Home Forums Gear Free Classifieds Muzzle brake, impact on price?

It kinda depend on a few factors
If it a big kicker it may help
The sale
A varmint rifle may help the sale
If it’s a say 270 or any standard cal. It will defiantly hurt
Also depends on how nicely the brake was installed.

A brake on a 6.5 Swede seems like a waste. If you like the rifle, it could be an opportunity to buy at a good price, cut the brake and threads off. Get the pitting repaired, action blueprinted, cerakote, put it back together with a good bedding job, and you could have a heck of a rifle that looks fairly stock but will probably shoot twice as good with a 21” barrel instead of 22”

I wouldn’t even worry about the slightly shorter barrel and the 25 fps velocity loss. From what I hear all the time you can probably load up some 199 grain .264 Berger or something and it will probably only drop about 2 feet at 1000 yards when you are out hunting 😁

And for what it’s worth, I went through this same dilemma when I wrecked on a snowmobile with a 5 digit featherweight classic strapped to my back. No brake, but I damaged the muzzle a little. I did these exact steps on a 280. I didn’t give a shizzzz about the resale value because I will never sell it.

A Muzzle Brake on a Rifle is like a Poly Choke or Cutts on a Shotgun.
It Reduces its Value { A LOT }, BUT, once in a while You may meet a Guy
that likes either one, BUT, I do not know any one who would Admit that
HE Likes Them.

Dirty Harry

My neighbors prefer me shooting suppressed. It keeps them from complaining and calling the cops on me so I don’t mind it. My wife prefers me shooting suppressed, especially if she is working. My folks on the front of the place prefer me shooting suppressed, especially if they are napping. And shooting suppressed at the range is better for anyone around. It’s doesn’t always have to be about me.

I would like to get a suppressor.I have no use for a muzzle brake as nothing I shoot now is big enough to need one and I would like to keep what hearing I have left.I think a muzzle brake is a detriment to a rifles value.

It decreases the value of the rifle. Even though the classic is not as collectible as a pre 64, they are still desirable to collectors when they are in all original condition. When I see one with a brake on it, I always say what a stupid fu ck that put that on there, and generally keep walking. Those rifles are always priced lower, when I see them locally. However, sometimes you get someone that thinks they upgraded the rifle and wants more money on places like gunbroker. Even cutting the barrel and messing with the crown reduces value sometimes. Depending on the quality of work. There's one in the classifieds here that is an example of that. It's only had 1" cut off of it, but it's been cut. I asked why just 1" and the seller said something to the affect that the crown was damaged. What he didn't know was some guys would rather have a 23-24" barrel vs the 25" that he reduced it to. If you are going to cut it, cut it to suit more peoples needs and think of versatility and resale value. However, he has that rifle priced right, considering it has a nice Mcmillan on it as well. If I needed a 300WM, I'd be on that one like stink on a turd..

It's also not described properly. They are calling it a "classic", but it is an XTR push feed. Whoever bought that rifle was not the brightest around.