Muzzle device recommendations

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Damn_Yankee

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Looking for recommendations on a muzzle device to help mitigate muzzle rise.


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I mostly shoot outside but I’d rather not tick anyone off.


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Surefire brakes are the best. However they are very loud.

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Zbizzle911 said:
I like my Battlecomp its a mix of FH and comp. If you just want to do away with muzzle rise get the miculek brake its cheap and insanely effective and LOUD!
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Loud is an understatement. Ive used one for a few years and love it. It isn't so loud to the shooter, but to those around you, yeah, its a blaster! But it does do an amazing job mitigating what little recoil the AR has.
 
There are better but for the money you cannot beat Midwest Industries...less than $40 to your door and they work very well. Also, the lighter the bullet you shoot, the better a brake works. The best setup i have seen snd shot is a JP low mass bolt and JP brake shooting 55 grain bullets.
 
There's a bunch of brakes on the market that work well.

The VG6 Epsilon is very good and not as loud as some brakes.
 
Zbizzle911 said:
I like my Battlecomp its a mix of FH and comp. If you just want to do away with muzzle rise get the miculek brake its cheap and insanely effective and LOUD!
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B00ger said:
Loud is an understatement. Ive used one for a few years and love it. It isn't so loud to the shooter, but to those around you, yeah, its a blaster! But it does do an amazing job mitigating what little recoil the AR has.
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A shooting buddy had one of the old 1st generation Miculek's laying around and threw it on a truck gun AR-15 for giggles recently. HOLY MOLY was that thing LOUD and obnoxious!!! Not just to the bystanders but also to the shooter. You could feel the concussion wave in your sinus cavity it was that bad. :eek:

One of the most effective brakes I've ever run has been the JP Enterprises Bennie Cooley brake:

https://www.jprifles.com/1.4.3_tre.php

Battlecomp's are great except for the $$$. A few years ago Griffin Armament offered an interesting alternative with their Gen 1 Flash Comp. I don't know what happened but the Gen 2 is now more comp than flash hider. JP now offers a Tactical comp as well that is sort of an iteration of what Griffin was/is doing, but at just slightly more than half the price ($60 vs $100).

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https://www.jprifles.com/buy.php?item=JPTC-556

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I run a Lantac Dragon on my match rifle and I can attest that it flattens the recoil out very very well. Not cheap, but worth it IMO. My other rifle has a Surefire SOCOM brake on it since it's being set up to take a can.

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Most of the major muzzle device manufactures make a blast diverter with some sort of QD attachment. Theres the surefire warden, AAC blastout, ferfrans CRD, VG6 cage, fortis control shield, and several others.

If that's not your thing there's also the loudener by snake hound machine.
 
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I have a Fortis Red on my .308 and it works pretty well and I am happy with it.

I have a Surefire Socom comp, VG6 and Voodo Jetcomp, of the three the VG6 is by far the best at reducing muzzle rise, the Jetcomp and Surefire are almost as good and would serve you just as well with just a hair less muzzle rise mitigation .

With that said no muzzle device alone will give you a completely flat shooting AR, if you want a rifle that literally stays flat even while doing mag dumps add an adjustable gas block and nearly any compensater listed in this thread and you will be blown away.

You or anyone that is wanting to shoot one of my ARs you are more than welcomed too, I go to Uwharrie fairly often and could meet you there.
 
Tarowah said:
I have a Fortis Red on my .308 and it works pretty well and I am happy with it.

I have a Surefire Socom comp, VG6 and Voodo Jetcomp, of the three the VG6 is by far the best at reducing muzzle rise, the Jetcomp and Surefire are almost as good and would serve you just as well with just a hair less muzzle rise mitigation .

With that said no muzzle device alone will give you a completely flat shooting AR, if you want a rifle that literally stays flat even while doing mag dumps add an adjustable gas block and nearly any compensater listed in this thread and you will be blown away.

You or anyone that is wanting to shoot one of my ARs you are more than welcomed too, I go to Uwharrie fairly often and could meet you there.
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Do you prefer Uwharrie to Yanceyville? I haven't been to down to Uwharrie yet but I've been up to Yanceyville several times now.
 
I haven’t been to Yanceyville, honestly I didn’t even know there was a public range up there.

Uwharrie is a really nice public range that is well maintained and properly supervised, I have only seen 1 “wtf” incident while shooting there and the RO squared it away pretty quickly and safely so that alone is enough for me to support the place, the rules are not ridiculous but strict enough to keep the yahoos at bay.
 
Please don't think I'm bashing you OP. Consider also just spending the $100 you'd spend on a comp on 400 rounds of ammunition and work on recoil management with the A2 birdcage already on it. It's nice to have a lightweight flat shooting, soft recoiling gun, but it's also nice to have a skillset to run a gun that isn't as well.

Your money, your choice. Have fun either way!
 
Sean said:
Please don't think I'm bashing you OP. Consider also just spending the $100 you'd spend on a comp on 400 rounds of ammunition and work on recoil management with the A2 birdcage already on it. It's nice to have a lightweight flat shooting, soft recoiling gun, but it's also nice to have a skillset to run a gun that isn't as well.

Your money, your choice. Have fun either way!
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Valid point here.

That said, though, the skills practice and a muzzle device combined makes a phenomenal combo.

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IME getting your gas and/or buffer combo right makes the most difference in an AR.

With that said, Strike Industries has some decent affordable options, and a whole lot of dumb/gimmicky ones. The Checkmate works well. You can pretty well look at most MDs and tell if it'll do anything.
 
I was shooting by a Lantac dragon last year and the guy’s first shot blew my hat off. I’m not a fan due to how they make the whole firing line miserable

Look into something like a Ferfrans blast shield or a Griffin flashcomp or brake with the blast shield:

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It’s QD so you don’t always have to use it. Mitigates muzzle rise and directs concussion forward away from the line
 
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