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I've never been much of a muzzle brake guy, but had a threaded gun and thought I would screw on a Gentry Quiet Brake on and see if it is as obnoxious as other brakes I've been around.

I was pleasantly surprised. I don't think I would shoot it without ear protection, but it didn't seem any louder than a normal rifle without a brake. I couldn't feel the muzzle pressure coming back on me and the affect on my sinuses like with a lot of brakes.

I was shooting 180-grain bullets at around 2,900 fps and recoil was about like a .25-06 or 7mm-08.

Seems like a good product, assuming a person uses ear protection.

I don’t like brakes, but have been around several “Quiet Brakes”. They are a bit louder than a muzzle without a brake, but not nearly as bad as a full fledged recoil reducing brake. The “Quiet Brake” doesn’t reduce recoil as much as the “noisy” brakes! JMO. memtb

Had a Savage LR Hunter 25-06 with the on/off brake.

Wasn't any louder when open vs closed and really reduced recoil when open.

There is an article/ test on brakes. It basically concluded the quieter they were the less effective they were.


https://precisionrifleblog.com/2015/08/21/muzzle-brake-summary-of-field-test-results/

I have an Area 419 Hellfire and I like it a lot, never much cared for brakes but it makes shooting that range so much more enjoyable but you must wear hearing protection all the time!

A suppressor?

George Vais had a shop right down the street from my apartment when I was at Boise State a few dozen years ago. He'd already sold the rights to his original brake and was working on a new one bit it had a problem. It actually reduced muzzle blast spl about 3 dB so the government wanted to call it a suppressor. He was an interesting old Greek guy. It was kind of fun hanging out in his shop.

Bb

That's the right answer.

I pulled a Thunderbeast brake / suppressor mount off this rifle to mount the Gentry brake. The Thunderbeast brake is LOUD without the suppressor. Loud enough I wouldn't shoot it without a suppressor, even with plugs and muffs.

I'm less enthralled with suppressors than I once was. Though, have a nice, short Sig Cross that I will keep set up for a suppressor.

Thank you for posting this. I'm familiar with Cal. He seems really scientific in his approach. Because of this article and the one he did on brake effectivness, I bought a Seekins brake for my dedicated long-range rifle. I wanted the lessened recoil so I could spot shots at long range, but didn't want to deal with a suppressor on that rifle. After reading Cal's articles, the Seekins brake seemed to subject the shooter to less muzzle blast while still doing a reasonable job of recoil reduction.

For the other rifle, the Gentry brake seems to work for me. My perception is it reduces recoil from.300 Mag level to 7-08 without a noticeable increase in noise to the shooter.

Great story.

I can understand being less enthralled with a Thunderbeast suppressor and you are spot on that the TBA brake is way to loud for hunting.

My Thunderbeast Suppressor is fine. I don’t like the carbon build up in the barrel, the weight on the end of barrel or most importantly, keeping up with the paperwork of a suppressor. All suppresors have these issues.

An unsuppressed Thunderbeast brake is not just too loud for hunting. It is too loud for shooting, period.

My conclusion is it is simpler, more relaxing and less stressful to carry hearing protection and leave the suppressors at home.