Flash Hider or Brake?

[RacerX]

Looking to add a suppressor mount to my Savage 110 in .308 and am debating a brake vs a flash hider. The can sits in jail for another ~year, but doing barrel renovations now...

Brake: best option to remain on target (directs blast left-right), but anyone shooting to my sides will hate me!

Flash hider: better for ARs, but not best for precision work due to muzzle blast in all directions. Neighbor shooters won’t hate me immediately.
Can came with a hider. Looking at my bolt action as first threading victim... do I buy a brake and use the FH on my .308 AR?

Opinions appreciated...

 

[Burt Gummer]

Brake, because screw the neighbors cup of coffee you’re about to blow over

 

[bigfelipe]

Who are you hiding the flash from? Unless you are shooting at night, or along a wall, brake all day...

 

[RacerX]

Sounds like I’ll be buying a brake for the ‘smith to install on my bolt. FH on the AR10 after confirming threads are concentric!!

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

I thought we talked about this , brake on the bolt gun, flash hider on a short barreled AR.
Don’t worry about your neighbor, you’ll leave the can on the gun.

 

[RacerX]

I thought we talked about this , brake on the bolt gun, flash hider on a short barreled AR.
Don’t worry about your neighbor, you’ll leave the can on the gun.

Perhaps we did... but it’s all starting to run together these days!

 

[Timfoilhat]

Third option. Linear compensator. It directs the noise forward saving everyone at and behind the firing line from the blast.

 

[Rob01]

Easy decision, brake. It actually does something for you.

 

[NKD]

I guess whatever helps you see your hits through the glass if possible?

Brake: its what the doctor ordered.
Earplugs and muffs: it's what the ear doctor ordered.

This is why good cans and bolts guns are the perfect marriage!

 

[REELDOC]

If you plan on competing, many matches will not allow a brake on the line. Butner is an example.

 

[Rob01]

Depends on the type of competition. Brake is pretty much required in PRS style.

 

[Ikarus1]

They make combination FH/ Brakes like the VG6 Epsilon......I love mine. If I wanted to save the neighbor's coffee I could always get the 'cage' device they make for it, slows the side concussion down a bit.