots of AR bits and pieces.


I have the quiet comp on a sig556 now, it works, but not better than the cheaper miculek.

The quietest brake with the best amount of recoil reduction that I have used so far is the WCI brake.  I do believe they make them in several sizes.  most of the blast is channelled to the sides by multiple columns of holes.  There are also several holes pointing forward.  It works really well on my Grendel.  It makes my grendel feel less recoil than my 5.56 and it's much quieter than any of the miculek style brakes I've used.

Here's what it look like on my Grendel.  The look goes well with my rounded handguard (MI SS 12") with holes:



Mutt

heres the deal. the linear comps don't absorb much rearward recoil. however, out of all my ARs none of them kick very hard. what the linear comps do is remove all the muzzle rise so your back on target instantly.