| eagle27 |
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| 13/02/22 06:56 AM |
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Re: Do you need a muzzle brake???
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The suppressor on my recently purchased X Bolt 7mm WSM is designed to cut recoil by 1/2 and noise by 2/3rds.
It is amazingly efficient at doing both. The integral s/s muzzle brake in the suppressor is guaranteed for 20,000 rounds.
Interesting as a suppressor cuts noise while a muzzle brake increases it.
I have never heard of a suppressor reducing recoil before?
I am guessing if gases are not being blower out, the force is less?
These Gunworks suppressors have a built brake but most suppressors have internal baffles which probably act as a brake as well. To me the 7mm WSM has less recoil than my lightweight 7mm08. My son thought the recoil a bit more than his 7mm08 but his 08 is suppressed whereas mine is not
He also has a suppressed 223 which is real sweet to shoot, his lightly build 9yo son shoots it easy.
With no ear protection the WSM gives just a crack about the same as a 22WM RF. We were shooting the 7mm WSM in the paddock beside my sons house and his wife couldn't hear it inside the house.